On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.pra...@jpmchase.com>wrote:
> b = + 2 is legal syntax, while b + = 2 is not. > > Why do you 'b += 2' is not legal syntax? It seems to work in python 2.x and > 3.x. Is this deprecated or looked down upon? Is it better to use 'b = b + 2' > ? > > For the +2, it did not even occur to me that it was referring to a positive > number and not some kind of addition/concatenation. Whoops! b +space= 2, where there is a space between + and = += is perfectly legal, and (I would argue) the better choice. -Wayne
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