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Subject: Re: a gift function and a question
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:50:25 -0400
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013, at 3:01, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> def integerToPersian(number):
>     """Convert positive integers to Persian.
>=20
>     >>> integerToPersian(3455)
>     '=DB=B3=DB=B4=DB=B5=DB=B5'
>=20
>     Does not support negative numbers.
>     """
>     digit_map =3D dict(zip('0123456789', '=DB=B0=DB=B1=DB=B2=DB=B3=DB=B4=
=DB=B5=DB=B6=DB=B7=DB=B8=DB=B9'))
>     digits =3D [digit_map[c] for c in str(number)]
>     return ''.join(digits)

You can support negative numbers if you use digit_map.get(c,c).