Does python suck or I am just stupid?
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Sat Feb 22 13:04:21 EST 2003
(Short answer: Python doesn't suck. ;-)
Andy Mroczkowski wrote:
> I've been tearing my hair out over a bug(?) I've come across.
> u = 0.0
> u_inc = 0.001
>
> v = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.75, 0.75, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>
> while u <= 1.0:
> for x in v:
> if u == x:
> print u, x
> u = u + u_inc
[...]
> What is wrong? Is this some weird feature? Or is Python broken? And
> sorry if this is something silly that I'm overlooking on my part.
Please see http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?req=show&file=faq04.098.htp
(Then change the u==x comparison from a strict equality check, as
prescribed therein.)
-Peter
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