Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:53 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > > I suspect Eryk had set a normal 's' as an identifier for the character > code sequence that produces the non-ASCII output, but forgot to show > us that step. But I could be mistaken. Sorry, I forgot to show the

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 02:28:42PM -0600, boB Stepp wrote: > >> Back in the main Python list thread, Marko Rauhamaa suggested >> (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-February/719322.html): >> >> " >> ...

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 09:10:04AM -0800, Alex Kleider wrote: > What your 's' represents seems quite different to 'mine.' > There must be something else going on. > ??? I think there's an easy explanation for that, which is that eryksun probably just created a variable "s" but didn't show the

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 02:28:42PM -0600, boB Stepp wrote: > Back in the main Python list thread, Marko Rauhamaa suggested > (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-February/719322.html): > > " > ... > Haven't been following the discussion, but this should be simply: > >

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 07:59:04PM -0600, boB Stepp wrote: > >> He cannot figure out how to reliably tell if the user's input is an >> integer, float or neither. So I thought I would come up with my >> solution, which

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Alex Kleider wrote: > On 2017-02-11 00:36, eryk sun wrote: >> >> Note that Python 3 uses the Unicode database to determine the decimal >> value of characters, if any. It's not limited to the ASCII decimal >> digits 0-9. For example: >> >>

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Alex Kleider wrote: > Also of interest (at least to me) was the 'magic' you demonstrated in the > print function parameter list; my efforts to figure it out: Isn't this just argument unpacking? Thus the necessary "*". word = "Hello"

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 7:59 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > I have been following the thread "int vs. float" > (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-February/719287.html) > on the main list. A search for the OP on the Tutor archive came up > negative, so I am hoping

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On 2017-02-11 00:36, eryk sun wrote: On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Valid digits for integers include 0 through 9 in decimal Note that Python 3 uses the Unicode database to determine the decimal value of characters, if any. It's not limited to

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Valid digits for integers include 0 through 9 in decimal Note that Python 3 uses the Unicode database to determine the decimal value of characters, if any. It's not limited to the ASCII decimal digits 0-9. For

Re: [Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 07:59:04PM -0600, boB Stepp wrote: > He cannot figure out how to reliably tell if the user's input is an > integer, float or neither. So I thought I would come up with my > solution, which currently is: > > py3: def ck_input(): > ... value_to_ck = input('Enter a

[Tutor] Python-list thread: int vs. float

I have been following the thread "int vs. float" (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-February/719287.html) on the main list. A search for the OP on the Tutor archive came up negative, so I am hoping he is not following Tutor tonight (Or anytime prior to the due date for his