Hi Gerrit,
Gerrit Holl schrieb:
> is an assigment slower than appending to a list?
> [...]
> What is faster? What do you prefer?
In addition to that what others have said: What about (not tested)
def f( s ):
o = map( lambda c: chr( ord(c)/2 ), s )
return string.join( o, '' )
How will this compare?
Stefan