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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... |
| Date | 2016-05-03 23:13 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.344.1462281210.32212.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <lf5r3dje63l.fsf@ling.helsinki.fi> <CAPTjJmqt77gQSm11VDMYviZeFq6uTYUJdkPa8toUA2TejS1Lnw@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.341.1462276849.32212.python-list@python.org> <nga79f$gau$1@dont-email.me> <CAPTjJmq0GJ+22m7YJw_v3+ykSrUySRA665PqZKsJ+SCCw9np7Q@mail.gmail.com> |
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 11:01 PM, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 5/3/2016 8:00 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Jussi Piitulainen
>> <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris Angelico writes:
>>>
>>>> This assumes, of course, that there is a function swapcase which can
>>>> return a string with case inverted. I'm not sure such a function
>>>> exists.
>>>
>>>
>>> str.swapcase("foO")
>>> 'FOo'
>>
>>
>> I suppose for this discussion it doesn't matter if it's imperfect.
>
>
>
> What was imperfect?
It doesn't invert, the way numeric negation does. And if you try to
define exactly what it does, you'll come right back to
isupper()/islower(), so it's not much help in defining those.
ChrisA
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Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-04-30 17:47 +1200
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... pavlovevidence@gmail.com - 2016-05-03 03:00 -0700
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 20:25 +1000
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-03 14:25 +0300
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 22:00 +1000
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 09:01 -0400
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 23:13 +1000
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 09:19 -0400
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 23:23 +1000
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-03 17:49 +0300
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 11:12 -0400
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Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 15:42 +0000
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-05-03 12:37 -0400
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Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-04 10:09 -0400
Re: Not x.islower() has different output than x.isupper() in list output... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 00:37 +1000
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