Re: DIS: Mad Scientist Script

[Ian Kelly]

On Feb 1, 2008 4:43 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Prettier:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> import sys
> from random import *
>
> rulefile = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
> print SystemRandom().choice(rule for rule in rulefile if rule)

Oops, choice() calls len(), which raises an exception on the generator
comprehension.  But this works:

print SystemRandom().choice([rule for rule in rulefile if rule])

-root