On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:52:04 -0400, rumours say that Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>def newZip(a1,a2): > """ reassemble """ > l1=len(a1) > l2=len(a2) > longest, shortest = [[a1,a2], [a2,a1]][l1<l2] <snip> Other ways to write the last line: ---------------------------------- /a/ execution in 22.5% of the original time taken longest, shortest = l1 < l2 and (a2,a1) or (a1,a2) /b/ execution in 12.5% of the original time taken if l1 < l2: longest, shortest= a2, a1 else: longest, shortest= a1, a2 /c/ execution in 6.5% of the original time taken if l1 < l2: longest= a2; shortest= a1 else: longest= a1; shortest= a2 Another exotic way to write the last *three* lines, running in 228.7% of the original time:-) shortest, longest=sorted([a1,a2], key=len) Numbers from 2.4c1 on a Pentium-M running at 600 MHz (battery powered). Suggestion /a/ has the advantage of no repetion of the names like the original line. -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list