Fwd: Re: [Tutor] Number Coercion: I swear, I never laid a hand on it!

[kromag@nsacom.net]

Forwarded From: kromag@nsacom.net

> Remco Gerlich <scarblac@pino.selwerd.nl> said: 
> 
> > > 
> > > menu_items={'edit': 'windowscommandedit.com',
> > > 	'vim': 'vimvim57gvim.exe'}
>                 ^   ^     ^
> It's TWIG! I swear! :-)
> 
> > 
> > Note that this won't work; backslashes have a special meaning, they're 
used
> > to escape things so you can put special characters in a string (like n
> > means newline).
> 
> I actually put double backslashes in the script: my webmail program (twig) 
> removes them for some reason. Sorry for the confusion!
> 
> > 
> > I don't know if this is a typo or what, but the way it is written, it runs
> > os.system('s%') first. 's%' is a command that probably doesn't exist, and
> > os.system will return some number.
> 
> Simple ascii cannot express the depths of my self-loathing at this point. 
> Yes, it was a typo. 
> 
> > 
> > os.system('%s' % menu_items[choice])
> > 
> > which happens to be exactly the same thing as
> > 
> > os.system(menu_items[choice])
> > 
> > 
> > I think this reply is a bit obfuscated but I have to go, cooking :)
> 
> Your reply is crystal. I don't know why I persist in placing my 
substitutions 
> outside of the parentheses. Sorry for all the trouble folks.
> 
> d
> 
> > 
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> > Remco Gerlich
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