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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Numeric root-finding in Python |
| Date | 2012-02-21 02:21 +0000 |
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On 21/02/2012 01:33, David Monaghan wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:20:17 -0500, inq1ltd<inq1ltd@inqvista.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I don't know the first thing about this math problem however, >> >> if I were to code this I might try ; >> >> except ZeroDivisionError: >> assert w = -1 >> >> rather than; >> >> except ZeroDivisionError: >> assert w == -1 > > Why? > > DM Why not is probably a better question, given that Dennis Lee Bieber and Dave Angel have already pointed out that this is not legal Python, it'll give a syntax error. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.
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Numeric root-finding in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 06:41 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Eelco <hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 02:10 -0800
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-12 13:39 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-02-12 16:19 -0500
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-12 05:13 -0800
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 13:52 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 22:53 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2012-02-12 10:20 -0500
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python David Monaghan <monaghand.david@gmail.com> - 2012-02-21 01:33 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-21 02:21 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-02-12 11:47 -0500
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-02-12 12:00 -0500
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com> - 2012-02-12 12:18 -0800
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 23:05 +0000
Re: Numeric root-finding in Python Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-02-12 18:52 -0500
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