Python equivalent to a C trick
Erik Max Francis
max at alcyone.com
Tue Aug 10 06:13:41 EDT 2004
Thomas Krüger wrote:
> Logic_Test and True_Result or False_Result
>
> Example:
> print (num_eggs > 1) and 'eggs" or "egg"
Be very careful that the "True_Result" in your formulation actually is
itself a Python true value, or this won't work:
print 'egg' + (numEggs == 1 and '' or 's')
will not work as expected.
--
__ Erik Max Francis && max at alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/
/ \ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis
\__/ Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.
-- Aristotle
More information about the Python-list
mailing list