Commit 9ce9f779 authored by Raymond Hettinger's avatar Raymond Hettinger

Improve tutorial suggestion for looping techniques

parent 6a31bb5c
......@@ -664,18 +664,18 @@ retrieved at the same time using the :meth:`iteritems` method. ::
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To change a sequence you are iterating over while inside the loop (for
example to duplicate certain items), it is recommended that you first make
a copy. Looping over a sequence does not implicitly make a copy. The slice
notation makes this especially convenient::
>>> words = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
>>> for w in words[:]: # Loop over a slice copy of the entire list.
... if len(w) > 6:
... words.insert(0, w)
It is sometimes tempting to change a list while you are looping over it;
however, it is often simpler and safer to create a new list instead. ::
>>> import math
>>> raw_data = [56.2, float('NaN'), 51.7, 55.3, 52.5, float('NaN'), 47.8]
>>> filtered_data = []
>>> for value in raw_data:
... if not math.isnan(value):
... filtered_data.append(value)
...
>>> words
['defenestrate', 'cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
>>> filtered_data
[56.2, 51.7, 55.3, 52.5, 47.8]
.. _tut-conditions:
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