Conditional operator in Python?
Tim Peters
tim.one at home.com
Wed Apr 4 15:05:34 EDT 2001
[Steven D. Majewski]
> Obviously a performance hit, but if you want readability:
>
> >>> 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
That's not confusing. This is <wink>:
>>> Number(1,064)
1052L
>>>
hard-to-believe-that-semantically-significant-leading-zeroes-
ever-seemed-like-"a-good-idea"-to-anyone-ly y'rs - tim
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