Re: [Python-ideas] Default return values to int and float

On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 11:07 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:

Ron Adam wrote:

...

On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 07:31 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:

...

 for i in finding(x, s):
     ...
 else:
     # unless for loop has a break, this will happen...
     # not a problem until you want more than just the first
     # occurrence of s in x

  for i in finding(x, s):
      if i > 25:
          break
      <build or get a result>
  else:
      return result
  raise(ValueError("string 's' had an 'x' after position 25")

And how did you decide on the magical number 25?

I knew I should have used 42. ;-)

Cheers, Ron