Style/efficiency question using 'in'

[davidtmoore at my-dejanews.com]

In article <3720B3B9.98BED320 at earth.ox.ac.uk>,
  Nick Belshaw <nickb at earth.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> If someone could spare a mo to clarify -
>
> If I do something like :-
>
> ------------------
> def  func1():
>     return 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
>
> for x in func1():
>     print x
> ------------------

This may not be appropriate to the problem that you are really trying to
solve, but are you aware of this (range(n) will make your list for you):

>>> range(8)
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
>>> for x in range(8):
... 	print x+1
...
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
>>>

----
David Moore

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