iterating through lists to delete elements
gzeljko
gzeljko at sezampro.yu
Thu Aug 9 17:29:48 EDT 2001
From: Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com>
>
> Actually, neither the filter nor the list comprehension solutions posted
> meet the original posters requirements that you iterate through the list and
> delete elements not meeting certain criteria. If the list has thousands of
> elements, creating a new list may not be a wise choice.
>
Number of elements is not so relevant here, but expected percentage of
elements to be deleted.
gzeljko
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