"Warren Stringer" <warren at muse.com> wrote in message news:015701c7a7a4$584fac00$240110ac at Muse... | I am porting code that only uses this form | a[:4]b() | | Which translates to: | | for i in range(4): | a[i].b() Or, more directly and perhaps more efficiently: for e in a[:4]: e.b() tjr