Help with python functions?

[tn156 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu]

On Monday, September 23, 2013 6:48:20 PM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 9/23/2013 6:32 PM, kjakupak at gmail.com wrote:
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> > On Monday, September 23, 2013 9:56:45 AM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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> >> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:57:34 -0700, kjakupak wrote:
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> >> Now you're done! On to the next function...
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> >> --
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> >> Steven
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> > def temp(T, from_unit, to_unit):
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> >      conversion_table = {('c', 'k'):lambda x: x + 273.15,
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> >                          ('c', 'f'):lambda x: (x * (9.0/5)) + 32,
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> >                          ('k', 'c'):lambda x: x - 273.15,
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> >                          ('k', 'f'):lambda x: (x * (9.0/5)) - 459.67,
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> >                          ('f', 'c'):lambda x: (x - 32) * (5.0/9),
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> >                          ('f', 'k'):lambda x: (x + 459.67) * (5.0/9)}
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> >      f = conversion_table[(from_unit.lower(), to_unit.lower())]
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> >      return f(T)
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> What happens if you run some tests? If you use unittest, you can use the 
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> assertAlmostEqualMethod, or just write something similar yourself. Be 
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> careful with values near 0..
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> At minimum, how many tests do you need, 6 or 9?
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> -- 
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> Terry Jan Reedy

can elif be used instead of lambda