On Jun 22, 6:45 am, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dominique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Jun 21, 1:37 pm, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Look at the operator module. In your above example:
>
> >> return {
> >> '>': operator.gt,
> >> '=': operator.eq,
> >> '<': operator.lt,
> >> }[variable]
>
> >Thanks a lot John
> >Dominique
>
> Yes, but you need to remember that what you are getting is not literally an
> operator. That is, if you store that return value in a variable called
> "op", you can't say this:
>
> if x op y:
> ....
>
> Instead, what you have is a function, so you'll have to write it:
>
> if op( x, y ):
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> Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Thanks for the tip.
Dominique
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