Steven Bethard wrote: > Christian Ergh wrote: >> flag = true >> for char in data: >> if 127 < ord(char) < 128: >> flag = false >> if flag: >> try: >> data = data.encode('latin-1') >> except: >> pass > > A little OT, but (assuming I got your indentation right[1]) this kind of > loop is exactly what the else clause of a for-loop is for: > > for char in data: > if 127 < ord(char) < 128: > break > else: > try: > data = data.encode('latin-1') > except: > pass > > Only saves you one line of code, but you don't have to keep track of a > 'flag' variable. Generally, I find that when I want to set a 'flag' > variable, I can usually do it with a for/else instead. > > Steve > > [1] Messed up indentation happens in a lot of clients if you have tabs > in your code. If you can replace tabs with spaces before posting, this > usually solves the problem.
Even more off-topic: >>> for char in data: ... if 127 < ord(char) < 128: ... break ... >>> print char 127.5 :-) Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list