Re: simple problem with lists I am just forgetting

2008-07-31 Thread Paul McGuire
On Jul 31, 2:51 pm, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets say we have this list: > > funlist = ['a', 'b', 'c'] > > and lets say I do this: > > if funlist[4]: >     print funlist[4] > > I will get the exception "list index out of range" > > How can I test if the list item is empty without getting

Re: simple problem with lists I am just forgetting

2008-07-31 Thread bearophileHUGS
Alexnb: > How can I test if the list item is empty without getting that exception? In Python such list cell isn't empty, it's absent. So you can use len(somelist) to see how much long the list is before accessing its items. Often you can iterate on the list with a for, so you don't need to care of