On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:27:37 +0000 (UTC), duncan at rcp.co.uk (Duncan Booth) wrote in comp.lang.python in article <Xns907772F534CFAduncanrcpcouk at 127.0.0.1>: : :Please don't do this, as it doesn't do what you think. : :>>> a = 0 :>>> b = -5 :>>> (a > b) and a or b :-5 : :and consider that one of the common uses for a max function is to set a :lower bound of 0 on a calculation. The reference I sited in the post you are replying to: http://diveintopython.org/apihelper_andor.html goes over that difficulty and how to get around it. Still, I personally wouldn't use this method. if-else seems fine to me? -- Sheila King http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/ http://www.k12groups.org/
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