On Apr 10, 2005 7:18 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a newbie, but would this qualify as a contribution to UselessPython 2.0?
Hello Dick,
don't be shy, or do you suspect it might be too usefull? ;-) I found
it funny, so it must be good enough.
here my remarks:
> def makeStringAllLowercaseAlpha(s):
> """
> Take any string, convert all uppercase alphabetic characters to
> lower case,
> then strip all non-alphabetic characters
[what's bad about non-alphabetic characters?]
> """
> s1 = string.lower(userstring)
oops: this function gets an argument s, here you're using the global
variable userstring. I know, it works, but there will be functions
were mistakes like this weren't just ugly but buggy.
> s2 = ""
> for index in range(len(s1)):
> if s1[index] in string.ascii_lowercase:
> s2 += s1[index]
or easier (much more readable, helps understanding the programm):
for char in s1:
if char in string.ascii_lowercase:
s2 += char
regards
Michael
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