kenneth gonsalves <lawgon@...> writes: > On Sat, 2011-12-31 at 10:36 +0000, Sameer wrote: > > > >>> scores = [5,2,3] > > > >>> sum(sorted(scores)[1:3]) > > > 8 > > > > sum(sorted(scores)[-2:]) > > > > seems like a more general solution. > > nice (but the same number of keystrokes )
:) I didn't even think about that. Actually, I was trying to figure out the slice syntax (Python's has never been intuitive) and realised 1:3 is specific to a 3-element list. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
