John Salerno wrote: > I'm a little confused. Why doesn't s evaluate to True in the first part, > but it does in the second? Is the first statement something different? > > >>> s = 'hello' > >>> s == True > False > >>> if s: > print 'hi' > > > hi > >>> > > Thanks.
Excellent question! This should help: >>> s = "Hello" >>> s 'Hello' >>> bool(s) True >>> s == True False The value of s is not equal to the value of True. But, the *boolean* value of s is True, since it is not 0 or an empty string. The python 'if' statement evaluates the boolean value of the condition expression. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
