loop over list and modify in place

[Daniel Nogradi]

Is looping over a list of objects and modifying (adding an attribute
to) each item only possible like this?

mylist = [ obj1, obj2, obj3 ]

for i in xrange( len( mylist ) ):
mylist.newattribute = 'new value'


I'm guessing there is a way to do this without introducing the (in
principle unnecessary) index i, so what I'm really looking for is a
looping method which doesn't pass references to the values of the
items but to the items themselves.

 

[James Stroud]

Is looping over a list of objects and modifying (adding an attribute
to) each item only possible like this?

mylist = [ obj1, obj2, obj3 ]

for i in xrange( len( mylist ) ):
mylist.newattribute = 'new value'


I'm guessing there is a way to do this without introducing the (in
principle unnecessary) index i, so what I'm really looking for is a
looping method which doesn't pass references to the values of the
items but to the items themselves.

You can use map, or if you don't map, like list comprehension:

py> class B(object):
.... def __repr__(self):
.... return '<B>: %s' % self.value
.... def __init__(self):
.... self.value = None
....
py> alist = [B() for i in xrange(5)]
py> alist
[<B>: None, <B>: None, <B>: None, <B>: None, <B>: None]
py> [setattr(b,'value',v+5) for (v,b) in enumerate(alist)]
[None, None, None, None, None]
py> alist
[<B>: 5, <B>: 6, <B>: 7, <B>: 8, <B>: 9]
py> map(setattr, alist, ['value']*5, xrange(5))
[None, None, None, None, None]
py> alist
[<B>: 0, <B>: 1, <B>: 2, <B>: 3, <B>: 4]

--
James Stroud
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Box 951570
Los Angeles, CA 90095

http://www.jamesstroud.com/

 

[John Machin]

Is looping over a list of objects and modifying (adding an attribute
to) each item only possible like this?

mylist = [ obj1, obj2, obj3 ]

for i in xrange( len( mylist ) ):
mylist.newattribute = 'new value'


I'm guessing there is a way to do this without introducing the (in
principle unnecessary) index i, so what I'm really looking for is a
looping method which doesn't pass references to the values of the
items but to the items themselves.

You can use map, or if you don't map, like list comprehension:

Call me crazy, but isn't the simple construct
for obj in mylist:
obj.newattribute = 'new value'
what the OP was looking for?

 

[James Stroud]

Is looping over a list of objects and modifying (adding an attribute
to) each item only possible like this?

mylist = [ obj1, obj2, obj3 ]

for i in xrange( len( mylist ) ):
mylist.newattribute = 'new value'


I'm guessing there is a way to do this without introducing the (in
principle unnecessary) index i, so what I'm really looking for is a
looping method which doesn't pass references to the values of the
items but to the items themselves.

You can use map, or if you don't map, like list comprehension:

Call me crazy, but isn't the simple construct
for obj in mylist:
obj.newattribute = 'new value'
what the OP was looking for?

I thought he wanted a one liner.


--
James Stroud
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Box 951570
Los Angeles, CA 90095

http://www.jamesstroud.com/

 

[Daniel Nogradi]

Call me crazy, but isn't the simple construct

for obj in mylist:
obj.newattribute = 'new value'
what the OP was looking for?

Yes, of course. That's why my follow-up post was this:

Please consider the previous question as an arbitrary random brain
cell fluctuation whose probability of occurence is around once per
month and before sending the question it hasn't yet happened to me in
September.

 

[Paul Rubin]

Is looping over a list of objects and modifying (adding an attribute
to) each item only possible like this?

mylist = [ obj1, obj2, obj3 ]

for i in xrange( len( mylist ) ):
mylist.newattribute = 'new value'

for m in mylist:
m.newattribute = 'new value'