Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> Wrote in message: > On 2/13/2014 1:37 PM, forman.si...@gmail.com wrote: >> I ran across this and I thought there must be a better way of doing it, but >> then after further consideration I wasn't so sure. >> >> if key[:1] + key[-1:] == '<>': ... > > if key[:1] == '<' and key[-1:] == '>: ... > is the obvious choice to me. If the first clause is false, it never > computes the second. > And therefore no need for the second colon.
if key[:1] == '<' and key[-1] == '>: ... -- DaveA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
