Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> _validChars = {
> 'X' :
> 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890'
> , '9' : '1234567890'
> , '-' : '-1234567890'
> , 'A' :
> 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
> , '!' : 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}
> _validKeys = _validChars.keys()
<snip>
> while maskChar not in _validKeys :
There is no need to make _validKeys, you can write
while maskChar not in _validChars
which is actually more efficient, in general, because it is a hash table
lookup instead of searching a list.
Kent
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