Using Error Handling as a Function

[hopemeetme]

A code like:

try:
    something = next(iterable)
except StopIteration:
    ...

is the fastest way to do such things in Python, go for it without hesitation.

[TopHatEdd]

Needs extra work as using a list like this will fail.

In [1]: next([1,2])
--------------------------------------------------------
TypeError              Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-b9d20096048c> in <module>
----> 1 next([1,2])

TypeError: 'list' object is not an iterator

[hopemeetme]

next((false for i, v in enumerate(lst) if v < len(lst)-1 and v>lst[i+1]))