I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times

[Grant Edwards]

On 2014-08-30, Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2014-08-30 14:27, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> I really tried to get this without asking for help.
>> 
>> mylist = ["The", "earth", "Revolves", "around", "Sun"]
>> print (mylist)
>> for e in mylist:
>> 
>>  # one of these two choices should print something.  Since neither
>> does, I am missing something subtle.
>> 
>>     if e[0].isupper == False:  
>>         print ("False")
>>     if e[0].isupper == True:
>>         print ("True")    
>> 
>> I am sure in the first , third and fifth choices should be true.
>> Right now, I am just testing the first letter of each word.
>
> There's a difference between e[0].isupper which refers to the method
> itself, and e[0].isupper() which then calls that method.  Call the
> method, and you should be good to go.

I missed the beginning of the thread, but Why are you comparing things
to True and False?

What you should do is

     if not e[0].isupper():
        asdf()
        
or
        
     if e[0].isupper():
        qwer()     

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