Python's qw

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Fri May 16 17:07:21 EDT 2003


A Puzzled User wrote:

> Erik, thanks for your post.  The old fashion way, you mean
> just using
>    a = ['sunflower', 'tulip', 'jasmine']
> ?

Yes.

> It is because I probably have a list of about 80
> items, and it is more editing work to add and
> maintain the list.

For long lists, something like:

	a = [
	'sunflower',
	'tulip',
	'jasmine',
	...
	]

might be in order.

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