Quin wrote: > Thanks guys, I'm thinking it's a problem with IronPython. I'm switching > to PyScripter and will test tomorrow. > I'd be very surprised to find that something as basic as this was wrong with IronPython. Complex commercial software has been built on it, so there's little question that the platform is sound.
Are you *sure* you copied and pasted the session you listed? regards Steve > "Larry Hudson" <org...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:ybmdnrfzz_3nvu_wnz2dnuvz_hgdn...@giganews.com... >> Quin wrote: >>> s = f.readline() >>> if 'mystring' in s: print 'foundit' >>> if 'mystring' not in s: print 'not found' >>> if 'mystring' in s: >>> print 'processing' >>> >>> this generates output: >>> not found >>> processing >>> >>> so, it doesn't find the substring, but goes into processing code anyway. >>> >>> This is using IronPython >> >> As others have already said, this _does_ work properly. >> >> But a minor rearrangement is simpler, and IMHO clearer: >> >> if 'mystring' not in s: >> print 'not found' >> else: >> print 'foundit' >> print 'processing' >> >> -=- Larry -=- > -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
