On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
Hi Steven,
Doesn't this qualify as 'monkeying with the loop index'? [*]
import random
weights = [5, 20, 75]
counts = {0:0, 1:0, 2:0}
for i in xrange(1000000):
... i = weighted_choice(weights) #<--- monkeying right here (?)
... counts[i] += 1
[*] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/457036/dont-monkey-with-the-loop-index
(please don't top-post in these forums)
Your citation is for C#, where the loop index does indeed get changed.
In Python a loop protects itself against such monkeying, so the example
still executes a million times.
It still would be better to use a different temp variable for clarity,
but it's not as important as in other languages.
DaveA
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