[Tutor] printing columns

[Scot W. Stevenson]

Hello Chris,=20

Just curious - there any reason you used

> # find longest string
> i =3D 0
> longestLength =3D len(menuItems[i])
> while i < len(menuItems):
> =09x =3D len(menuItems[i])
> =09i =3D i + 1
> =09if x > longestLength:
> =09=09longestLength =3D x

instead of something like

# find longest string
longestLength =3D 0
for item in menuItems:
    x =3D len(item)
    if x > longestLength:
        longestLength =3D x

which seems to do the same thing with less indexing?

Y, Scot

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  Scot W. Stevenson -- scot@possum.in-berlin.de -- Zepernick, Germany