On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Robert Berman <berma...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> myfile = openinput() > for line in myfile: > jlist = line.split() > for x in jlist: > bigtotal += int(x) Python has a sum() function that sums the elements of a numeric sequence, so the inner loop can be written as bigtotal += sum(int(x) for x in line.split()) But this is just summing another sequence - the line sums - so the whole thing can be written as bigtotal = sum(sum(int(x) for x in line.split()) for line in myfile) or more simply as a single sum over a double loop: bigtotal = sum(int(x) for line in myfile for x in line.split()) which you may or may not see as an improvement... Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
