[Tutor] confusing enumerate behavior

[Kent Johnson]

2009/2/6 jitendra gupta <jitu.icfai at gmail.com>:

> Try this if u r looking for this kind of solution
>>>>my_input = "one two three four five six seven eight nine ten"
>>>>text = my_input.split()
>>>>for i in range(len(text)):
>        if i+3>=len(text):
>                print text[i-3:len(text):1]
>        elif i<=2:
>                print text[0:i+4]
>        else:
>                print text[i-3:i+4]

You can simplify this using the min() and max() functions:
for i in range(len(text)):
    print text[max(0, i-3):min(i+3, len(text))]

Kent