On 3/29/07, Michael Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Su Y wrote: > > > > I want find the first number in extend[] which is larger than num, so
<snip> > def find(num): > # check to make sure there *is* a value greater than num > if max(extend) > num: > # then return the smallest value that is greater than num > return min([x for x in extend if x > num]) > else: > return None I think OP wants the first value in the list greater than 'num' not the smallest greater value in the list. cheers, -- ---- Amit Khemka -- onyomo.com Home Page: www.cse.iitd.ernet.in/~csd00377 Endless the world's turn, endless the sun's Spinning, Endless the quest; I turn again, back to my own beginning, And here, find rest. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
