howto remove the thousand separator

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:35:42 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

> In article <kkfodv$f5m$1 at news.albasani.net>,
>  Walter Hurry <walterhurry at lavabit.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:29:17 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> 
>> > There are actually a lot of optimizations done, so it might turn out
>> > to be O(n) in practice. But strictly in the Python code, yes, this is
>> > definitely O(n*n).
>> 
>> In any event, Janssen should cease and desist offering advice here if
>> he can't do better than that.
> 
> That's a little harsh.  Sure, it was a "sub-optimal" way to write the
> code (for all the reasons people mentioned), but it engendered a good
> discussion.


Agreed. I'd rather people come out with poor code, and LEARN from the 
answers, than feel that they dare not reply until they're an expert.



-- 
Steven