maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>why does this work? "while p" = "while p != 0" ? 1 is True and 0 is
>false in python but other numbers have no boolean value so why doesnt
>it abort.
Because your statement is incorrect. Everything has a boolean value in
Python. 0, None, False, '' (empty string), [] (empty list), () (empty
tuple), and {} (empty dictionary) all have a False value. Everything else
has a True value.
Python didn't even have a boolean type (True and False) until rather
recently (2.2?).
This is a very handy feature, and it's one of the things I love about
Python.
>so obv while var means while not empty or why not zero but it isnt
>something youd guess unless youd beeen shown it.
It's clearly stated in the documentation. I don't know how you concluded
that True and False were the only boolean values.
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