Re: [pygame] Quick question from newbie

["Ian Mallett" <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/1/07, James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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!"
Like has been said here before, use something like:

if i <= 9 and i >= 1:

because otherwise it will iterate and be slow.  In this case, about
ten times as slow.  Also, it won't work with decimals.
Ian