messagelist.py

cntryList = ['VNM', 'TWN', 'THA', 'PHL', 'MYS', 'MMR', 'LKA', 'LAO', 'KHM', 'IND', 'IDN', 'CHN', 'BGD']

# new version, using list comprehensions and default values
def messageList(useRange=False, testRange=range(71,126)):
    rangedFunc = (lambda country: ['%s %s' % (country, i) for i in testRange])
    identityFunc = (lambda country: country)
    entryFunc = useRange and rangedFunc or identityFunc
    return [entry for country in countryList for entry in entryFunc(country)]

# new version, with in-line lambdas
def messageList(useRange=False, testRange=range(71,126)):
    entryFunc = useRange and (lambda x: ['%s %s' % (x, i) for i in testRange]) or (lambda x: x)
    return [entry for country in countryList for entry in entryFunc(country)]

# old version
def messageList():
    totalList = []
    for cntry in cntryList:
        totalList.append('%s' %(cntry))
       #for j in range(71,126):
       #       totalList.append('%s %s' %(cntry, j))
    return totalList