On Monday, October 6, 2014 5:04:11 AM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote: > On Oct 5, 2014 6:07 PM, Seymore4Head wrote: > > For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer. > > I see a practice question is similar to this. > > 15 <= x < 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent. > Maybe > 30 > x >= 15 > ? Seems more "similar" to the original expression than the other > possibilities.
> As to how to try it out, bring up the Python prompt, assign various > values to x, and keep evaluating the possibilities. To simplify > evaluation off a bunch of alternatives, consider defining a function > which takes x add a parameter and print out the various expression > values. I'd give a concrete example, but don't has a prompt > available on my phone... An interesting data-point. We have a here a poster who's asked some 20 or so python questions and still seems not to know how to use the interpreter interactively. Sorry Seymore if this sounds condescending -- its not a complaint against you but against those who treat the print statement/expression as kosher for newbies. Imagine someone who has driven a car for a month but has no clue about the basic rule of keep-left (or right). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
