[Tutor] isbetween function chapter 5 How to Think Like Computer Scientist

[Dick Moores]

Try changing isbetween to

def isbetween(x,y,z):
   test1(x,y,z)
   test2(x,y,z)
   test3(x,y,z)

Dick Moores

Eri Mendz wrote at 05:45 10/19/2004:
>Hello all,
>
>I'm a newbie trying to learn Python at my own pace. I work in sales NOT 
>programming so please excuse me of obvious things i may overlook in the 
>course of my self-teaching.
>
>Here is the code i made trying to solve the exercise mentioned in the 
>subject of my email. I made it like so as i think pure if-elif-else 
>statement is unwieldy. Of course its just me and pros here got something 
>to correct my statement:
>
>#!/usr/bin/env python
># filename: isbetween.py
># description: make function with 3 parameters & determine the median
># Author: Eri Mendz
># Tue Oct 19 15:07:22 AST 2004
># CYGWIN_NT-5.0
>
>def test1(x,y,z):
>   if x > y and x > z:       # x is highest
>     if y > z:               # z-y-x
>       print y, "is between", z, "and", x
>     else:                   # y-z-x
>       print z, "is between", y, "and", x
>
>def test2(x,y,z):
>   if y > x and y > z:       # y is highest
>     if x > z:               # z-x-y
>       print x, "is between", z, "and", y
>     else:
>       print z, "is between", x, "and", y
>
>def test3(x,y,z):
>   if z > x and z > y:       # z is highest
>     if x > y:               # y-x-z
>       print x, "is between", y, "and", z
>     else:
>       print y, "is between", x, "and", z
>
>def isbetween(x,y,z):
>   test1()
>   test2()
>   test3()
>
># test isbetween()
>isbetween(23,10,56)
>
>I get:
>TypeError: test1() takes exactly 3 arguments (0 given)
>
>Dumb me i didnt supplied arguments as required. But do i really have to 
>do that? I like the 3 functions to act as dummy functions (sort of) and 
>let the real work happen inside isbetween(). Kindly enlighten me how to 
>do it right.
>
>--
>Regards,
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