removing the ' from list elements

[Steve Holden]

Aaarrrggghhh!!!  Just goes to show, the wrong answer in less time
ain't worth a damn.  Thanks for pointing out the error.

regards
 Steve

smst wrote:
> 
> In article <38C662F0.1C9FAC88 at bellatlantic.net>, Steve Holden
> <sholden at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> >
> >mths = {'01': 'Jan', '02': 'Feb', ... , '12': 'Dec'} # As
> initialisation, once
> > >     if mo == 'Jan':
> > >         m = '01'
> [etc]
> 
> >try:
> >    m = mths[mo]
> >except KeyError:
> >    m = None
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Close, but you got the dictionary backwards!  It should have
> been:
> mths = {'Jan': '01', 'Feb': '02', ... , 'Dec': '12'}
> 
> Sorry to be picky, but that could have caused a confusing
> error...
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Tregidgo
> http://www.businesscollaborator.com
> 
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