On 7/8/07, Kevin Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also vaguely apropos:
>
> def ilen(seq):
> 'Return the length of the hopefully finite sequence'
> n = 0
> for x in seq:
> n += 1
> return n
Also known as::
sum(1 for _ in iterable)
That's always been simple enough that I didn't feel a need for an
ilen() function.
STeVe
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