On 18/10/06, Terry Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, John Fouhy wrote: > > > >From the python_dev LiveJournal community --- > > > > Predict the outcome of the following code: > > > > ## > > from random import * > > seed() > > [choice(dict((x+1,0) for x in range(1000))) for x in range(693)][0] > > ## > > On ActivePython 2.4.3: > > >>> from random import * > >>> seed() > >>> [choice(dict((x+1,0) for x in range(1000))) for x in range(693)][0] > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > File "C:\Python24\Lib\random.py", line 249, in choice > return seq[int(self.random() * len(seq))] # raises IndexError if seq is > empty > KeyError: 0 > >>>
Does that always happen? -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
