On Jan 17, 2:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Jan 17, 1:21 pm, Sacred Heart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I'm new to Python and have come across a problem I don't know how to > > solve, enter com.lang.python :) > > > I'm writing some small apps to learn the language, and I like it a lot > > so far. > > > My problem I've stumbled upon is that I don't know how to do what I > > want. I want to do a loop in a loop. I think. > > > I've got two arrays with some random stuff in, like this. > > > array1 = ['one','two','three','four'] > > array2 = ['a','b','c','d'] > > > I want to loop through array1 and add elements from array2 at the end, > > so it looks like this: > > > one a > > two b > > three c > > four c > > > I'm stuck. I know how to loop through the arrays separatly and print > > them, but both at the same time? Hmmm. > > > A push in the right direction, anyone? > > > R, > > SH > > for i in zip(array1, array2): > print i > > Although I take it you meant four d, the issue with this method is > that once you hit the end of one array the rest of the other one is > ignored.
You could always pre-pad the lists you are using before using the zip function, kinda like def pad(*iterables): max_length = 0 for each_iterable in iterables: if len(each_iterable) > max_length: max_length = len(each_iterable) for each_iterable in iterables: each_iterable.extend([None for i in xrange(0,max_length- len(each_iterable))]) pad(array1, array2, array3) for i in zip(array1, array2, array3): print i What you could also do is create an index to use for it. for i in xrange(0, length_of_longest_list): try: print array1[i] except IndexError: pass try: print array2[i] except IndexError: pass -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list