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| Date | 2013-02-28 16:28 -0500 |
|---|---|
| From | Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> |
| Subject | Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please |
| References | <u8idnaoktKrcKbLMnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <20130228143715.4e5ada26@bigbox.christie.dr> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2685.1362086914.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 02/28/2013 03:37 PM, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2013-02-28 19:47, The Night Tripper wrote:
>> Hi there
>> I'm being very dumb ... how can I simplify this fragment?
>>
>>
>> if arglist:
>> arglist.pop(0)
>> if arglist:
>> self.myparm1 = arglist.pop(0)
>> if arglist:
>> self.myparm2 = arglist.pop(0)
>> if arglist:
>> self.myparm3 = arglist.pop(0)
>> if arglist:
>> self.parm4 = arglist.pop(0)
>
> If they're arbitrarily named attributes of the "self", you could do
> something like
>
> for attr in ("myparm1", "myparm2", "myparm3", ...):
> if arglist:
> setattr(self, attr, arglist.pop(0))
> else:
> break
>
> -tkc
>
>
>
Or something like (untested):
for name, value in zip(["myparm1", "myparm2", "myparm3"], arglist):
setattr(self, name, value)
arglist = [] #if you care how it ends up
--
DaveA
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suggestions for improving code fragment please The Night Tripper <jkn+gg@nicorp.co.uk> - 2013-02-28 19:47 +0000
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 11:55 -0800
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 14:56 -0500
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please The Night Tripper <jkn+gg@nicorp.co.uk> - 2013-02-28 23:20 +0000
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 12:58 -0700
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-02-28 14:37 -0600
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-02-28 21:13 +0000
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-28 16:22 -0500
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-02-28 16:28 -0500
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-28 16:30 -0500
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-02-28 16:44 -0600
Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-01 02:44 +0000
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