Alternative to nesting for loops in Python
- by davenz
I've read that one of the key beliefs of Python is that flat nested. However, if I have several variables counting up, what is the alternative to multiple for loops?
My code is for counting grid sums and goes as follows:
def horizontal():
for x in range(20):
for y in range(17):
temp = grid[x][y: y + 4]
sum = 1
for n in temp:
sum += int(n)
return sum
This seems to me like it is too heavily nested. Firstly, what is considered to many nested loops in Python ( I have certainly seen 2 nested loops before). Secondly, if this is too heavily nested, what is an alternative way to write this code?
