On 03/16/2011 08:32 PM, Shane O'Connor wrote: > Hi, > > First-time poster here. I've a question about loop efficiency - I was > wondering whether this code: > > i = 0 > while i < 1000: > do something > i+=1 > > is more efficient than: > > for i in range(1000): > do something > > or: > > for i in xrange(1000): > do something > > In my mind, the while loop should not allocate as much memory as range or > have the overhead of the iterator of xrange (although aesthetically, I > prefer the x/range style). Is this the case or does the compiler do > something clever here? >
Only way to know is to check! http://docs.python.org/library/timeit.html -- Corey Richardson _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
