John Machin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > I think it's possible to > > > hack it up using while loops and some ugly slicing, but hopefully I'm > > > missing something > > > > I don't see why you think that's an ugly hack. > > > > def printitems(sequence, count=5): > > """Print count items of sequence per line.""" > > numrows = len(sequence)//count > > if len(sequence)%count != 0: numrows += 1 > > for start in range(0, numrows): > > items = sequence[start*count:(start+1)*count] > > for item in items: > > print item, > > print > > Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. > It is more blessed to add than to multiply. > Gaze upon this alternative: > > def printitems2(sequence, count=5): > """Print count items of sequence per line.""" > for pos in range(0, len(sequence), count): > for item in sequence[pos:pos+count]: > print item, > print > > Cheers, > John
Very nice. ~Simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
