Tim Chase wrote:
> Numbers with leading zeros are parsed as octal. 8 and 9 are invalid
> digits in octal. Thus, it falls over. 00 through 07 will work fine,
> but 08 and 09 will go kaput.
>
> http://docs.python.org/ref/integers.html
>
> -tkc
Thanks... that makes sense. I'll store them as st
"brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Why does 09 cause an invalid token while 9 does not?
9 isn't a valid octal digit. You probably want to use strings for
storing telephone number like codes, if leading zeroes are
significant.
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> This works:
>
> >>> area_group = {001:06, 002:04, 003:04, 006:9}
>
> This does not (one the end, 09 is used instead of 9)
>
> >>> area_group = {001:06, 002:04, 003:04, 006:09}
>File "", line 1
> area_group = {001:06, 002:04, 003:04, 006:09}
> SyntaxError: invalid token
>
> Why does
