operator overloading

[Emile van Sebille]

Here's a quick example of using __cmp__

>>> class Test:
 def __init__(self,a):
  self.a = a
 def __cmp__(self,other):
  return self.a < other.a


>>> a = Test(3)
>>> b = Test(4)
>>> print a<b
0
>>> print a>b
1


HTH,

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: <kazan at kazan.fenx.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 1:01 PM
Subject: operator overloading


> Hello
>
> How can I overload the less than operator?
> learning python did mention something about __cmp__ but
did
> not provide any examples.
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Erling
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