> >    for x in string:
> >        if x in chars:
> >            string[i] = ''
>
> I just have a hangover from other languages, but I really wanted to
know
> how Python handles iteration over a variable which is being changed
> within the loop itself. Is the "for" condition evaluated in every
loop?

Its bad practice to delete a member in the collection being iterated
but Python copes OK if you just change the current item.

Alan G.

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