Identifying the start of good data in a list

[Terry Reedy]

Matthew Fitzgibbons wrote:
> tkpmep at hotmail.com wrote:

> 
> reHist = [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
> count = 0
> for i, d in enumerate(reHist):
>     if d == 0:
>         count = 0
>     else:
>         count += 1
>     if count == 5:
>         break
> else:
>     raise Exception("No data found")
> reHist = reHist[i-4:]
> print reHist

This is what I would have suggested, except that the 'if count' test 
should be left under the else clause, as in the original, so I consider 
it the best of the responses ;-)

I thought of the repeated slicing alternative, but it would be slightly 
slower.  However, for occasional runs, the difference would be trivial.

Worrying about what Psyco does for this problem is rather premature 
optimization.

My quarter's worth....

tjr