Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>Elliot Temple wrote:
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>>btw hotcat[:] is a *copy* of hotcat, so just leave out "[:]"
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>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).
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Yes, I saw that, and that's why I was using the copy form in the
loop...thanx for verifying this.
>>enumerate is a function that adds indexes to a list. observe:
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>>>>hotcat = ['roof', 'roof', 'roof']
>>>>for index, word in enumerate(hotcat):
>>>> if word == 'roof': del hotcat[index]
>>>>print hotcat
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>['roof']
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>if I understand the OP correctly, he wants to *move* the "roof" to the
>end of the string.
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correct...
> try:
> hotcat.remove("root")
> hotcat.append("root")
> except ValueError:
> pass
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>is most likely the fastest way to do that.
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will give it a blast...thanx
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Cheers.
Mark Sargent.
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