*********************** Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. *********************** On Thursday 26 October 2006 02:56, John Salerno wrote: > >>> s = 'hello' > >>> s == True > False > >>> if s: > print 'hi' > this isn't only a python behavior. the "if" test is valid for all non-zero variables. only None, 0 and False make the condition to jump over. F