Greetings, I have some code that I wrote and know there is a better way to write it. I wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction on making this 'cleaner'.
I have two lists: liveHostList = [ app11, app12, web11, web12, host11 ] stageHostList = [ web21, web22, host21, app21, app22 ] I need to pair the elements in the list such that: app11 pairs with app21 app12 pairs with app22 web11 pairs with web21 web12 pairs with web22 host11pairs with host21 each time I get the list I don't know the order, and the lists will grow over time. (hosts will be added in pairs. app13 to liveHostList and app23 to stageHostList, etc) Anyways this is what I have. I think it can be written better with map, but not sure. Any help would be appreciated. import re for liveHost in liveHostlist: nameList = list(liveHost) clone = nameList[-1] di = nameList[-2] generic = liveHost[:-2] for stageHost in stageHostList: if re.match( generic + '.' + clone, stageHost ): print "Got a pair: " + stageHost + liveHost Thanks again for any suggestions, Chad -- A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says "Hey, we have a drink named after you." And the grasshopper says "Really, You have a drink named Murray?" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
