[Tutor] swapping list elements based on some criterion

[Emad Nawfal (عمـ نوفل ـاد)]

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Perstinger <
andreas.perstinger at gmx.net> wrote:

> On 2011-10-08 11:11, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
>
>> def swap(sentence):
>>      s = sentence.split()
>>      for i in reversed(range(len(s))):
>>          if s[i].endswith("/N") and s[i-1].endswith("/ADJ"):
>>            s[i], s[i-1] = s[i-1], s[i]
>>      return s
>>
>
> Oops, noticed a little bug:
>
> The for-loop should be "for i in reversed(range(1, len(s))):" so that
> sentences starting with a noun get processed correctly:
>
> >>> swap("Joe/N went/VBZ crazy/ADJ")
> ['Joe/N', 'went/VBZ', 'crazy/ADJ']
>
> Thanks again Andreas
> Bye, Andreas
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