Dynamic comparison operators

[Tim Chase]

On 05/24/12 09:32, Phil Le Bienheureux wrote:
>> I would like to pass something like this into a function
>> test(val1,val2,'>=')
>
> You can pass an operator as an argument to your function.
> 
> See :
> http://docs.python.org/library/operator.html

And if you want to use strings, you can map them to the functions:

  import operator as o
  OPERATOR_MAP = {
    '=': o.eq,
    '==': o.eq,
    '!=': o.ne,
    '>=': o.ge,
    # ...
    }

  def test(v1, v2, op):
    return OPERATOR_MAP[op](v1, v2)

-tkc