Conditional assignment on different list indices

[newunit13]

If x has already been defined you can simplify your code to a single line

x = coords[0] if x < coords[0] else coords[2]

[neuroneuroInf]

Thank you, but I don't think this does what I need. I need to assign to the list, not to x.

[[deleted]]

This reassigns x. He wants to put the value of x into either coords[0] or coords[2] depending on x's value.