On Monday, March 18, 2013 9:56:16 AM UTC-4, Santosh Kumar wrote: > This simple script is about a public transport, here is the code: > > > > def report_status(should_be_on, came_on): > > if should_be_on < 0.0 or should_be_on > 24.0 or came_on < 0.0 or > > came_on > 24.0: > > return 'time not in range' > > elif should_be_on == came_on: > > return 'on time' > > elif should_be_on > came_on: > > return 'early' > > elif should_be_on < came_on: > > return 'delayed' > > else: > > return 'something might be wrong' > > > > print(report_status(123, 12.0)) > > > > I am looking forward of make the line starting with `if` short. > > > > Any tips are welcome.
If you have a lot of conditions to check, you can't really get around it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list