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How to do a subtraction inside a list?


I have 3 lists and 1 value:

my_value = 500

minimal_values = ['0,32', '0,35', '0,45']
maximal_values = ['0,78', '0,85', '0,72']

my_list = [
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '190,00', '0,15'], 
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '189,90', '0,32'], 
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '189,38', '0,44'],
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '188,94', '0,60'],
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '188,49', '0,78'],
    ['Morocco', 'Meat', '187,99', '0,101'],
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '190,76', '0,10'], 
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '190,16', '0,20'], 
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '189,56', '0,35'],
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '189,01', '0,40'],
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '188,13', '0,75'],
    ['Spain', 'Meat', '187,95', '0,85'],
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '190,20', '0,11'],
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '190,10', '0,31'], 
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '189,32', '0,45'],
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '188,61', '0,67'],
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '188,01', '0,72'],
    ['Italy', 'Meat', '187,36', '0,80']]

Right now I'am filtering my code and trying to do a subtstraction of my_value - index [2] in results. Filtering is going well, its just the substraction that doesnt work in my output yet. Below is the code:

# Convert values to float.
minimal_values = [float(i.replace(',', '.')) for i in minimal_values]
maximal_values = [float(i.replace(',', '.')) for i in maximal_values]

# Collect all unique countries in a list.
countries = list(set(country[0] for country in my_list))

results = []
for l in my_list:
    i = countries.index(l[0])
    if minimal_values[i] <= float(l[-1].replace(',', '.')) <= maximal_values[i]:
        new_index_2 = my_value - float(l[-2].replace(',', '.'))  #<--- this is where I do the substraction
        results.append(l)
print(results)

This is the output I get:

[['Morocco', 'Meat', '189,90', '0,32'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '189,38', '0,44'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '188,94', '0,60'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '188,49', '0,78'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '189,56', '0,35'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '189,01', '0,40'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '188,13', '0,75'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '187,95', '0,85'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '189,32', '0,45'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '188,61', '0,67'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '188,01', '0,72']]

As you can see, its not substracting 500 - index [2]....

This is the output I want:

[['Morocco', 'Meat', '310,10', '0,32'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '310,62', '0,44'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '311,06', '0,60'],
['Morocco', 'Meat', '311,51', '0,78'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '310,44', '0,35'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '310,99', '0,40'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '311,87', '0,75'],
['Spain', 'Meat', '312,05', '0,85'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '310,68', '0,45'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '311,39', '0,67'],
['Italy', 'Meat', '311,99', '0,72']]

Solution

  • The only thing you are missing is updating the list after subtraction.

    Just add this line to your code after getting new_index_2.

    new_index_2 = my_value - float(l[-2].replace(',', '.'))
    l[-2] = new_index_2  #update the value back to list
    results.append(l)
    

    you can still improve the readability by giving the meaning full names to variables.