Countdown

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <Fwq8s2.A8z at world.std.com>, Will Ware <wware at world.std.com> wrote:
>Remco Gerlich (scarblac-spamtrap at pino.selwerd.nl) wrote:
>> for i in range(len(thing)):
>>    print thing[-i]
>
>If thing = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], then this piece of code will print
>1, 5, 4, 3, 2. The code below has probably the less surprising
>effect of printing 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
>
>for i in range(len(thing)):
>    print thing[-i-1]

I'd make that

    print thing[-(i+1)]

for clarity.
--
                      --- Aahz (Copyright 2000 by aahz at netcom.com)

Androgynous poly kinky vanilla queer het    <*>     http://www.rahul.net/aahz/
Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question,
but to post the wrong information.  --Aahz