<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello All, > What is the python equivalent of the following statement? > > while (n--)
Like other posters said, you should give more details with your question. What do you mean by equivalent? The following is *functionally* equivalent: for n in range(start, 0, -1): Of course, there is always: while n: ... n -= 1 But unfortunately, no, I don't think there is an equivalent in python that has the conciseness of the C statement. The pre- and post-increment and -decrement in C/C++/Java are very powerful and I miss them in python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list