Problems retrieving items from a list using a reference rather than an integer - can you help?

[Terry Reedy]

"Rogue9" <lol at lolmc.com> wrote in message news:3f15ca92 at shknews01...
> Hi,
> I´m trying to retrieve an item from a list using a reference called
> ´draw´' (which is an integer from 1 to 792 in a while loop) using:-

'draw' is a name (or maybe a variable) bound to a succession of
integers.  Calling it a reference is not generally helpful and may
someday mislead you.

> draw = 1
> while 1:
> if draw == 792:
> break
> b1 = someOtherList[draw-1]
> r1 = b1[draw]
> draw = draw+1

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Terry J. Reedy