hi, thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:54 PM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also note that the database function creates a local variable "database" but > does nothing with it. > When the function terminates that variable is lost. > Did you intend to return it?
yes, i was going to use it further in the script, i will change the script so that it stores this. i have not reached that stage yet in the script where i require this. > Also it is not good practice to use the same name for a function and a > variable. here was a version i did before i read your reply, http://paste.lisp.org/+25DN is there anything you think i could do to make it more efficient? thanks norman > -- > Bob Gailer > 919-636-4239 > Chapel Hill NC > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- %>>> "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr(97+(ord(c)-83)%26) for c in ",adym,*)&uzq^zqf" ] ) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor