[Tutor] How to iterate and update subseqent items in list

[Remco Gerlich]

Hi,

In this case, I'd go for the simple old fashioned for loop with a boolean:

found = False
for thing in Things:
    if thing.value > 0:
        found = True
    if found:
        thing.value = 2

Remco Gerlich

On Dec 6, 2007 9:48 AM, ted b <phpmoonlighter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can you suggest a good way to iterate through the
> remainder of list and update them?
>
> Ex:
> Thing1.value = 0
> Thing2.value = 1
> Thing3.value = 0
> Thing4.value = 0
>
> Things = [Thing1, Thing2, Thing3, Thing4]
>
> I want to iterate through 'Things' and if
> 'Thing.value' > 0, then I want to set all values for
> that and the subsequent 'Things' in the list to 2
>
> So that i'd end up with
>
> Thing1.value = 0
> Thing2.value = 2
> Thing3.value = 2
> Thing4.value = 2
>
>
>
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