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Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times

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On 30/08/2014 22:48, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:21:40 +0100, Mark Lawrence
> <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 30/08/2014 19:48, Tim Chase wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> For the OP use the interactive prompt to see for yourself.  Compare:-
>>>>> 'no'.isupper
>> <built-in method isupper of str object at 0x0000000003D14FB8>
>>>>> 'no'.isupper()
>> False
>>>>>
> That would work now, but I didn't even know no.isupper() was command
> until 15 min ago.  :)
>
> I have been told that one is a method and the other calls a method.  I
> still have to learn exactly what that means.  I'm getting there.
>
> Thanks
>

Slow down a little :) 'no' is a string, isupper is just one of many 
methods that any string has.  Try typing help('no') into the interactive 
prompt and see what you get.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-30 14:27 -0400
  Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-08-30 13:48 -0500
    Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-30 14:50 -0400
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-08-30 16:20 -0400
        Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-30 16:32 -0400
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-31 18:37 +1000
        Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-31 19:16 +1000
    Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-02 16:43 +0000
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-09-02 12:59 -0400
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-03 11:44 +1000
        Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-02 20:14 -0700
          Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-03 07:16 +0000
            Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-03 10:44 +0300
              Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-04 11:54 +1000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 12:03 +1000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-09-03 19:23 -0700
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-04 08:36 +0300
            Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 11:17 +0000
              Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 21:42 +1000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 02:53 +0000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-05 13:02 +1000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-05 14:54 +0000
                Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-05 19:45 +0300
  Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-30 22:21 +0100
    Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-30 17:48 -0400
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-30 23:32 +0100
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-08-31 15:30 +1000
      Re: I have tried and errored a reasonable amount of times Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-31 19:05 +1000

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