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Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block?

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On Monday, March 18, 2013 9:56:16 AM UTC-4, Santosh Kumar wrote:
> This simple script is about a public transport, here is the code:
> 
> 
> 
> def report_status(should_be_on, came_on):
> 
>     if should_be_on < 0.0 or should_be_on > 24.0 or came_on < 0.0 or
> 
> came_on > 24.0:
> 
>         return 'time not in range'
> 
>     elif should_be_on == came_on:
> 
>         return 'on time'
> 
>     elif should_be_on > came_on:
> 
>         return 'early'
> 
>     elif should_be_on < came_on:
> 
>         return 'delayed'
> 
>     else:
> 
>         return 'something might be wrong'
> 
> 
> 
> print(report_status(123, 12.0))
> 
> 
> 
> I am looking forward of make the line starting with `if` short.
> 
> 
> 
> Any tips are welcome.

If you have a lot of conditions to check, you can't really get around it.

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What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Santosh Kumar <sntshkmr60@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 19:26 +0530
  Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-03-18 16:10 +0200
    Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-03-18 14:43 +0000
      Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-03-18 16:53 +0200
  Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 07:18 -0700
  Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-18 15:10 +0000
    Re: What are some other way to rewrite this if block? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-19 02:24 +1100

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