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Sane · Jun 8th, 2006, 9:46 PM

I think the problem may be that it's iterating through a list that you're changing.

Create a temporary copy of the list before, then copy back after like so:

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# does not work
for i in range(len(num)): # i is the index of each digit
	letters = numdict[int(num[i])]
        templist = namelist[:] # create a direct copy of the list rather then referencing it
	for name in namelist:
		if name[i] not in letters:
			templist.remove(name)
        namelist = templist[:]

If that doesn't work, please post a runnable version of the code to demonstrate the problem. Right now I don't know how to piece your snippets together.

Jun 8th, 2006, 9:46 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,869 Rep Power: 5	I think the problem may be that it's iterating through a list that you're changing. Create a temporary copy of the list before, then copy back after like so: (Toggle Plain Text) # does not work for i in range(len(num)): # i is the index of each digit letters = numdict[int(num[i])] templist = namelist[:] # create a direct copy of the list rather then referencing it for name in namelist: if name[i] not in letters: templist.remove(name) namelist = templist[:] # does not work for i in range(len(num)): # i is the index of each digit letters = numdict[int(num[i])] templist = namelist[:] # create a direct copy of the list rather then referencing it for name in namelist: if name[i] not in letters: templist.remove(name) namelist = templist[:] If that doesn't work, please post a runnable version of the code to demonstrate the problem. Right now I don't know how to piece your snippets together.