Re: For Counter Variable

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On 09/23/12 18:52, Alec Taylor wrote:
> You can always use a counter if you don't like our fancy for-each loops;
> 
> foolist = [1,24,24,234,23,423,4]
> for i in xrange(len(foolist)):
>     print foolist[i]

http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~lignos/py_antipatterns.html

The first one on the list of anti-patterns is doing exactly this.
Just don't.  Ewww.  Inefficient, ugly, and harder to read.

Part of learning to write in Python is, well, learning to write
*Python*, not {C,C++,Java,PHP}-in-Python.

-tkc

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For Counter Variable jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 09:36 -0700
  Re: For Counter Variable Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 12:45 -0400
  Re: For Counter Variable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 02:52 +1000
  Re: For Counter Variable jimbo1qaz <jimmyli1528@gmail.com> - 2012-09-23 10:45 -0700
    Re: For Counter Variable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-23 22:54 +0000
      Re: For Counter Variable Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-09-23 18:29 -0500
      Re: For Counter Variable Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-09-23 19:05 -0500
      Re: For Counter Variable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-24 02:03 +0100
      RE: For Counter Variable "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-09-27 17:34 +0000
    Re: For Counter Variable Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-09-24 15:09 -0700
    Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 18:26 -0400
    Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 18:58 -0400
      Re: For Counter Variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 16:33 -0700
        Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 19:49 -0400
          Re: For Counter Variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 16:58 -0700
            Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 20:17 -0400
              Re: For Counter Variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 17:19 -0700
                Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 20:25 -0400
                Re: For Counter Variable "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-09-24 18:32 -0600
                Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 20:45 -0400
                Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 20:50 -0400
                Re: For Counter Variable Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-24 18:10 -0700
                Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 21:32 -0400
                Re: For Counter Variable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 17:55 +1000
                Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 21:13 -0400
              Re: For Counter Variable Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-29 06:41 -0700
              Re: For Counter Variable Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-29 06:41 -0700
        Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 19:50 -0400
    Re: For Counter Variable Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 19:39 -0400
      Re: For Counter Variable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 16:48 -0700
      Re: For Counter Variable Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 07:53 +0200
        Re: For Counter Variable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 07:46 +0000
          Re: For Counter Variable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 08:59 +0100
            Re: For Counter Variable wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-09-25 02:32 -0700
              Re: For Counter Variable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 10:46 +0100
              Re: For Counter Variable Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-09-25 02:53 -0700
              Re: For Counter Variable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 11:16 +0100
                Re: For Counter Variable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 14:19 +0000
                Re: For Counter Variable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-26 00:38 +1000
              Re: For Counter Variable Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 11:54 -0400
            Re: For Counter Variable wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-09-25 02:32 -0700
          (non sequitur) Re: For Counter Variable Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 11:51 -0400
        Re: For Counter Variable Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-09-25 05:57 -0500
        Re: For Counter Variable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 12:20 +0100

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