On 05/07/16 01:42, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 12:47:27AM +0100, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > >>> I then tried using >>> >>> elif keycode == 27: >>> >>> but this statement didn't work. >> >> I'm not sure why that didn't work. >> What exactly happened? Did you get a different error message? >> If so what? > > I expect that the keycode is always a tuple, usually with two items but > sometimes with one. So keycode == 27 compares the tuple (27,) with the > int 27 and finds them to be different.
but then the 'in' tests would fail. >>> (27,) in (27,36) False the fact that the 'in' tests work suggests that keycode is an int. But in that case the == test should work... Although I just realized that the OP didn't actually say the 'in' tests worked, just that they pass the compiler... -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
