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Message: [QUOTE="Steven D'Aprano, post: 1850320"] I'm not arguing for multi-line code just for the sake of using more than one line. I'm against artificially trying to compress a algorithm that is naturally expressed in two or more lines into one line. Why do you bother to initialise dNewDataFields to an empty dict when you then populate it in the very next statement? Doesn't look like a one-liner to me. You've called Evaluate, which takes five lines by my count. Again, I am not arguing for needlessly inflating lines of code, I think your solution is fine. But just to prove it can be done: dNewDataFields['CODE'] = dOldDataFields['CODEDATA'] dNewDataFields['DATE'] = dOldDataFields['DATE'] if dOldDataFields['CONTACTTYPE'] == 2: dNewDataFields['CONTACT'] = dOldDataFields['FIRSTCONTACT'] else: dNewDataFields['CONTACT'] = dOldDataFields['SECONDCONTACT'] There. The world didn't end. *wink* [/QUOTE]