spliting on ":"

[Cyril Bazin]

Ok, ok, there was a mistake in the code.
(Of course, it was done on prupose in order to verify if everybody is aware
;-)
I don't know why it is preferable to compare an object to the object "None"
using "is not".
"==" is, IMHO, more simple. Simple is better than complex. So I use "==".

The correct program is:

import urllib2
for line in open("fileName.txt"):
    addr, port  = urllib2.splitport(line)
    print (port == None) and '' or port

or

import urllib2
for line in open("fileName.txt"):
    addr, port  = urllib2.splitport(line)
    if port == None:
        print ''
    else:
        print port


On 3/4/06, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>
> Cyril Bazin wrote:
> > Your file looks like a list of IP adresses.
> > You can use the urllib and urllib2 modules to parse IP adresses.
> >
> > import urllib2
> > for line in open("fileName.txt"):
> >     addr, port  = urllib2.splitport(line)
> >     print (port != None) and '' or port
>
> Is this what you want to happen when port is None?
>
> >>> port = None
> >>> print (port != None) and '' or port
> None
>
>
> I think you're getting caught by the classic and/or trap in Python,
> trying to avoid using a simple if statement.
>
> By the way, equality comparison with None is generally a bad idea as
> well, so even if the above worked it should be (port is not None) rather
> than (port != None).
>
> -Peter
>
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