Tommy Grav wrote:
> I have a list:
>
> a = [1., 2., 3., 4., 5.]
>
> I want to loop over a and then
> loop over the elements in a
> that is to the right of the current
> element of the first loop
>
> In C this would be equivalent to:
>
> for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
> for(j=i+1; j < n; j++) {
> print a[i], a[j]
>
> and should yield:
> 1. 2.
> 1. 3.
> 1. 4.
> 1. 5.
> 2. 3.
> 2. 4.
> 2. 5.
> 3. 4.
> 3. 5.
> 4. 5.
>
> Can anyone help me with the right approach for this
> in python?
Two more options:
def pop_combine(items):
items = list(items)
while items:
a = items.pop(0)
for b in items:
print a, b
def enumerate_combine(items):
for i, a in enumerate(items):
for b in items[i+1:]:
print a, b
Peter
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