help on ultra newbie program please

[Erik Max Francis]

cybernut wrote:

> So Im not sure what that is doing exactly because it doenst seem to be
> comparing anything or checking to see if something is true or not. I
> know it
> works in the program, but dont understand what it is and why.

I just stated what it does.

	if x: ...

tests whether or not x is "true."  I indicated what Python considers
false; everything else it considers true.


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