Re: [Tutor] Boolean operations

2009-09-02 Thread Alan Gauld
"Anthony Casey" wrote five and two 2 I understand what it's doing here: returning the operand. But what is the practical application of that? How might I use that function? Try bool(2) True bool(0) False So you can use the retuirn from the and as a boolean value in a test condition:

Re: [Tutor] Boolean operations

2009-09-02 Thread Kent Johnson
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Anthony Casey wrote: > Hello, tutors. > > I'm someone who used to programme as a hobby and who is trying to get back > into it via Python. I'm reading Programming in Python 3 by Summerfield > (excellent book). > > I read something unusual about Boolean operations in

Re: [Tutor] Boolean operations

2009-09-02 Thread vince spicer
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Anthony Casey wrote: > Hello, tutors. > > I'm someone who used to programme as a hobby and who is trying to get back > into it via Python. I'm reading Programming in Python 3 by Summerfield > (excellent book). > > I read something unusual about Boolean operations i

[Tutor] Boolean operations

2009-09-02 Thread Anthony Casey
Hello, tutors. I'm someone who used to programme as a hobby and who is trying to get back into it via Python. I'm reading Programming in Python 3 by Summerfield (excellent book). I read something unusual about Boolean operations in Python: >>> five = 5 >>> two = 2 >>> zero = 0 >>> five and two 2