For Index Replacement
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Sourcery refactoring id: for-index-replacement
Section titled “Sourcery refactoring id: for-index-replacement”Description:
Section titled “Description:”Replace item lookups in loops using the index with direct reference to the items
Before:
Section titled “Before:”for i in range(len(currencies)): print(currencies[i])After:
Section titled “After:”for currency in currencies: print(currency)Explanation:
Section titled “Explanation:”A pattern that is often used in Python for loops is to use range(len(list)) to
generate a range of numbers that can be iterated over.
If the index i is only used to do list access this code can be improved by
iterating over the list directly, as in the above example.
This code is easier to understand, and a lot less cluttered. In particular being
able to use a meaningful name for currency greatly improves readability.
Note that this refactoring will only trigger where Sourcery can determine that
the collection (currencies in this case) is a list.