Dumb Stupid Question About List and String

[Alban Nona]

Well, I have a lot to learn :)

Thank you very much both of you ! it seems to work now :p

2010/8/31 MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>

> On 31/08/2010 20:20, Alban Nona wrote:
>
>> Ok, here a solution:
>>
>> myFirstList = ["FN067_098_MEN", "FN067_098_JIN", "FN067_098_BG"]
>>
>> mySecondList =
>>
>> ["FN067_098_MEN_Hair_PUZ_v001.0001.exr","FN067_098_JIN_Hair_SPC_v001.0001.exr","FN067_098_MEN_Jin_MVE_v001.0001.exr","FR043_010_GEN_NRM_v001.0001.exr"]
>>
>> for n in myFirstList:
>>      var = str(n)
>>
>
> Why str(n)?
>
> Also, it would be clearer if you used different variables for the
> different loops.
>
>
>       for n in mySecondList:
>>          if var in n:
>>               mySecondList.remove(n)
>>
>
> You shouldn't change the length of a list over which you're iterating.
> Python will step along the list one entry at a time and won't notice when
> you remove an entry, so the next one will be skipped. For example:
>
> >>> letters = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
> >>> for i in letters:
> ...     if i == "b" or i == "c":
> ...         letters.remove(i)
> ...
> >>> print letters
> ['a', 'c', 'd', 'e']
>
> It removed "b" and then moved on to the next entry, which is "d"
> because "b" has been removed and all the following entries have moved
> down one place. It never sees "c".
>
>
>> print mySecondList
>>
>>  [snip]
>
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