Formatting a column's value output

[rurpy at yahoo.com]

On 01/27/2013 01:50 PM, Mitya Sirenef wrote:
> On 01/27/2013 03:24 PM, Κώστας Παπαδόπουλος wrote:
>> Τη Κυριακή, 27 Ιανουαρίου 2013  9:12:16 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης ru... at yahoo.com έγραψε:
>  >> <python code>
>  >
>  > Yes indeed, there is no need to use a loop since i know the exact 
> number of items i'am expecting. Thanks you very much for clarifying this 
> to me:
>  > One last thing i want to ask you:
>  >
>  > ========================================
>  > try:
>  > cur.execute( '''SELECT host, userOS, browser, hits, lastvisit FROM 
> visitors
>  > WHERE counterID = (SELECT ID FROM counters WHERE URL = %s) ORDER BY 
> lastvisit DESC''', (htmlpage,) )
>  > except MySQLdb.Error, e:
>  > print ( "Query Error: ", sys.exc_info()[1].excepinfo()[2] )
>  > else:
>  > data = cur.fetchall()
>  >
>  > for host, useros, browser, hits, lastvisit in data:
>  > print ( "<tr>" )
>  >
>  > for item in host, useros, browser, hits, lastvisit.strftime('%A %e 
> %b, %H:%M').decode('cp1253').encode('utf8'):
>  > print ( "<td><center><b><font color=white> %s </td>" % item )
>  >
>  > sys.exit(0)
>  > =======================================
>  >
>  > That would be also written as:
>  >
>  > for row in data:
>  > print ("tr>")
>  > for item in row:
>  > print( "blah blah blah" )
>  >
>  > And that would make the code easier to read and more clear, but its 
> that 'lastvisit' column's value than needs formating,hence it makes me 
> use the above syntax.
>  >
>  > Is there any simpler way to write the above working code without the 
> need to specify all of the columns' names into the loop?
> 
> 
> You can write:
> 
>   for row in data:
>       print ("tr>")
>       row = list(row)
>       row[-1] = row[-1].strftime(...)
>       for item in row:
>           print( "blah blah blah" )

Or alternatively, 

    for row in data:
        print ("tr>")
        for item_num, item in enumerate (row):
            if item_num != len(row) - 1:
                print( "blah blah blah" )
            else:
                print( item.strftime(...) )

Or, being a little clearer, 

    LASTVISIT_POS = 4
    for row in data:
        print ("tr>")
        for item_num, item in enumerate (row):
            if item_num != LASTVISIT_POS:
                print( "blah blah blah" )
            else:
                print( item.strftime(...) )