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[Quin]

Well, PyScripter works find with that code.  Furthermore, the 
un-intellisense in IronPython was problematic, inserting the wrong things, 
which I had to erase.

Also, there were some code constructs IronPython let pass that PyScripter 
didn't, namely, print(), PyScripter requires the ()

Something simple, like:
 n = -1
 if n <> -1:
     print('fell through')

falls through to the print.

So, I don't know what the problem is with IronPython, perhaps it isn't 
compatible with Python v3, but on my machine, at least, it doesn't perform.

"Steve Holden" <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2272.1265774639.28905.python-list at python.org...
> Quin wrote:
>> Thanks guys, I'm thinking it's a problem with IronPython.  I'm switching
>> to PyScripter and will test tomorrow.
>>
> I'd be very surprised to find that something as basic as this was wrong
> with IronPython. Complex commercial software has been built on it, so
> there's little question that the platform is sound.
>
> Are you *sure* you copied and pasted the session you listed?
>
> regards
> Steve
>
>> "Larry Hudson" <orgnut at yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:ybmdnRFZZ_3nvu_WnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d at giganews.com...
>>> Quin wrote:
>>>> s = f.readline()
>>>> if 'mystring' in s: print 'foundit'
>>>> if 'mystring' not in s: print 'not found'
>>>> if 'mystring' in s:
>>>>    print 'processing'
>>>>
>>>> this generates output:
>>>> not found
>>>> processing
>>>>
>>>> so, it doesn't find the substring, but goes into processing code 
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> This is using IronPython
>>>
>>> As others have already said, this _does_ work properly.
>>>
>>> But a minor rearrangement is simpler, and IMHO clearer:
>>>
>>> if 'mystring' not in s:
>>>     print 'not found'
>>> else:
>>>     print 'foundit'
>>>     print 'processing'
>>>
>>>      -=- Larry -=-
>>
>
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