python newbie

[Peter Hansen]

Chris wrote:
> 
> In article <Xns91E989929996CRASXnewsDFE1 at 130.133.1.4>,
>  Philip Swartzleonard <starx at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > def percent_chance( percentage ):
> >       "Assumes percentage as number 0-100"
> >       if random.random() > (percentage / 100.0):
> >               return 1
> >       else:
> >               return 0
> 
> Might more concisely be written as:
> 
> def percent_chance( percentage ):
>      return random.random() > (percentage / 100.0)

But this is Python, and a newbie.  I think Philip's
effort was more suited to the audience, as it is
more readable.  Conciseness is not a good goal, IMHO,
unless you choose Perl as your implementation language.

-Peter