On Oct 29, 2:44 pm, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guilherme Polo wrote: > > On 10/29/08, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> hello, > > >> Why gives "k = 09" a syntax error ? > > > 09 is not a valid octal number. Instead use 011. > > > Ok, I guess you were not aware that prefixing a number with a '0' > > would cause python to parse it as an octal and now you know. > > thanks guys, > I didn't realize there were still people using octal notation ;-)
Windows users don't have much need for it, but it's still popular with the 'Nix crowd. > > cheers, > Stef -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
