On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 01:23, bob gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What is the better way to process data in a list? > > Depends on what you mean by "better". Could mean faster, smaller, more > readable, or ?? Get clear on your goals.
Inexperienced beginner programmer asking more experienced programmer what they would choose and maybe why... Goal, learning best practises.for pythoin progtramming. >> Make the changes in place, for example >> >> somelist = [1,2,3,4] >> >> for x in range(len(somelist)): >> somelist[x] = somelist[x] + 1 >> >> Or would making a new list like >> >> somelist = [1,2,3,4] >> newlist = [] >> >> for x in somelist: >> newlist.append(x + 1) >> >> Or is there another way of doing this kind of things. Pointers to >> online resources are most welcome :-) Thanks for you encouraging feedback. Greets Sander _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
