Metalone wrote:
<on imitatting VB's irritating space-or-minus>
>
> This might be a little too tricky.
> [" %d", "%d][n < 0] % n --> selects list[0] or list[1] based upon sign
> of number
>
("%+d" % 123).replace("+", " ") is slightly longer but instantly
comprehensible, although I for one think your boolean indexing trick is
cool.
--Max