Elliot Temple wrote:
> btw hotcat[:] is a *copy* of hotcat, so just leave out "[:]"
when you want to modify the thing you're looping over, you need
to be careful. looping over a copy is often a good idea (see the
Python tutorial and the FAQ for more on this).
> enumerate is a function that adds indexes to a list. observe:
>>> hotcat = ['roof', 'roof', 'roof']
>>> for index, word in enumerate(hotcat):
>>> if word == 'roof': del hotcat[index]
>>> print hotcat
['roof']
if I understand the OP correctly, he wants to *move* the "roof" to the
end of the string.
try:
hotcat.remove("root")
hotcat.append("root")
except ValueError:
pass
is most likely the fastest way to do that.
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