"Marilyn Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(I'm sorry for the duplicate, Alan.)
I didn't see a duplicate! ;-)
linecount = 0
for line in file("itemconfig.txt", 'rU'):
if line == objectToLoad or linecount > 0:
if linecount == 0: linecount = 5
itemList.append(line.split()[:5])
linecount -= 1
I always go for readability. So I like "for x in range(5):" to go 5
times. I'm not sure what we should be doing 5 times either.
You could use a nested for loop but that would involve the use
of an iterator.next() function which I didn't want to confuse
the issue with, although John has pointed it out now anyway.
Since the outer for loop is doing the next() call for us it didn't
seem necessary.
Similarly, for readability, I choose the if/elif/else form of switch
replacement.
Are you referring to the other thread?
There is no switch here.
Also, I don't like to see the obfuscated forms of the conditional
operator. Heck, I'm not even crazy about the Python conditional in
2.5.
Similarly there is no conditional statements here? Again are
you refering to the other recent thread?
I like to say "The point of a programming language is to communicate
with
other engineers (in a language that also the computer understands)."
I agree. :-)
Alan G.
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