On Nov 13, 5:21 pm, Alan Baljeu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you should rethink your post. The first case you posted makes no > sense in any language I know. Also, a whole lot of nested IF's is a bad idea > in any language. In Python, you will end up with code indented 40+ > characters if you keep going. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: jzakiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:06:53 PM > Subject: Python IF THEN chain equivalence > > I'm translating a program in Python that has this IF Then chain > > IF x1 < limit: --- do a --- > IF x2 < limit: --- do b --- > IF x3 < limit: --- do c --- > .----- > ------ > IF x10 < limt: --- do j --- > THEN > THEN > ----- > THEN > THEN > THEN > > In other words, as long as 'xi' is less than 'limit' keep going > down the chain, and when 'xi' isn't less than 'limit' jump to end of > chain a continue. > > Is this the equivalence in Python? > > IF x1 < limit: > --- do a --- > elif x2 < limit: > --- do b --- > ---- > ---- > elif x10 < limit: > --- do j --- > > --http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > __________________________________________________________________ > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! > Answers and share what you know athttp://ca.answers.yahoo.com > >
In the code the 'xi's and 'limit' are variables and the --- do letters --- phrases are simply writes to any array: an_array[xi]=0 Actually, the code makes perfectly good sense, and is a necessity of the algorithm I'm implementing, and works perfectly good in Forth, and can be written quite nicely within a normal page width. I was just hoping I could perform the equivalent chain in Python without having to grossly indent the source code past the normal width of a printed page. But if that's the only way to do it in Python, then so be it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
