Re: [Tutor] List index usage: is there a more pythonesque way?

[Alan Gauld]

"C M Caine" <cmca...@googlemail.com> wrote 


       for i in range(len(timetable)):
           numDict[timetable[i]] += 1
           if spaceDict['1st'+timetable[i]] == 0:
               spaceDict['nth'+timetable[i]] = i

for index, item in enumerate(timetable):
           numDict[item] += 1
           if spaceDict['1st'+item] == 0:
               spaceDict['nth'+item] = i
    
This function works fine, but I think that using range(len(timetable))
is clumsy. On the other hand, I need the indexes to track the number

enumerate() is your friend.


HTH,

Alan G

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