Python - Filter even values from a list

As part of data analysis require to filter out values from a list meeting certain criteria. In this article we'll see how to filter out only the even values from a list.

We have to go through each element of the list and divide it with 2 to check for the remainder. If the remainder is zero then we consider it as an even number. After fetching these even numbers from a list we will put a condition to create a new list which excludes this even numbers. That new list is the result of the filtering condition we applied.

Using for Loop

This is the simplest way to read element of the list and check for divisibility with 2. The below code contains for loop which reads the elements and checks for divisibility by 2. Then it appends the correct element to an empty list, which will be the result of the filtering condition.

Example

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list_A = [33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42]

res = []

for n in list_A:
   if n % 2 == 0:
      res.append(n)
print(res)

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result:

[36, 40, 42]

Using While Loop

When we have lists of unknown lengths, we can use a while loop and the len() function to achieve the same thing which was there in the above program.

Example

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list_A = [33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42]

res = []
n = 0

while (n < len(list_A)):
   if list_A[n] % 2 == 0:
      res.append(list_A[n])
   n += 1
print(res)

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result:

[36, 40, 42]

Using filter()

We can also use a combination of lambda and filter function. The items picked by lambda function can be filtered out from the original list by applying the filter function.

Example

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list_A = [33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42]

res = []

x = lambda m: m % 2 == 0
res = list(filter(x, list_A))

print(res)

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result:

[36, 40, 42]