Conditional operator in Python?

[Joshua Marshall]

Steven D. Majewski <sdm7g at virginia.edu> wrote:

>>>> def Number( *args ):
> ...     t = 0
> ...     for x in args:
> ...             t = t * 1000L
> ...             assert 0 <= x < 1000, 'Out of range' 
> ...             t = t + x
> ...     return t
> ... 
>>>> Number( 1,000,000 )
> 1000000
>>>> Number( 1,234,567)
> 1234567
>>>> Number( 1,200,300,400,500 )
> 1200300400500L
>>>> Number( 1,200,300,400,500.25 )
> 1200300400500.25

> Of course, you can also have confusing things like:

>>>> Number( 1,2,3 )
> 1002003

Be careful with this--octal notation (numbers beginning with 0) will
break it.