Re: [pygame] Quick question from newbie

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:04:55PM -0400, Jonah Fishel wrote:
> If I had this:
> 
> def print_i(i):
> 	if i == range(1, 9):
> 		print "It worked!"
> 	else:
> 		print "Bummer!"
> 
> print_i(6)
> 
> Why would I get Bummer! every time? Am I misusing range()?

No, you are not misusing range() you are misusing ==

== is for checking if two things are equal. To check if a value is in a 
list, use the "in" operator, like this:

def print_i(i):
	if i in range(1, 9):
		print "It worked!"
	else:
		print "Bummer!"


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James Paige