Writing a string.ishex function

D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy at druid.net
Thu Jan 14 15:29:40 EST 2010


On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:36:12 +0000
MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> > print ishex('123') is True
> > print ishex('abc') is True
> > print ishex('xyz') is False
> > print ishex('0123456789abcdefABCDEF') is True
> > print ishex('0123456789abcdefABCDEFG') is False
> > 
> Don't use 'is', use '=='.

Why?  There is only one True and one False in Python.  Is it a style
issue for you?  If so then say "shouldn't" not "don't."

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