On Nov 11, 1:51 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:47:53 -0800, Eric wrote: > > I'm learning Python (while coming from MATLAB). One question I have is > > that if I have a list with say 8 elements, and I want just a few of them > > how do I select them out. In MATLAB, if I just want the first, fifth and > > eighth element I might do something like this: > > > b = a([1 5 8]); > > > I can't seem to figure out a similar Python construct for selecting > > specific indices. Any suggestions? > > b = [a[i] for i in [1, 5, 8]] > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
Thanks! It makes sense, but in this case MATLAB seems easier and no less readable. That said, I know better than for a newbie like me to question syntax issues. Regards, Eric -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
