Will McGugan wrote: > gabor wrote: > >> hi, >> >> there are 2 versions of a simple code. >> which is preferred? >> >> >> === >> if len(line) >= (n+1): >> text = line[n] >> else: >> text = 'nothing' >> === >> >> >> === >> try: >> text = line[n] >> except IndexError: >> text = 'nothing' >> === >> >> >> which is the one you would use? > > > I would actualy use the following for this particular case.. > > text = line[n:n+1] or 'nothing' > > But in general I think it is best to use exceptions like that only where > you expect the code to _not_ throw the exception the majority of times. > Otherwise the simple condition is better. Although I expect there is not > much difference either way.. > > > Will McGugan > -- > http://www.kelpiesoft.com
Hey are you a perl programmer? That looks perlish to me. A python programmer would never use "or" that way (even though it works). :) It's okay, I used to be a perl programmer too. It's nothing to be ashamed of. :) - Ken -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
