MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> Duncan Booth wrote:
>> MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I raise you one character:
>>>
>>> ishex2 = lambda s: not(set(s)-set(string.hexdigits)) # Yours
>>> ishex3 = lambda s: not set(s)-set(string.hexdigits) # Mine
>>>
>>> I could actually go three better:
>>>
>>> ishex3=lambda s:not set(s)-set(string.hexdigits)
>>
>> But none of those pass your own "ishex('') should return False" test.
>
> Neither do the others!
That's true, but since you were the one that pointed out they were all
broken I would have thought your solution should actually work.
I'm sure you'll agree that a longer solution that works trumps any short
but broken solution.
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