Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Sven R. Kunze" Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Exclude every nth element from list? Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:45:07 +0200 Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <94237154-22af-4e64-85ee-9b4cf334fa6f@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de bOn1aUJccAXhLbihs2ENpgijNML7vqVlW6iMgRxebNMw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.081 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.84; '*S*': 0.00; 'excludes': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'to:addr:web.de': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'element': 0.18; 'to:2**1': 0.21; 'select': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'subject:list': 0.26; 'received:10.0': 0.34; 'list': 0.34; 'quite': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'list.': 0.37; 'subject:from': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:de': 0.40; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'python-list': 0.66; 'otten': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mail.de; s=mail201212; t=1459259113; bh=cm1+8A+f76hgpWbaiT5ZzFPwXQw0DkuM7gzx7uzAhS8=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=ylmlmST4AP95rsAw/vawO+n9vimd/FkADkoK7yjS76GIFYEqCZo4f7T2mGtVdDIOs V7g4hd08tTwjGuyrq++bQPaZMA2c/KOSXk3ydMlDnDDoptjM5+8OX9BZtgM3vl3K/K miYHLVNnHXBBIS9KaBz0InrLoB4kschQcnXuxaYs= In-Reply-To: X-purgate: clean X-purgate: This mail is considered clean (visit http://www.eleven.de for further information) X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-Ad: Categorized by eleven eXpurgate (R) http://www.eleven.de X-purgate: This mail is considered clean (visit http://www.eleven.de for further information) X-purgate: clean X-purgate-size: 262 X-purgate-ID: 154282::1459259112-000009F3-DEF4EA76/0/0 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:105984 On 26.03.2016 18:06, Peter Otten wrote: > beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > >> I can use x[::n] to select every nth element of a list. Is there a >> one-liner to get a list that excludes every nth element? > del x[::n] > > ;) Actually quite nice.