Putting asterisks around text
MRAB
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Mon Feb 9 13:40:05 EST 2009
D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:09:26 -0800
> "todpose at hotmail.com" <todpose at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to write a program that puts asterisks around the input text using while loop.
>> I can do this without using while loop, but how can you do that using while loop?Example:Enter a string: Hello world***********Hello world***********
>
> while understand_problem is False:
> study("textbook")
>
> complete("homework")
>
> if want_help is True:
> study("http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html")
>
That's not Pythonic, and you shouldn't use "is" except when checking for
identity. The recommended style is:
while not understand_problem:
study("textbook")
complete("homework")
if want_help:
study("http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html")
See how much clearer that is? ;-)
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