how To Return Function's returned value using ternary Operator in python

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e.g

Here Function heapifyUp is getting called twice (I Need a single call).

return self.heapifyUp(parentIndex) if self.heapifyUp(parentIndex) != -1 else realIndex

Israel Unterman · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-26 07:46:54Z

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Well, it's called twice because
you call it twice... :-)

To call it once, assign the result to a variable:

res = self.heapifyUp(parentIndex)
return res if res != -1 else realIndex

(BTW, you don't need the ; at the end)

answered Aug 26, 2016 at 7:46

Israel Unterman

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actually i am calling heapifyUp function in recursion. so i have to break somewhere else if will go on calling itself.