Re: python loops

Putty wrote:
In C and C++ and Java, the 'for' statement is a shortcut to make very
concise loops. In python, 'for' iterates over elements in a sequence.
Is there a way to do this in python that's more concise than 'while'?

C:
for(i=0; i<length; i++)


python:
while i < length:
i += 1

As AlbaClause had demonstrated you can iterate over indices as well
using the for-statement and the range() function. But you can also
combine iterating over elements and indices at the same time using the
builtin enumerate() type:

for i, item in enumerate(("s1","s2")):
print i,item

0 s1
1 s2

.

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