[bnc]

how can we iterate for loop from the middle???

I have a code like this

line_num = 5
for line_num in range(len(lines)):
   print "line_num is",line_num

When I do this it is giving all the lines. But I want it to start from line number 5. How can We Do this??

[runfaster]

for loops in python are essentially for..each loops. Essentially, it is taking the range array and assigning the value of the first one to line_num.

luckily, range() is an overloaded function, and has another definition

int[] range(start,end)

Using this, you could do:

start_line = 5
for line_num in range(start_line,len(lines))
        do what you want to do with line_num with line_num

and be golden.

Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by runfaster: 06 May 2011 - 12:21 AM

[bnc]

Yes... it helps.. Thanks

[atraub]

You also have an increment option

for i in range(start, stop, increment):
    #Stuff

This will let you count by 2's, 3's, whatever. It opens some interesting possibilities

[Nallo]

expanding on atraub post: When you don't care for the actual line number you don't need to index them. You can use sequence slicing:

>>> lines = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
>>> for line in lines[4:]:
	print line
	
e
f
>>> for line in lines[3::2]:
	print line
	
d
f
>>> for line in lines[:3]:
	print line
	
a
b
c
>>> for line in lines[:-1]:
	print line
	
a
b
c
d
e
>>> for line in lines[-3:-1]:
	print line
	
d
e