On 25/06/12 23:12, Mike Nickey wrote:
I did the same exercise so maybe I can assist here. From what I see, the line...
if w.startswith('x'): seems to be ineffective.
If that's true you have a seriously broken version of Python!
startswith() is a better idiom because it conveys the intent much more
clearly. And it should work just fine!
>>> 'xray'.startswith('x')
True
>>> 'xray'.startswith('y')
False
>>>
The only real downside is a few extra characters typing!
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