Chris Hengge wrote: > Ok the example I gave here wasn't written as I had it in my head.. you > are right, the example only had 1 sentence. > > Inputs: > List1 ['a.exe','b.exe',c.exe'] > List2 ['A.exe',B.eXe',c.EXE'] > > for item in List1: > if item in List2: > print item + " " + list2thing that matched.
But the list2thing that matched is the same as item! In this example nothing will match because nothing in list1 is also in list2. I still don't have a clue what you want. > > I can't force to upper or lower, that would break the already working > code.. > > Its just this darn output for list2 that isn't working. > > I tried the suggested list.index(item) but that wont work if there isn't > a match. It raises an exception if there is no match, but you want to print only if there is a match. John Fouhy showed how to catch the exception. I'm done guessing what you want. If you can't state the problem so I can understand it I give up. Kent > Right now my code works when there is a match, and if there isnt'... > It also works for renaming the actual file to match the file call from > the document. > > I'm about to take the display out, since I dont honestly care that it > works, but now that I've been working with it I'm being stubborn and > want the darn thing to show me =P > > On 10/18/06, *Kent Johnson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > Chris Hengge wrote: > > Tried your first suggestion. > > AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'find' > > Sorry, it's index() not find(). Strings have both but lists only have > index() > > > > Perhaps a better explanation... > > > > > > for word in paragraph: > > if word in sentence: > > print word + sentence > > > > Assume that the word is only used once per paragraph. > > Still not clear - the above looks like it would actually run. > > > > I can't figure out how to tell it to print the right sentence (using > > this example) because python does the search internally and > doesn't seem > > to have a way to return the list location where the match occurred. > > There is only one sentence in the above example. > > I think you want index(). If not, maybe you could show a small sample of > the data and the result you want. > > > > > > On 10/18/06, *Kent Johnson* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Chris Hengge wrote: > > > Still no progress with this myself. > > > > > > For clarification if I didn't provide enough earlier, > > > for item in list1: > > > if item in list2: > > > print item and list[object at location where matched > > item] <-- > > > need this location. > > > > I still don't understand your question. If you want the index > in list2 > > of the item that matches, use list2.find(item). > > > > If you want to enumerate over a list and have the list indices > > available > > as well as the list values, use enumerate() e.g. > > for i, item in enumerate(list1): > > # i is the index of item in list1 > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > On 10/18/06, *Chris Hengge* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> wrote: > > > > > > I'm looking for a way to do the following. > > > > > > for item in limitedLineList: > > > if item in directoryList: > > > print match.ljust(20) + > > limitedLineList[count].ljust(20) > > > + directoryList[ count].ljust(20) > > > else: > > > print fail.ljust(20) + > > limitedLineList[count].ljust(20) > > > + directoryList[count].ljust(20) > > > os.rename(pathName + directoryList[ count], > > pathName + > > > limitedLineList[count]) > > > count = count + 1 > > > > > > Where I have underlined, needs to be the item from the > > > directoryList, and I'm unable to find a way to return > that. > > > > > > The code is actually doing what I want correctly, > (cheated a > > test by > > > hand changing variables), but I need to find the directory > > location. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> > > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> > > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
