Andy Dingley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Python newbie: I've got this simple task working (in about ten
> different ways), but I'm looking for the "favoured" and "most Python
> like" way.
>
> Forwards I can do this
> for t in listOfThings:
> print t
>
> Now how do I do it in reverse? In particular, how might I do it if I
> only wanted to iterate part-way through (with a conditional test and a
> break), or if I had a large list ?
>
> reverse( listOfThings )
> for t in listOfThings:
> print t
listOfThings = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
for i in listOfThings:
print i # print from 1 to 6
for i in listOfThings[::-1]:
print i # prints from 6 to 1
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