Python and Schools

[Andrew Bennetts]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 02:22:02PM +0000, Steve Holden wrote:
[...]
> 
> For a real example, consider the contortions I have to go through when
> writing VBScript ASP code for a client's project if I want a list (array) of
> strings. Where in Python I can write:
> 
>     sarr = ['the', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps' 'over', 'the', 'lazy',
> 'dog]
> 
> in VBScript I must resort to one of [nontested code follows]:
> 
>     dim sarr(9)
>     sarr(1) = 'the'
>     sarr(2) = 'quick'
>         ...
>     sarr(8) = 'dog'
> 
> or possibly
> 
>     sarr = split("the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog")

Or, if my memory isn't failing me:

    sarr = Array("the", "quick", ... "dog")

-Andrew.