OK, I'm new to python too so I don't assume I know what I'm talking
about yet, but this looks like a mess to me. What exactly does "item
== item in word2" evaluate to? Does "in" or "==" have higher
precedence?
I can't figure out how this would ever work at all. It seems like
it's either checking to see whether boolean TRUE is in word2, or else
it's checking to see whether item is equal to boolean TRUE or FALSE,
and neither of those should ever be true. And yet it seems to be
working out the same as "item in word2". So what exactly is python
doing here?
On Mar 5, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote:
> On 3/6/07, zannah marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> if item == item in word2: #checks characters against each
>> other
>
> Here's the error.
>
> Loop variable "item" contains the actual character in word1. The
> syntax "item in word2" checks if this character is _anywhere_ in
> word2. What you want to do is rewriting this loop so it checks
> character per character. Since it's for homework, I don't want to ruin
> your grades by giving you a solution. Try it yourself first.
>
> To see what I mean, try running getDiff("abcd", "dcba").
>
>
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