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Re: Idiosyncratic python

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On 24/09/2015 13:50, paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com wrote:
>  > A lot of our in base weird python comes from heavily C-wired people:
>  >
>  > The classic
>  > for i in range(len(alist)):
>  >   print alist[i]
>  >
>  > with its twin brother
>  >
>  > i=0
>  > while i < len(alist):
>  >   print alist[i]
>  >   i += 1
>  >
>  > And the even more annoying
>  >
>  > result = Result()
>  > getResult(result)
>  >
>  > JM
>
> Please follow up with good ways to write these. I hear that creating one
> really good way is a Python maxim.
>

for item in alist:
     print(item)

If you *think* you need the index:-

for i, item in enumerate(alist):
     print(i, item)
`i` defaults to 0, but there is a `start` keyword argument that lets you 
set it to anything you like.

Better IMHO is to see what the itertools module[1] offers, either 
directly or through recipes.  The latter are available on pypi as 
more-itertools[2].

[1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html
[2] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/more-itertools/

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Idiosyncratic python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-24 16:02 +1000
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-23 23:16 -0700
    Re: Idiosyncratic python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-24 16:35 +1000
      Re: Idiosyncratic python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-24 16:54 +1000
        Re: Idiosyncratic python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-25 11:08 +1000
      Re: Idiosyncratic python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-09-24 02:54 -0400
  Re: Idiosyncratic python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-09-24 00:06 -0700
    Re: Idiosyncratic python Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-09-24 19:50 +0200
      Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-24 21:05 +0100
  Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 11:12 +0200
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-24 14:09 +0100
  Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 16:07 +0200
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 08:26 -0600
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 02:57 +1000
  Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 20:04 +0200
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 12:19 -0600
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-09-24 13:46 -0700
    Re: Idiosyncratic python Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-09-24 23:08 +0200
    Re: Idiosyncratic python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 07:49 +1000
    Re: Idiosyncratic python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-25 10:55 +1000
  Re: Idiosyncratic python sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-09-24 15:32 -0700
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-25 00:40 +0100
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 03:04 +0300
  Re: Idiosyncratic python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-25 10:08 +1000

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