Shane Lillie wrote: > I've got a bit of code that looks like this: > > for i in xrange(1000): > # shuffle the doors > doors = [ 'G', 'C', 'G' ] > random.shuffle(doors) > > # save the doors that have goats (by index) > goats = [ x for x in range(2) if doors[x] == 'G' ] > > but for some reason the list comprehension is not always returning a > list with 2 elements in it (sometimes it will be just 1 element). I've > tried changing to a generator as well as using filter() and all 3 give > the same sort of results. It works if I use a loop, but I'd really > like to know what I'm doing wrong here. Everything looks like it > should be working. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Hint: len(range(2)) != 3 regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
