On 25/06/18 10:10, Alister via Python-list wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:36:25 +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
i think he means like for a loop to iterate over a list you might do
list = [1,2,3]
for i in range(len(list)):
print(list[i])
but the you might as well go for the simpler :
for elem in list:
print(elem)
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
for i in range(len(list)): is a python anti-pattern it is almost a 100%
guarantee that you are doing something wrong*
*as with all rules of thumb there is probably at least 1 exception that
the python experts will now point out.
The exception is that if you really do need the index, you write:-
for i, elem in enumerate(list):
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