TikZ - Node style depending on node value [foreach + ifthenelse]

Question

Into a tikzpicture, I'd like to apply different styles to nodes depending on their values. For example, in a list of integers, I'd like to color the node in red or in blue.

This is only a test for a bigger project, but an answer on this should help anyway.

The following code is working:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \pgfmathdeclarerandomlist{nums}{{0}{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}}
    \foreach \x in {1,...,10}
        {
        \pgfmathrandomitem{\choice}{nums}
        \ifthenelse{\choice<5}
            {
            \node[circle, fill=blue!50] at (\x,0) {\choice};
            }
            {
            \node[circle,fill=red!50] at (\x,0) {\choice};
            }
        }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

But, what I'd like to be able to do is creating a node style, depending on the value of the node. This way, I could add more cases and only use the \node line once. I tried the simpliest way to achieve that, but it doesn't work:

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \pgfmathdeclarerandomlist{nums}{{0}{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}}
    \foreach \x in {1,...,10}
        {
        \pgfmathrandomitem{\choice}{nums}
        \def\clr{\ifthenelse{\choice<5}{blue!50}{red!50}}
        \node[circle, fill=\clr] at (\x,0) {\choice};
        }
\end{tikzpicture}

In fine, What I'd like to have is a series of ifthenelse into a tikzstyle. This didn't work either. Seems that \ifthenelse does not comply with every TikZ structure...

Thanks in advance if you know a way to help me with this.

Answer 1

Pgf/Tikz has its own if-then-else constructs, among othe mathematical operators. See section 95.2 Syntax for Mathematical Expressions: Operators of the manual.

What you proposed in you second snippet can actuallay be achieved with the following script.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\tikzset{
    conditionalcolor/.style={circle,fill=#1}
}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \pgfmathdeclarerandomlist{nums}{{0}{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}}
    \foreach \x in {1,...,10}{
            \pgfmathrandomitem{\choice}{nums}
            \pgfmathsetmacro{\col}{ifthenelse(\choice<5,"blue!50","red!50")}
            \node[conditionalcolor=\col] at (\x,0) {\choice};
        }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

EDIT Here is a code where the random number is generated in an interval of integers.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\tikzset{
    conditionalcolor/.style={circle,fill=#1}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \foreach \x in {1,...,10}{
            \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\choice}{random(0,9)}
            \pgfmathsetmacro{\col}{ifthenelse(\choice<5,"blue!50","red!50")}
            \node[conditionalcolor=\col] at (\x,0) {\choice};
        }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}