orangeDinosaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a section of code: > > for x in occupants: > if x not in uniqueUsers and not in staff: uniqueUsers.append(x) > elif x in staff and not in uniqueStaff: uniqueStaff.append(x) > > When I try to import the module with the function definition that > contains this code, I get a syntax error pointing to the 'in' after the > 'and not in staff'. I can't figure out why this is bad syntax. Both > 'uniqueUsers' and 'staff' are lists.
say ...'and x not in staff' -- you need the x between 'and' and 'not', and similarly for the elif (and don't use tabs -- they make a mess of a display on many newsreaders etc -- fixed to spaces above). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list