John wrote:
Hi all,
I have wriiten the following code:
[Segment]
def survivor(names, step):
index = step - 1
next = names
while len(next)> 1:
next.remove (next[index])
What is the intention of this function? The name given doesn't mean
anything to me. The parameters "names" and "step" don't seem meaningful.
I can see what the function does: it deletes bits of something, probably
a list, in a convoluted way, eventually causing an error. But I can't
tell what it is *supposed* to do.
Given the example you show later on:
survivor(["Andrew", "Brenda", "Craig", "Deidre", "Edward",
"Felicity", "Greg", "Harriet"], 4)
what should the result be?
However when ever i run it i get this error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#46>", line 1, in<module>
survivor(["Andrew", "Brenda", "Craig", "Deidre", "Edward",
"Felicity", "Greg", "Harriet"], 4)
File "<pyshell#45>", line 5, in survivor
next.remove (next[index])
IndexError: list index out of range
Any ideas about whats causing this error?
You attempt to delete an item that doesn't exist.
--
Steven
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