On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:34 AM, John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:06:03 AM UTC-8, pete suchsland wrote: > >> if x = 99: > > Surely, Pete, you meant to write "if x == 99:" ? Maybe. Or maybe he wanted the OP to do stuff that would result in exceptions, since exceptions are a way of life in Python! :) ChrisA