On 2006-05-02, Boris Borcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2006-05-02, Boris Borcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>> Python knows how to count. :)
>>>>
>>>> def countFalse(seq):
>>>> return len([v for v in seq if not v])
>>>>
>>>> def countTrue(seq):
>>>> return len([v for v in seq if v])
>>>>
>>>> def truth_test(seq):
>>>> return countTrue(seq) == 1
>>>>
>>> I'd suggest the more direct
>>>
>>> def countFalse(seq) :
>>> return sum(1 for v in seq if not v)
>>
>> I guess I don't see how that is more direct.
>>
>> If you want to know how many items are in a seqneuce, you call
>> len().
>
> sum doesn't construct a sequence
Doh! I missed the fact that you used a generator rather than a
list comprehension.
>> Converting that list to a list of 1's
>
> that's not what my suggestion is doing
I see that now.
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