On 1 February 2012 03:16, Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_...@netcabo.pt> wrote: > Em 01-02-2012 01:39, Paulo da Silva escreveu: >> Hi! >> >> What is the best way to iterate thru a huge list having the 1st element >> a different process? I.e.: >> >> process1(mylist[0]) >> for el in mylist[1:]: >> process2(el) >> >> This way mylist is almost duplicated, isn't it? >> >> Thanks. > > > I think iter is nice for what I need. > Thank you very much to all who responded.
Nobody mentioned itertools.islice, which can be handy, especially if you weren't interested in the first element of the list: from itertools import islice: for el in islice(mylist, 1): process2(el) -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list