This is very cool stuff but I suspect that the code is unreadable to many
readers, including me. Just for fun here is a complete program, written in
Turbo Pascal, circa 1982, that does the job. Readable n'est pas?
Program dash;
var str: string[80];
n: integer;
odd: boolean;
begin
One of the difficulties of this kind of a problem is that one is looking for
a solution to a limited number of data points for which it may be possible
to define a function. There can never be a guarantee that the chosen "fit"
can be reliably extrapolated. You need to tie a possible solution to
OK Steve, But why do we say "from array import array" and NOT "from math
import math"? Why the difference in syntax?
Gord
"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:26:28 -0500, Gor
OK, thanks to all. The key statement is "from array import array" which is
not exactly intuitive!
Gord
"John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Bernard wrote:
>> On 12 nov, 20:19, "Gordon C" <[EMAIL PROTEC
Absolute newbie here. In spite of the Python Software Foundation tutorial's
( http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html ) use of the array
declaration
array(type[,initializer]), the Python interpreter does NOT accept the word
array! It , presumably, needs to have an import included. Coul
