[Chicago] Python head-scratcher

[Lewit, Douglas]

Thanks Robert.  I haven't played around with octal numbers in a while.
This was interesting.  Thanks for sharing.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Robare, Phillip (Randstant) <
proba at allstate.com> wrote:

> The problem is that a leading zero on a number declares that string to be
> octal (base 8), and so only comprised of digits 1 to 7.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robare, Phillip (Randstant)
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 2:44 PM
> To: 'The Chicago Python Users Group'
> Subject: Python head-scratcher
>
> I got an instant message this morning from a frustrated co-worker who was
> trying to get his unit tests to run.  He said that when he ran with a date
> of June 1 specified things went fine, but specifying August first gave him
> a syntax error.  The only change he was making was to change the "6" in the
> month field to an "8".  I was able to help him, but I thought those on this
> list might enjoy the puzzle.
>
> >>> from datetime import date
> >>> d = date(2014,06,01)
> >>> print d
> 2014-06-01
> >>> d = date(2014,08,01)
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     d = date(2014,08,01)
>                    ^
> SyntaxError: invalid token
>
> (for those whose mail readers do not use fixed width fonts, the caret in
> the error is pointing at the 8.)
>
> Clue:  A similar problem would exist in Java, C++, C and many others.
>
> I will post the solution later today.
>
> Phil Robare
> probare at rcnchicago.com
>
>
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