On May 16, 1:41 am, stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > can someone tell me why the following iteration doesn't work, > and > how I should replace empty strings in a list with a default value. > > >>> v > ['123', '345', '', '0.3'] > >>> for items in v: > ... if items=='': > ... items='3' > ... > >>> > >>> v > ['123', '345', '', '0.3'] > >>> > > thanks, > Stef Mientki
Inside the loop, 'items' is no longer referencing the list...its a string. >>> v = ['123', '4', '567', ''] >>> for i in v: ... print type(i) ... <type 'str'>... This works >>> for j,i in enumerate(v): ... if i=='': ... v[j] = '3' ... >>> v ['123', '4', '567', '3'] >>> ~Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
