Kent Johnson wrote: > Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a value that ranges between 48.01 and 48.57. a Float value in >> other words. >> >> I want to look at changes in the value. If my normal range is between >> 48.35 and 48.45, how will I identify the value below 48.35 and above 48.45? >> >> Something I tried was: >> >> for a in range(48.35, 48.45): >> print a >> >> It gives me a value of 100. >> >> Is it possible to get a range of a float value? >> > > You can't generate all the float values in a range. (OK, you probably > could, but it would not be practical or useful.) You can test for a > value in a range, e.g. > if 48.35 <= a <= 48.45: > Kent: Why does this work? In C++ this would go from
if (48.35 <= a <= 48.45) to (assuming the right condition is met) if (48.35 <= true) because it evaluates these things right to left, doesn't it? does python treat chained comparisons differently than C++ or is C++ behaving differently than I think it does? Thanks for your help, -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
