John Salerno wrote:
I know it's popular and very handy, but I'm curious if there are purists out there who think that using something like:for x in range(10): #do something 10 times is unPythonic. The reason I ask is because the structure of the for loop seems to be for iterating through a sequence. It seems somewhat artificial to use the for loop to do something a certain number of times, like above. Anyone out there refuse to use it this way, or is it just impossible to avoid?
Ok, I think most people are misunderstanding my question a little. I probably should have said xrange instead of range, but the point of my question remains the same:
Should a for loop be used simply to do something X number of times, or should it strictly be used to step through an iterable object for the purpose of processing the items in that object?
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