On Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23:59 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2011 07:36:40 -0400 > Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: >> Remembering that I, J, K, L, M, and N were integer was trivial if you >> came from a math background. And, of course, Fortran was all about > > The easiest way to remember was that the first two letters of INteger > gave you the range.
Huh. I never knew that. I just learned from use that I, J, K, M and N were traditionally integers. I never used L for an integer variable, and don't know anyone who does. I for integer is obvious. If you need a second one, you use the next letter J, and if you need a third, the one after that, K. If you need four, you're probably doing something wrong. Likewise, N for number (as in, *counting* number). If you need two, using N and O is stupid, because O can be confused with 0, so you go backwards and use M. However, using P and Q for integers is merely arbitrary convention. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list