>> In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0, +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0. > Well, the cmp() function does this if you compare the number to 0:
Neat trick Orri, I'd never have thought of that one :-) Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
