Scott David Daniels wrote: > John Coleman wrote: > > Blackbird wrote: > >> I think this simpler version of letter_hash should work too: > >> > >> def letter_hash(word): > >> w = [c for c in word] > >> w.sort() > >> return "".join(w) > > And, for 2.4 or later: > > def letter_hash(word): > return "".join(sorted(word)) > > sorted takes an iterable, and strings are iterables. > > --Scott David Daniels > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Impressive. It is this ability to create single expressions (like "".join(sorted(word))) which take the place of entire algorithms in other languages which I find one of the most striking features of Python. -John Coleman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
