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Oct 11th, 2009

Repetitive code problem

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I'm having a problem sizing down this block of code:

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   if POS == 1:
        POS1 = "->"
    else:
        POS1 = "  "
 
    if POS == 2:
        POS2 = "->"
    else:
        POS2 = "  "
 
    if POS == 3:
        POS3 = "->"
    else:
        POS3 = "  "
 
    if POS == 4:
        POS4 = "->"
    else:
        POS4 = "  "
 
    if POS == 5:
        POS5 = "->"
    else:
        POS5 = "  "
 
    if POS == 6:
        POS6 = "->"
    else:
        POS6 = "  "
 
    if POS == 7:
        POS7 = "->"
    else:
        POS7 = "  "
 
    if POS == 8:
        POS8 = "->"
    else:
        POS8 = "  "
 
    if POS == 9:
        POS9 = "->"
    else:
        POS9 = "  "
 
    if POS == 1:
        POS1 = "->"
    else:
        POS1 = "  "
   if POS == 1:
        POS1 = "->"
    else:
        POS1 = "  "

    if POS == 2:
        POS2 = "->"
    else:
        POS2 = "  "
        
    if POS == 3:
        POS3 = "->"
    else:
        POS3 = "  "

    if POS == 4:
        POS4 = "->"
    else:
        POS4 = "  "

    if POS == 5:
        POS5 = "->"
    else:
        POS5 = "  "

    if POS == 6:
        POS6 = "->"
    else:
        POS6 = "  "

    if POS == 7:
        POS7 = "->"
    else:
        POS7 = "  "

    if POS == 8:
        POS8 = "->"
    else:
        POS8 = "  "

    if POS == 9:
        POS9 = "->"
    else:
        POS9 = "  "
        
    if POS == 1:
        POS1 = "->"
    else:
        POS1 = "  "

The reason why I can't figure it out is mainly because the sequence I would use a for loop with is in a variable. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Re: Repetitive code problem

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locals_dict = locals()
for i in range(1, 10):
    var_name = "POS" + str(i)
    if i == POS:
        locals_dict[var_name] = "->"
    else:
        locals_dict[var_name] = " "
locals_dict = locals()
for i in range(1, 10):
    var_name = "POS" + str(i)
    if i == POS:
        locals_dict[var_name] = "->"
    else:
        locals_dict[var_name] = " "

discalimer: That code uses hacks and the purists may have your head for it.

Last edited by scru; Oct 11th, 2009 at 8:47 am.

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Re: Repetitive code problem

Yes, I see how that would be considered a hack. Will it be fairly reliable? Or will it crash most of the time.

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Re: Repetitive code problem

Why do you want to have vars named POSn.
I wouldn't do that...
Very complicated. It's far easier to have one list variable where you assign pos[n]

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pos=['  ' for i in range(10)] # defines a list inited with ['  ', '  ',... ten times]
pos[POS-1]='->'
pos=['  ' for i in range(10)] # defines a list inited with ['  ', '  ',... ten times]
pos[POS-1]='->'

Last edited by jice; Oct 11th, 2009 at 4:10 pm.

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Re: Repetitive code problem

Similar to jice's code:

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# simply ignore index zero
pos = ['  '] * 11
print( pos )
 
POS = 1
 
pos[POS] = '->'
print( pos )
 
"""my display -->
['  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ']
['  ', '->', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ']
"""
# simply ignore index zero
pos = ['  '] * 11
print( pos )

POS = 1

pos[POS] = '->'
print( pos )

"""my display -->
['  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ']
['  ', '->', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ', '  ']
"""

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If I knew how the 2nd line of Jiccess code I could make it work. But I forgot to mention that each POS variable is in a certain place. I won't work to only have 1 variable. I also forgot to mention that scru's code didn't work either, it said that POS1 wasn't defined.

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Re: Repetitive code problem

Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by AutoPython ...

If I knew how the 2nd line of Jiccess code I could make it work. But I forgot to mention that each POS variable is in a certain place. I won't work to only have 1 variable. I also forgot to mention that scru's code didn't work either, it said that POS1 wasn't defined.

Sorry but I don't understand what you mean.
What do you mean with "each POS variable is in a certain place" ?

If I use one variable, it contains the tenth values.
Instead of using POS1, you'll use pos[0], POS5 will become pos[4]...

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OH, now I get it, sorry, yes it does work. Thank you!

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