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author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2003-11-07 01:30:58 (GMT) |
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committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2003-11-07 01:30:58 (GMT) |
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Add a new looping idiom
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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index e6017b0..508a7ae 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -2162,6 +2162,21 @@ What is your quest? It is the holy grail. What is your favorite color? It is blue. \end{verbatim} +To loop over a sequence in reverse, first specify the sequence +in a forward direction and then call the \function{reversed()} +function. + +\begin{verbatim} +>>> for i in reversed(xrange(1,10,2)): +... print i +... +9 +7 +5 +3 +1 +\end{verbatim} + \section{More on Conditions \label{conditions}} |