On Sep 20, 8:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Duncan Booth: > > > > e.g. the python equivalent to the c++ loop > > > for (i = 10; i >= 0; --i) > > > The exact equivalent would be: > > for i in range(10, -1, -1): print i > > I'd use xrange there. Anyway, I have always felt that Python syntax > not easy to understand at first sight, expecially when you try to > convert a bit more complex inverted for loops from/to C to/from > Python. It's one of the few cases where (for example) Pascal (loop) > syntax wins a bit over Python syntax :-) > > Bye, > bearophile
That's a lot of responses guys. Thanks a lot i think i got it. Another question, are there any pointers in python (or iterators) for when i use a data structure that doesn't support random access? Thanks again, Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
