And to remove all doubt
wesley chun wrote:
again, the easiest way to differentiate b/w the 2 is whether or not it
results in some Python object. if it doesn, it's an expression; if
not, it's a statement.
Should say ... if it does, it's an expression
You'll find my explanation of expre
>> an expression is something ... that evaluates to *some* Python object
>>:
>> in contrast, a statement is something that has no intrinsic value
>
> Umm.you just completely confused me. What does it do?
ok, now *i*'m the one confused... what does *what* do?
both expression
another thing from the OP that no one has addressed yet is what *this*
means:
>/ > Write an expression (not a statement!)
/
to the veterans, we don't have to think twice, but this may not be
obvious to a beginner. basically, an expression is something like 4 *
5, foo(), [x for x in range(5)], et
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>From: wesley chun
>Sent: Sep 21, 2009 4:49 AM
>To: tutor@python.org
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] eazy python question involving functions and parameters
>
>>> Just think: 4 players left means that this is the semi final.
>>
>> What a bril
>> Just think: 4 players left means that this is the semi final.
>
> What a brilliant answer! It tells him how to do it if he just stops and
> thinks but gives nothing away. I love it. :-)
i agree with alan on this. in fact, i can just picture the brackets in
my head already. :-)
another thing f
assume that jade2 is a function that expects two int parameters and returns
the value of the larger one.
Also assume that four variables, population1 , population2 , population3
, and population4 have already been defined and associated with int
values.
Write an expre
Just think: 4 players left means that this is the semi final.
What a brilliant answer! It tells him how to do it if he just stops and
thinks but gives nothing away. I love it. :-)
Alan G.
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On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:19 AM, daggerdvm wrote:
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> assume that jade2 is a function that expects two int parameters and returns
> the value of the larger one.
>
> Also assume that four variables, population1 , population2 , population3
> , and population4 have already been defined and asso
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 01:19:08PM -0700, daggerdvm wrote:
> assume that jade2 is a function that expects two int parameters and returns
> the value of the larger one.
This really smells like a school assignment, which as a general policy
we don't solve for you.
But as a hint in the right dire
assume that jade2 is a function that expects two int parameters and returns
the value of the larger one.
Also assume that four variables, population1 , population2 , population3
, and population4 have already been defined and associated with int
values.
Write an expression (not a statem
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