Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > OK, this what I wanted: > > I have a value: a = 48.41 > > My lowValue is: lowValue = 48.35 > My highValue is : highvalue = 48.45 > > if a <= lowValue: > print 'value below limit' > > if a >= highValue: > print value above limit' > > I though that it could be possible to have a range between 48.35 and > 48.45 that could have a step of 0.1
What is wrong with def lookAtRange(a): if lowValue <= a <= highValue: print 'In limits' ..etc ?? > > This works fine with normal intgers: > > *>>> def lookAtRange(a): > ... if a in range(40, 110, 10): *#Would like to have: if a in > range(48.35, 48.45, 0.1): > *... print 'In limits' > ... else: > ... print 'Out of limits' > ... >> >> lookAtRange(40) > In limits >> >> lookAtRange(50) > In limits >> >> >> >> lookAtRange(20) > Out of limits >> >> >> >> lookAtRange(120) > Out of limits >> >> * Are you sure this is what you want? Have you tried lookAtRange(45) for example? The range function creates a list of integers: In [1]: range(40, 110, 10) Out[1]: [40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100] The 'in' operator tests for membership. 40 is in the list; 20 and 45 are not. I think even in the case of integers the range test with < is what you want. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor