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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:45:02 +1100
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:34 AM, John Ladasky
<john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:06:03 AM UTC-8, pete suchsland wrote:
>
>> if x = 99:
>
> Surely, Pete, you meant to write "if x == 99:" ?

Maybe. Or maybe he wanted the OP to do stuff that would result in
exceptions, since exceptions are a way of life in Python! :)

ChrisA