On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:41:20 -0400 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I'd think a true newcomer (to programming) would have NO > expectations... And if they'd had any complex math classes may actually > consider > if 1 < x < 10: > to be the norm [...] +1 I've only ever known Python (well, I've almost forgotten Bash), and when I first needed a range test, I guessed at the above form and was pleasantly surprised that it worked: it seemed too good to be true that Python was smart enough to know I wanted the same "x" to be an operand in two comparisons at once. John P.S. I know I'm not helping, but I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy who wanted his code reviewed! John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list