Newbie asks(2): How to do this line of C in Py?

[Joe Potter]

On 11 Jul 2001 08:43:22 -0700, rzantow at usa.net (- RZ) wrote:

>Joe Potter <jm7potter at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<7s9oktcv5vll2hberldlt51mcdg5qnitke at 4ax.com>...
>> 
>> David,
>> 
>> I have followed these questions with great interest. I hope he keeps asking for a
>> while --- and folks here keep answering.
>> 
>> As a newbie to Python, I find that the one liners in c are easy to follow and the
>> translation into Python show me where I am missing Python techniques.
>> 
>> My purpose in writing this is simply to say you are not just helping Mr. Wong when
>> you respond.
>> 
>> Regards, Joe
>
>Well yeah, but.... 
>
>Given a little context, the answers could vary considerably from the
>line-at-a-time approach. There's a difference between transliteration
>and translation. It might well be more educational to learn the best
>Pythonic way to accomplish a task than to learn how to write C in
>Python.
>

You are quite correct. There are many, many threads here that are "more educational"
that the one-liners are. I read most of them. I have picked up a lot via reading
these "better" threads. 

However, the one-liners have been fun also.

Regards, Joe