arrrggg, now I feel really dumb.. hitNum = 0 stopCnt = 6 + hitNum offSet = 5
for i in range(0,10,1): for x in range(hitNum,len(inLst), 1): print hitNum, stopCnt if x == stopCnt: break hitLst.append(inLst[x]) hitNum +=offSet stopCnt+=offSet print hitLst Beers, Dave On Aug 13, 12:58 am, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 13, 12:35 am, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dave wrote: > > > Hey there, having a bit of problem iterating through lists before i go > > > on any further, here is > > > a snip of the script. > > > -- > > > d = "a1 b1 c1 d1 e1 a2 b2 c2 d2 e2 a3 b3 c3 d3 e3 a4 b4 c4 d4 e4 a5 b5 > > > c5 d5 e5" > > > inLst = d.split() > > > hitLst = [] > > > > hitNum = 0 > > > stopCnt = 6 + hitNum > > > > for i in range(hitNum,len(inLst), 1): > > > if i == stopCnt: break > > > hitLst.append(inLst[i]) > > > > print hitLst > > > -- > > > $ python helper.py > > > ['a1', 'b1', 'c1', 'd1', 'e1', 'a2'] > > > > This works fine for my purposes, what I need is an outer loop that > > > goes through the original list again and appends my next request. > > > > ie. > > > > hitNum = 5 > > > > which will return: > > > > ['a2', 'b2', 'c2', 'd2', 'e2', 'a3'] > > > > and append it to the previous one. > > > > ie: > > > > ['a1', 'b1', 'c1', 'd1', 'e1', 'a2'] > > > ['a2', 'b2', 'c2', 'd2', 'e2', 'a3'] > > > > not really sure how to do this right now though, been trying several > > > methods with no good results. > > > > btw, just creating lagged values (sort of shift registers) on the > > > incoming signal > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Dave > > > Dave, > > > You are going to need to supply us with more info to help. > > > 1) Are you always going to want to get 6 elements from the list > > 2) Are you always going to want to step by 5 elements as your offset each > > time > > through the outer loop? > > 3) Is your requirement just to split inLst into equal length lists and > > append > > them together into a list? > > > Depending on your answers this might be quite easy. > > > -Larry > > Hi Larry, well to answer your questions. > > 1) Are you always going to want to get 6 elements from the list > > yes for this example, but this will change depending on the length of > the sig. > hitNum will be changing depending on what element I need to lag ie: > > if hitNum = 1 > > ['b1', 'c1', 'd1', 'e1', 'a2', 'b2'] > > so I will be lagging the b elements. > > 2) Are you always going to want to step by 5 elements as your offset > each time > through the outer loop? > > I think I just answered this > > 3) Is your requirement just to split inLst into equal length lists and > append > them together into a list? > > yes > > Thanks for all your help, > > Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list