Wrapping around on a list when list index is out of range

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Use the % operator to produce a modulus:

notes[note % len(notes)]

Demo:

>>> notes = ["a", "a#", "b", "c", "c#", "d", "e", "f", "f#", "g", "g#"]
>>> note = 21
>>> notes[note % len(notes)]
'g#'

or in a loop:

>>> for note in range(22):
...     print notes[note % len(notes)],
... 
a a# b c c# d e f f# g g# a a# b c c# d e f f# g g#

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