help on ultra newbie program please

[cybernut]

"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
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> cybernut wrote:
>
> > So Im not sure what that is doing exactly because it doenst seem to be
> > comparing anything or checking to see if something is true or not. I
> > know it
> > works in the program, but dont understand what it is and why.
>
> I just stated what it does.
>
> if x: ...
>
> tests whether or not x is "true."  I indicated what Python considers
> false; everything else it considers true.
>
>
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Ok, gotcha thanks. I just didn't comprehend the whole true thing at first.
But now I understand and that in his code he started out with password_ok =
0 which means false. Then at the end it checks to see if it is still zero
and if it isnt zero then it is true and executes. Thanks for takin the time
to clarify...