On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:49:17 -0700, John Machin wrote: > 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
You know, that's so obvious that I've just slapped myself for not thinking of it first. What *was* I thinking??? -- Steven D'Aprano -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
