On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:33 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: >On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote: >> >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head >> >> ><Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as >> >> >> the other lines all work. >> >> >> Using list(range(10)) Doesn't throw an error but it doesn't work. >> >> >> >> >> >> http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >> The interpreter. I don't know how to use that either. >> >> > >> >> >Try both of these in the interpreter, and observe the difference: >> >> > >> >> >7 in range(10) >> >> > >> >> >"7" in range(10) >> >> > >> >> >Do you understand what the difference between 7 and "7" is? >> >> >> >> I do understand that. 7 is a number and "7" is a string. >> >> What my question was...and still is...is why >> >> Python 3 fails when I try using >> >> y=1 800 get charter >> >> >> >> y in range str(range(10)) >> >> should work because y is a string and str(range(10)) should be >> >> "y" in str(1) fails. >> >> It doesn't give an error it's just not True when y is a number. >> >> >> >> These hints are just not working. I am too thick for hints. :) >> >> If you could use it in the code, I might understand. >> >> The other work arounds that were posted work. >> >> I have used them. str(range(10)) doesn't work. >> >> >> >> import string >> >> def nametonumber(name): >> >> lst=[] >> >> nx=[] >> >> digit=[] >> >> digit="".join(str(i) for i in range(10)) >> >> for x in name: >> >> lst.append(x) >> >> for y in (lst): >> >> if y in list(range(1,10)): >> >> #if y in "1234567890": >> >> #if y.isdigit(): >> >> #if y in digit: >> >> #if y in string.digits: >> >> nx.append(y) >> >> if y in " -()": >> >> nx.append(y) >> >> if y in "abc": >> >> nx.append("2") >> >> if y in "def": >> >> nx.append("3") >> >> if y in "ghi": >> >> nx.append("4") >> >> if y in "jkl": >> >> nx.append("5") >> >> if y in "mno": >> >> nx.append("6") >> >> if y in "pqrs": >> >> nx.append("7") >> >> if y in "tuv": >> >> nx.append("8") >> >> if y in "wxyz": >> >> nx.append("9") >> >> number="".join(e for e in nx) >> >> return number >> >> a="1-800-getcharter" >> >> print (nametonumber(a))#1800 438 2427 837 >> >> a="1-800-leo laporte" >> >> print (nametonumber(a)) >> >> a="1 800 dialaho" >> >> print (nametonumber(a)) >> >> >> >> Please >> > >> >Your code here is actually pretty close to a correct answer. Just a few >> >things to consider... >> > >> >- Why are you converting your name string to a list? It is unnecessary. >> >When you do "for y in <some string>", then y will still be single >> >characters on each iteration of the loop. >> > >> >- "if y in string.digits" should work fine. >> > >> >- "if y in list(range(1,10)" won't work for two reasons: First, it creates >> >a list of numbers, not strings. Second, even if it did, it would be >> >missing the "0" digit. >> > >> >- At the end, when you convert your list to a string, you don't need to use >> >list comprehension, since nx is already a list. number = "".join(nx) >> >should work fine. >> > >> >Also, in general, you need to stop and slow down and think like a >> >programmer. If you get an error, your instinct shouldn't be to just hack >> >at it to make the error go away. Look at the error and try to make sense >> >of it. Learn what the error means and try to fix the core problem. >> > >> >And for @#$%'s sake...stop saying "It isn't working" and not elaborating. >> >You've been told by every other post in this thread to show us what you did >> >and what the error was. You've also been told to *NOT* retype what you see >> >and to copy/paste your code and the error because when you make a typo when >> >copying, we might see a problem that doesn't exist and then you just get >> >more confused. >> >> Ok I think I may have the question you guys are looking for. >> I just posted it. >> See above. >> >> But it's still broke. :( > >str(range(10)) doesn't do what you think it does. > >Run 'print(str(range(10)))' and look at what you get.
Yeah, I know that. My question is why? The answer was that Python 3 only stores the min and max values but you can still iterate over them. I don't think that means what I think it means. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
