[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 71, Issue 62

[Kwaku Nuamah]

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>    1. Re: The magic parentheses (Shashwat Anand)
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> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:54:37 +0530
> From: Shashwat Anand <anand.shashwat at gmail.com>
> To: Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> Cc: tutor at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] The magic parentheses
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> @David,
>
> Alan and rest have clarified your doubt I guess. However let me point you
> towards some other mistakes.
>
> def area1(radius):
>     area1r = 3.14159 * mainvar1**2
>     return area1r
>     print area1r
>
> def area2(radius):
>     area2r = 3.14159 * mainvar2**2
>     return area2r
>     print area2r
>
> Here you created two functions for the single purpose of calculating area.
> Why not just do,
> def area(radius):
>      return math.pi * radius * radius
>
> Functions are created for doing repetitive tasks IMHO. But you just created
> them for the heck of it. Ofcourse there is issue of writing dead-code (i.e.
> lines that will never be executed), the print after return as Alan already
> pointed out.
> Also you created, a function that displays the difference between the two
> results.
>
> def return_difference_of12(var1,var2):
>     if var1 - var2 > 0:
>         y = v1,var1,v3,v2,var2,period
>         print y
>     elif var2 - var1 > 0:
>         z = v2,var2,v3,v2,var1,period
>         print z
>
>
> Why not create something simple like this :
>
> def return_difference(var1, var2):
>     if var1 > var2:
>         print 'Variable 1', var1, 'is greater than Variable 2', var2, '.'
>     elif var2 > var1:
>         print 'Variable 2', var2, 'is greater than Variable 1', var1, '.'
>     else:
>         print 'Variable 1', var1, 'is equal Variable 2', var2, '.'
>
> No need for explicit formation of tuple if all you wish is just a print
> statement.
>
> Regards,
> ~Shashwat
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Alan Gauld
> <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> "David Hutto" <dwightdhutto at yahoo.com> wrote
>>
>>  This is my first post to the list, so tell me if I'm posting incorrectly.
>>>
>>
>> You are doing fine. Welcome.
>>
>>  My problem is when the results are printed, I get this:
>>>
>>> >>>
>>> ('Variable 2,', 490.0, 'is greater than', 'Variable 2,', 8.0, '.')
>>>
>>
>>  The parentheses, as well as the apostrophes and commas.
>>> I'm sure it's the way I'm having the results printed after it's
>>> through, but not sure how to correct it.
>>>
>>
>> You have two problems in your code(at least!)
>> ---------------def area2(radius):
>>   area2r = 3.14159 * mainvar2**2
>>   return area2r
>>   print area2r
>> --------The print statement will never be called because the return
>> statement forces an exit from the function.
>> -------------------------
>> def return_difference_of12(var1,var2):
>>   if var1 - var2 > 0:
>>
>>       y = v1,var1,v3,v2,var2,period
>>       print y
>>   elif var2 - var1 > 0:
>>       z = v2,var2,v3,v2,var1,period
>>       print z
>> ----------------------------The assignments to y and z create tuples
>> (a,b,c...)So you are asking to print a tuple and Python represents tuples
>> by
>> putting parens around the contents.To print them as a string use the
>> join()
>> method of a string using an empty string:print ''.join([str(s) for s in
>> y])However this is an unusual way to print this type of output,It would be
>> more normal to use a format string:print "Variable2: %f id greater than
>> Variable1: %f." % (var1,var2)This reduces the number of variables needed
>> and
>> also gives you much more control over layout because the %f markers can be
>> augmented with width specifiers, justificationhints etc.You can store the
>> entire format string in a variable if you wish - especiaslly if you want
>> to
>> use it multiple times - but in your case the strings only appear once so I
>> wouldn't bother.HTH,-- Alan GauldAuthor of the Learn to Program web
>> sitehttp://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>>
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