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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:00:33 -0500
From: Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
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On 02/12/2012 10:20 AM, inq1ltd 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
You top-posted.   Please type your response after whatever you're 
quoting.  In my case, I only need a portion of what you said, and my 
remarks are following it.

assert takes an expression, so the one above is just wrong.  
Fortunately, Python would tell you with
       SyntaxError: invalid syntax





-- 

DaveA