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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Integers with leading zeroes |
| Date | 2015-07-22 13:51 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <moo74i$bpn$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
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On 2015-07-22, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> writes:
>
>> The biggest use I have for decimal numbers that begin with 0 is in
>> credit card numbers, account numbers and the like where the first
>> check you do is 'does this thing have the correct number of digits'.
>
> The following are examples of types from the real world that people
> think of, and casually discuss, as “numbers”.
>
> * Postal code
> * Credit card number
> * Telephone number
> * Car registration plate number
> * Personal Identification Number (PIN)
Those are all strings. Not numbers.
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Re: Integers with leading zeroes Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-07-21 19:21 +0200
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Re: Integers with leading zeroes Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-07-21 11:06 -0700
Re: Integers with leading zeroes sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-07-21 11:38 -0700
Re: Integers with leading zeroes sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-07-21 11:41 -0700
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-22 10:55 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 11:10 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-22 12:14 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 14:16 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-22 09:12 +0200
Re: Integers with leading zeroes alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-07-22 09:09 +0000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-07-22 17:27 +0200
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-22 15:47 +0000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-22 16:38 +0100
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-22 15:50 +0000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-22 17:24 +0100
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 08:32 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-22 09:31 +0200
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-07-22 18:40 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-07-22 12:10 +0300
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-22 11:38 +0200
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-07-22 13:26 +0300
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-22 13:51 +0000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 07:03 -0700
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-07-23 01:14 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-22 15:20 +0000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 20:11 -0600
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-07-24 18:23 +1200
Re: Integers with leading zeroes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 16:28 +1000
Re: Integers with leading zeroes alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-07-24 13:16 +0000
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