Gordon Airporte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I did already find that it speeds things up to pre-test a line like
>
> if 'bets' or 'calls' or 'raises' in line:
> run the appropriate re's
>
> which isn't very pretty at all
Nor does it work the way you might suppose:
>>> line = "foo calls"
>>> if 'bets' or 'calls' or 'raises' in line:
... print "Yes"
...
Yes
>>> line = "spam eggs"
>>> if 'bets' or 'calls' or 'raises' in line:
... print "Yes"
...
Yes
Hint: the expression being evaluated for the 'if' statement above is
equivalent to:
if (('bets') or ('calls') or ('raises' in line)):
print "Yes"
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