Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Jun 4, 12:20 am, Ninereeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> First, for small loops with loop variables whose meaning is obvious
>>> from context, the most readable name is usually something like 'i' or
>>> 'j'.
>>>
>>
>> 'i' and 'j' are the canonical names for for loops indices in languages
>> that don't support proper iteration over a sequence. Using them for
>> the iteration variable of a Python for loop (which is really a
>> 'foreach' loop) would be at best confusing.
>>
>>
>
> While that is true, I guess it is commonplace to use i, j, k and n
> (maybe others) in constructs like
>
> for i in range(len(data)):
> do_stuff(data[i])
>
> Or should the good python hacker do that differently? Hope not ;).
Well, yes, I would do:
for item in data:
do_stuff(item)
or, if using enumerate:
for item_index, item in enumerate(data):
do_stuff(item_index, item)
I agree with Bruno that i and j should be used only for indices, but I'm
usually less terse than that.
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