title: For loop inside a function
body: <p>I'm still learning Python, and I'd love to know a way to make the following work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>a_function(
    for n,item in enumerate(list):
      inside_function(code code code,
                      code code code,
                      code code code))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So there's a function nested inside another function, and I need to play out the inside function a number of times, but not the outside one. The code I'm working with is not mine so I can't change the way these functions work.</p>
  
  <p>I can edit with the actual code if anyone needs it, it's something from PyChart.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit: actual code:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>ar = area.T(y_coord = category_coord.T(data, 0),
              x_grid_style=line_style.gray50_dash1,
              x_grid_interval=chartlength/5, x_range = (0,chartlength),
              x_axis=axis.X(label="X label"),
              y_axis=axis.Y(label="Y label"))
  
  chart_object.set_defaults(interval_bar_plot.T, direction="horizontal",
                            width=5, cluster_sep = 0, data=data)
  
  ar.add_plot(
    for n,item in enumerate(compactlist):
      interval_bar_plot.T(line_styles = [None, None],
                      fill_styles = [fill_style.red, None],
                      label=compactlist[n], cluster=(n,len(compactlist)))
  )
  
  can = canvas.default_canvas()
  can.set_title("Chromosome comparison")
  can.set_author("Foo")
  ar.draw()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The ar.add_plot function creates a working area in the canvas (as I understand it), while the interval_bar_plot function creates the bars, one by one. So I need multiple interval_bar_plot functions but only the one add_plot, or it simply repeats the first bar n times.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit: and the error:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>  File "intvlbar.py", line 105
      for n,item in enumerate(compactlist):
        ^
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  </code></pre>