Paolo Pantaleo wrote: (snip) > Thnx for the help, > actually the problme is not solved > > i have [well I want to do...] something like: > > if a=b(): > do stuff with a > else if a=c(): > do stuff with b
where does this 'b' come from ? > else: > do other stuff > > well, two solutions are > > a1=b() > a2=c() > > if a1: > do stuff with a1 > else if a2: > do stuff with a2 > else: > do other stuff if the call to b() returns a non-false value, the call to c() is useless. > > the other is > > > if b(): > a=b() > do stuff with a > else if c(): > a=c() > do stuff with b > else: > do other stuff You still have useless function calls. > Even if none is exactly the same about: > * the number of times the b() and c() functions are executed > * the final value of a > > I think the right one is: > > a=b() > if a: > do stuff with a > else: > a=c() > if a=c(): > do stuff with b > else: > do other stuff Almost : a = b() if a: do_stuff_with_b(a) else: a = c() if a: do_stuff_with_c(a) else: do_other_stuff() Now there are probably better ways to write this, but this would require more knowledge about your real code. -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list