DataSmash wrote: > I'm confused. Why is it that when I say "while len(list) < 5:", I get > 5 items in my list. > If I say "while len(list) < 6:", I get 6 items in the list and so on. > I would think if I said "less than 5", I would get 4 items. > Can anyone explain this?
Yes - you loop until the condition is _not_ fullfilled anymore. Which means that if the list has a length of five, the len(l) < 6 is true, and appending makes it len(l) == 6 - which then will fail your condition. So - you need to loop one time less, by doing while len(l) < 6 - 1: ... diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list