Re: Best way to present N items in table row for list

Hi Wadim,

On Jul 27, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Wadim wrote:
> Hello.
> I have a list that i want to present in a table.
> Each row should have 5 items.
> For now i create the function that returns me new grouped list, that i
> use later in a template.
> def groupListByRow(list):
> cnt=0
> rows=[]
> while cnt<len(list):
> row=[]
> for x in range(5):
> if cnt<len(list):
> row.append(list[cnt])
> else:
> row.append(None)
> cnt+=1
> rows.append(row)
> return rows;
> is there better way to do this? May be it is possible to do it inside
> template?

First: list is a very unlucky name for a parameter, since it's the
type of []

Second: list comprehension rules!

def groupListByRow(list):
return [lst[start:start+5] for start in range(0, len(lst), 5)]

Cheers, Roald

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