need help translating a PHP for statement to python
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Sat Jan 10 07:05:19 EST 2004
Paul Rubin wrote:
> Python is more verbose than PHP when it comes to stuff like that.
<verbosity.py>
marques = """for ($y = 0, $x = $cx-$cy-1; $y <= $cy; ++$y,++$x) {
$prd = $q * $y_ar[$y] + $car;
$prd -= ($car = intval($prd / 1E7)) * 1E7;
if ($bar = (($x_ar[$x] -= $prd + $bar) < 0)) $x_ar[$x] += 1E7;
}"""
rubin = """x = cx - cy - 1
for y in xrange(cy+1):
prd = q * y_ar[y] + car
car = int(prd / 1E7)
prd -= car * 1E7
x_ar[x] -= prd + bar
bar = x_ar[x] < 0
if bar:
x_ar[x] += 1E7
x += 1"""
if __name__ == "__main__":
print "The ultimate verbosity check :-)"
print "PHP", len(marques), "characters"
print "Python", len(rubin), "characters"
</verbosity.py>
Output:
The ultimate verbosity check :-)
PHP 206 characters
Python 205 characters
Note that I didn't cheat and let
if bar: x_ar[x] += 1E7
spread over two lines, thus deliberately wasting another 8 characters.
Peter
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