Hmm... An idea: if a,b==c,d:

[Jan D. Wegner]

Hi,

using py 2.2.2 on winNT

l = (1, 2, 3, 4)
ans = l in [l] # is tuple l in list l ?
ans
1 # allways true
ans < 2
1 # its a boolean, though ...

am I right?

( or is ther a chance to execute 'if l in ( [l] < 2 ):' )

/j

Michael Hudson schrieb:
> Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:
> 
> 
>>Richard Dillingham wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>It's better written as:
>>>>
>>>>if coords[0]<=posx<=coords[2] and coords[1]<=posy<=coords[3]:
>>>
>>>Hmm.... I just tried that, and am quite amazed to find that it actually
>>>works.
>>
>>Python comparison operators CHAIN -- a wonderful little trait...
> 
> 
> Indeed they do.  There's a wonderful little wart, though.  What does
> this:
> 
> if 1 in [1] < 2:
>   print 1
> else:
>   print 2
> 
> print?
> 
> Cheers,
> M.
> (actually, the answer may be Python version dependent...)
> 


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