Countdown
Remco Gerlich
scarblac-spamtrap at pino.selwerd.nl
Sun Jun 25 10:32:36 EDT 2000
Jeff Sandys wrote in comp.lang.python:
> Python is really elegant when counting up:
>
> for i in range(len(thing)):
> print thing[i]
>
> But when counting down looks ugly:
>
> for j in range(len(thing)-1,-1,-1):
> print thing[i]
for i in range(len(thing)):
print thing[-i]
--
Remco Gerlich, scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
Murphy's Rules, "Life in the fast lane":
In the fifth edition of FBI's Tunnels & Trolls, an average man may
make 10-second sprints topping 60 miles per hour. An exceptional
runner could sprint at 118 mph.
More information about the Python-list
mailing list