[Tutor] i know this should be easy

[nephish]

Kent Johnson wrote:

>nephish wrote:
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>>Hey there,
>>i have a simple question.
>>if something returns a true or false, how do i test for it with an if 
>>statement?
>>i am using pygtk with a toggle button that returns TRUE if checked and 
>>FALSE if not.
>>do i need quotes around the TRUE / FALSE or should i use 1 and 0?
>>
>>Auto_Tog = self.AutoCheckRaw.get_active()
>>if str(AddDay_Tog)== '1':
>>    do so and so.
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by TRUE and FALSE but you can most likely just test it directly:
>
>Auto_Tog = self.AutoCheckRaw.get_active()
>if AddDay_Tog:
>    do so and so.
>
>>From http://docs.python.org/ref/Booleans.html#Booleans
>
>In the context of Boolean operations, and also when expressions are used by control flow statements, the following values are interpreted as false: None, numeric zero of all types, empty sequences (strings, tuples and lists), and empty mappings (dictionaries). All other values are interpreted as true.
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>So any reasonable values for TRUE and FALSE will work fine.
>
>Kent
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cool. thanks much !
shawn