Python for beginners or not? [was Re: syntax difference]

[Alister]

  To: Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
From: Alister <alister.ware at ntlworld.com>

On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:36:25 +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:

> i think he means like for a loop to iterate over a list you might do
>
> list = [1,2,3]
> for i in range(len(list)):
>     print(list[i])
>
>
> but the you might as well go for the simpler :
>
>
> for elem in list:
>
>      print(elem)
>
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
>
>
>

for i in range(len(list)): is a python anti-pattern it is almost a 100%
guarantee that you are doing something wrong*

*as with all rules of thumb there is probably at least 1 exception that
the python experts will now point out.


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