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minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoSkip. As in, “drop the first 5 elements of this iterable.” dropwhile is “drop each element until the given predicate is satisfied.” It’s really not that obscure, I dunno what the original commenter is on about
minus-squareDoc Avid Mornington@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYeah, I’m not even a python dev, I knew what dropwhile did immediately from the name. Some people just don’t want to learn anything new, ever.
What the hell is a drop
Skip. As in, “drop the first 5 elements of this iterable.” dropwhile is “drop each element until the given predicate is satisfied.” It’s really not that obscure, I dunno what the original commenter is on about
Yeah, I’m not even a python dev, I knew what dropwhile did immediately from the name. Some people just don’t want to learn anything new, ever.