function with list inputs in python

Question

I am trying to create a function ex:

RotateElement (doc, lmnt_id, axis, angle)

lmnt_id, axis and angle are inputs that will come in a form of a list. Ex:

axis = [line1, line2, line3]
angle = [20, 25, 30]
lmnt_id = [1, 2, 3]
doc is a constant value

How can i call this function so that it iterates through the inputs. i want it to use line1, 20 and 1 when it runs for the first time but then line2, 25 and 2 when it runs second time and so on. I tried this but it only runs once:

for i in lmnt_ids:
    lmnt_id = i
    for j in axises:
        axis = j
        result.append(ElementTransformUtils.RotateElement (doc, lmnt_id, axis, angle))

Thank you!

jonrsharpe · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-06 14:48:07Z

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It looks like you want:

for axis_, angle_, lmnt_id_ in zip(axis, angle, lmnt_id):
    result.append(ElementTransformUtils.RotateElement(doc, lmnt_id_, 
                                                      axis_, angle_))

zip will match up the three lists and assign the nth value from each to the loop variables in turn

answered Apr 6, 2014 at 14:48

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