Philippe Martin wrote: > Hi, > > This code works, but is it "appropriate" ? > > l_init = False > > if True == l_init and 1234 = l_value: > print 'l_value is initialized' > > I know I can do this with a try but ... > > Philippe > > 1) You have a syntax error 1234 == l_value (note ==) 2) This doesn't test to see if l_value is initialized because if it isn't you get:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 310, in RunScript exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__ File "junk.py", line 1, in ? if True == l_init and 1234 == l_value: NameError: name 'l_init' is not defined 3) It is unclear what l_init is used for in this context. Setting it to True doesn't tell you anything about l_value. Normally you do something like: l_value=None . . Intervening code . if l_value is None: print "l_value uninitialized" Or (something I never use): if not locals().has_key('l_value'): print "l_value uninitialized" -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list