On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Tim Michelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> m = 0
> cm = 0
> mm = 0
> ## first list item
> if first.endswith("m",-1):
> m = first.strip("m")
> elif first.endswith("cm",-2):
> cm = first.strip("cm")
> elif first.endswith("mm",-2):
> mm = first.strip("mm")
> else:
> print 'Wrong unit!'
> ## second list item
> if second.endswith("m",-1):
> m = second.strip("m")
> elif second.endswith("cm",-2):
> cm = second.strip("cm")
> elif second.endswith("mm",-2):
> mm = second.strip("mm")
> else:
> print 'Wrong unit!'
> ## third list item
> if second.endswith("m",-1):
> m = second.strip("m")
> elif second.endswith("cm",-2):
> cm = second.strip("cm")
> elif second.endswith("mm",-2):
> mm = second.strip("mm")
> else:
> print 'Wrong unit!'
>
Since they all end in "m", if you do that test first it catches all three
cases. It's almost as if you put the "else" before the "if".
Regexes are a wonderful thing to learn - do that by all means - but the
simplest thing would be to reverse the order of your tests: check against
"mm" first, then "cm", THEN "m".
To clarify - regexes are probably the best solution for your current
program, but as a general rule it helps to look at tests like this from a
different angle.
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