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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:48:09 -0500
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
To: Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid>
Subject: Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times
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On 2014-08-30 14:27, Seymore4Head wrote:
> I really tried to get this without asking for help.
> 
> mylist = ["The", "earth", "Revolves", "around", "Sun"]
> print (mylist)
> for e in mylist:
> 
>  # one of these two choices should print something.  Since neither
> does, I am missing something subtle.
> 
>     if e[0].isupper == False:  
>         print ("False")
>     if e[0].isupper == True:
>         print ("True")    
> 
> I am sure in the first , third and fifth choices should be true.
> Right now, I am just testing the first letter of each word.

There's a difference between e[0].isupper which refers to the method
itself, and e[0].isupper() which then calls that method.  Call the
method, and you should be good to go.

-tkc