CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

find element in list that matches a condition

#In Python 2.6 or newer:

#If you want StopIteration to be raised if no matching element is found:
next(x for x in the_iterable if x > 3)
#If you want default_value (e.g. None) to be returned instead:
next((x for x in the_iterable if x > 3), default_value)