[Python-ideas] first() and last() tests in for x in y loops

[Oleg Broytman]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:03:07PM -0500, et gmail wrote:
> While doing "for x in y" loops I often need to know if I'm working on the
> first item or the last item in the list.

   See
http://ppa.cvs.sourceforge.net/ppa/misc/Repeat.py?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

   (License: Python)

> Also it would be nice if there was an auto counter like

   Find built-in function enumerate() in the docs.

Oleg.
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