[Tutor] Through a glass, darkly: the datetime module

[Dave Angel]

On 10/06/2012 09:10 PM, Richard D. Moores wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:
> 
>> To turn an integer (0-6, or whatever) into a string, just use a tuple of
>> the same size:
>>
>> tran = ("MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY", "FRIDAY",
>> "SATURDAY", "SUNDAY")
>> i = 1
>> print tran[i]
>>
>> (prints "TUESDAY")
> 
> Why did you choose "tran"?
> 
> Dick
> 
> 

tran was short for "translation table."  It's also the name of a keyword
I implemented in an interpreter over 35 years ago.

Of course, Mark has pointed out that equivalent functionality is already
in the calendar module

i = 1
print calendar.day_name[i]

day_name isn't a list or tuple, but it behaves enough like one for this
purpose.

-- 

DaveA