Alter list items within loop

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/11/2009 11:54 AM Brendan said...
> Can someone please explain what is happening in the output below? 

you delete e[2] before displaying it.

The
> number 3 never gets printed. Does Python make a copy of a list before
> it iterates through it?:

No.

Mods to a list while passing it is generally not a good idea.  Sometimes 
passing the list backwards works.

Emile


>>>> e = range(1,5)
>>>> for i in e:
> 	print i
> 	if i == 2 :
> 		e.remove(i)
> 
> 
> 1
> 2
> 4
>>>> e
> [1, 3, 4]