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Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:02:59 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
To: Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_v_a@netcabo.pt>
Subject: Re: Iterate from 2nd element of a huge list
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On 01Feb2012 01:39, Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_v_a@netcabo.pt> wrote:
| What is the best way to iterate thru a huge list having the 1st element
| a different process? I.e.:
| 
| process1(mylist[0])
| for el in mylist[1:]:
| 	process2(el)
| 
| This way mylist is almost duplicated, isn't it?

Yep.

What about (untested):

  process1(mylist[0])
  for i in xrange(1,len(mylist)):
  	process2(mylist[i])

Cheers,
-- 
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