On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> One thing I have never much liked about Python is its need for
> specifically sized arrays and lack of a dynamic, array-like data
> structure. For example, the following fails with a "list assignment
> index out of range" error:
>
> a=[]
> i=0
> for l in open("file.txt", "r"):
> a[i]=l
> i+=1
>
Is there some reason to use this construct rather than the list object's
'append' method?
for i in open('file.txt', 'r'):
a.append(l)
brian
>
> Is there something in Python I am missing that would let the above
> work? I am hoping that my annoyance at the apparent lack of such a
> thing is unfounded. BTW, I know why the above throws that exception.
> TIA.
>
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> Have a great day,
> Alex (msg sent from GMail website)
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