On 27/01/12 06:44, Andre' Walker-Loud wrote:
... I have only had one programming class, and that was 15 years ago or so,
> ...so these are not issues I am aware of.
I often find myself joining strings (and have mostly used + to do it).
String addition is OK in some languages, or at least bet
On 27/01/2012 06:44, Andre' Walker-Loud wrote:
Hi Steven,
(5) When assembling strings from substrings, never use repeated concatenation
using + as that can be EXTREMELY slow. Use str.join to build the string in one
assignment, instead of multiple assignments.
Your code shown above is *very*
Hi Steven,
> (5) When assembling strings from substrings, never use repeated concatenation
> using + as that can be EXTREMELY slow. Use str.join to build the string in
> one assignment, instead of multiple assignments.
>
> Your code shown above is *very* inefficient and will be PAINFULLY slow i
Hello Steven,
Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. I will implement your suggestions.
Really appreciate it.
Thanks and Regards,
Sumod
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> spa...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My code is -
>>
>> l = len(m)
>> item = str(m[1])
>> for i i
spa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
My code is -
l = len(m)
item = str(m[1])
for i in range(2,l):
item = item + "-" + str(m[i])
This code is part of a bigger function. It works fine. But I am not happy
with the way I have written it. I think there is a better (Pythonic) way to
rewrite it.
If an
Hello,
My code is -
l = len(m)
item = str(m[1])
for i in range(2,l):
item = item + "-" + str(m[i])
This code is part of a bigger function. It works fine. But I am not happy
with the way I have written it. I think there is a better (Pythonic) way to
rewrite it.
If anyone knows how to improve
