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Re: Python's and and Pythons or

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Date 2013-10-10 19:03 +1100
Subject Re: Python's and and Pythons or
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> y = x and 1/x
> One just has to remember that y==0 effectively means y==+-infinity ;-).

Good example. Extremely appropriate to situations where you're showing
a set of figures and their average:

Foo   1
Bar   3
Quux  7
Asdf  9
===== 5

Let the average show as zero if there are none, it won't hurt:

print("=====",count and total/count)

ChrisA

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Python's and  and Pythons or Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 16:54 -0700
  Re: Python's and  and Pythons or Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-10 00:36 +0000
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 12:13 +1100
  Re: Python's and  and Pythons or Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 23:12 -0700
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 17:45 +1100
    Re: Python's and  and Pythons or Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-09 23:46 -0700
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-10 03:43 -0400
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 19:03 +1100
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-10 06:33 -0700
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-10 21:41 -0400
    Re: Python's and and Pythons or Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-10 19:47 -0700
  Re: Python's and  and Pythons or Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 23:55 -0700

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