Practice question

[C Smith]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>With two numbers, 15 and 30, all you really need is five test cases:

My solution assumed integers also, but after I posted it, I thought:
"What about floating points?"

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:18:13 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I think I get it now.  You are using a sample of answers.  So you could
>> actually just run through them all.  (I haven't tried this yet)
>>
>> for x in range(lo,hi)
>>      print((15 <= x < 30) == (15<= x and x <30))
>
> Yes, except using print is probably not the best idea, since you might
> have dozens of True True True True ... printed, one per line, and if you
> blink the odd False might have scrolled off screen before you notice.
>
> With two numbers, 15 and 30, all you really need is five test cases:
>
> - a number lower than the smaller of the two numbers (say, 7);
> - a number equal to the smaller of the two numbers (that is, 15);
> - a number between the two numbers (say, 21);
> - a number equal to the larger of the two numbers (that is, 30);
> - a number higher than the larger of the two numbers (say, 999);
>
>
> The exact numbers don't matter, so long as you test all five cases. And
> rather than printing True True True... let's use assert instead:
>
>
> for x in (7, 15, 21, 30, 999):
>     assert (15 <= x < 30) == (15<= x and x <30)
>
>
> If the two cases are equal, assert will do nothing. But if they are
> unequal, assert will raise an exception and stop, and you know that the
> two cases are not equivalent and can go on to the next possibility.
>
>
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