Formatting a column's value output

[Κώστας Παπαδόπουλος]

Τη Δευτέρα, 28 Ιανουαρίου 2013 12:27:12 π.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης ru... at yahoo.com έγραψε:
> On 01/27/2013 01:50 PM, Mitya Sirenef wrote:
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> > On 01/27/2013 03:24 PM, Κώστας Παπαδόπουλος wrote:
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> >> 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:
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> >  >
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> >  > ========================================
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> >  > try:
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> >  > cur.execute( '''SELECT host, userOS, browser, hits, lastvisit FROM 
> 
> > visitors
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> >  > WHERE counterID = (SELECT ID FROM counters WHERE URL = %s) ORDER BY 
> 
> > lastvisit DESC''', (htmlpage,) )
> 
> >  > except MySQLdb.Error, e:
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> >  > print ( "Query Error: ", sys.exc_info()[1].excepinfo()[2] )
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> >  > else:
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> >  > data = cur.fetchall()
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> >  >
> 
> >  > for host, useros, browser, hits, lastvisit in data:
> 
> >  > print ( "<tr>" )
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> >  >
> 
> >  > for item in host, useros, browser, hits, lastvisit.strftime('%A %e 
> 
> > %b, %H:%M').decode('cp1253').encode('utf8'):
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> >  > print ( "<td><center><b><font color=white> %s </td>" % item )
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> >  >
> 
> >  > sys.exit(0)
> 
> >  > =======================================
> 
> >  >
> 
> >  > That would be also written as:
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> >  >
> 
> >  > for row in data:
> 
> >  > print ("tr>")
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> >  > for item in row:
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> >  > print( "blah blah blah" )
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> >  >
> 
> >  > 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.
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> >  >
> 
> >  > Is there any simpler way to write the above working code without the 
> 
> > need to specify all of the columns' names into the loop?
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> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > You can write:
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> > 
> 
> >   for row in data:
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> >       print ("tr>")
> 
> >       row = list(row)
> 
> >       row[-1] = row[-1].strftime(...)
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> >       for item in row:
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> >           print( "blah blah blah" )
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> 
> 
> Or alternatively, 
> 
> 
> 
>     for row in data:
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>         print ("tr>")
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>         for item_num, item in enumerate (row):
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>             if item_num != len(row) - 1:
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>                 print( "blah blah blah" )
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>             else:
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>                 print( item.strftime(...) )
> 
> 
> 
> Or, being a little clearer, 
> 
> 
> 
>     LASTVISIT_POS = 4
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>     for row in data:
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>         print ("tr>")
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>         for item_num, item in enumerate (row):
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>             if item_num != LASTVISIT_POS:
> 
>                 print( "blah blah blah" )
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>             else:
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>                 print( item.strftime(...) )

Thank you very much, your alternatives are great but i think i'll use Mity'as solution, its more easy to me. Thank you very much!