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Re: Numeric root-finding in Python

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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