Dave> This should be simple, but I can't get it: Dave> How do you loop backwards through a list?
Standard idiom: for i in range(len(mylist)-1, -1, -1): do_stuff() Contrast that with the standard forward loop: for i in range(len(mylist)): do_stuff() So, to go backwards, just add "-1, -1, -1" to the range function in the forward loop version. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list