Check if a given value is out of certain range

[alister]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:44:33 -0500, Tim Chase wrote:

> On 2015-09-29 21:32, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 29/09/2015 17:48, Rob Gaddi wrote:
>> >> Is there any similar elegant way to check if a value is out of
>> >> certain range?
>> >> Example - To check if x is either less than zero or greater than
>> >> ten? Right now I am using x < 0 or x > 10.
>> >
>> > not (0 <= x <= 10)
>> 
>> Yuck.
> 
> Not sure there's much "yuck" to be had there.  It's succinct, easy to
> read, and correct.  The only improvement might be if you have things to
> do in both cases, in which case remove the "not" and set the clauses
> accordingly:
> 
>   if 0 <= x <= 10:
>     success_within_range(x)
>   else:
>     fail_out_of_bounds(x)
> 
> -tkc

I would stick with the OP's current solution

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