for loop specifying the amount of vars
Jules Stevenson
lists at js3d.co.uk
Mon Nov 24 14:40:06 EST 2008
Sorry for the noise, I found the * unpack operator. Perfect for what I need.
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a list which contains a folder structure, for instance:
>
> dirs=['c:\', 'temp', 'foo', 'bar']
>
> The length of the list can vary. I'd like to be able to construct a
> os.path.join on the list, but as the list can vary in length I'm unsure
> how
> to do this neatly. I figured I could use a for loop and build the whole
> statement as a string and 'eval it', but I'm aware that this is not a
> good
> idea.
>
> It strikes me that there probably is a very elegant way to achieve what
> I
> want to do, any pointers much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jules
>
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