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Iterating through accounts in Python

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kwhitney09

08 Dec, 2011 04:48 PM

I was using:

for i in range(0, root.getHighestAccountNum()):
    myAccount = root.getAccountById(i)

to iterate through Moneydance accounts.

However, this:

for i in range(0, root.getHighestAccountNum()+1):
    myAccount = root.getAccountById(i)

gets the full account list. Why the +1? Am I misunderstanding the range of account id numbers?

Thanks

1. 1 Posted by Jessica Little on 08 Dec, 2011 06:30 PM

   

   When you use the range function in Python, the number produced are inclusive of the beginning of the range but exclusive of the end. So, for example, this code:

   for i in range(0,3):
     print i,
   

   would print "0,1,2", not "0,1,2,3". Since you want to print all of the accounts, including the last one, you have to add 1 to the second argument of the range command to get the desired results.

   Hope that clears things up. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance, and thanks for your interest in Moneydance!

   Jessica Little
   Moneydance Support

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2. 2 Posted by kwhitney09 on 08 Dec, 2011 06:40 PM

   

   My python novice status is showing!

   Thanks for the super-quick response.

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3. Jessica Little closed this discussion on 08 Dec, 2011 07:37 PM.