In article <9s4nh9-8dr....@chris.zbmc.eu>, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote: > I want to print a series of list elements some of which may not exist, > e.g. I have a line:- > > print day, fld[1], balance, fld[2] > > fld[2] doesn't always exist (fld is the result of a split) so the > print fails when it isn't set. > > I know I could simply use an if but ultimately there may be more > elements of fld in the print and the print may well become more > complex (most like will be formatted for example). Thus it would be > good if there was some way to say "print this if it exists".
One possible way is a trick I've used in the past. fld = split(...) + ['']*10 this guarantees that fld has at least 10 elements. If you want to guarantee that fld has *exactly* 10 elements, just take [0:10] of that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list