changeset 6:4ec6aa30a1f8 tip

modified is_data function so that it only returs once
author luisf <luis.figueira@eecs.qmul.ac.uk>
date Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:01:41 +0000
parents f358a45c148e
children
files python-intro.py
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/python-intro.py	Tue Feb 05 17:49:53 2013 +0000
+++ b/python-intro.py	Tue Feb 05 18:01:41 2013 +0000
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
     """ Returns true if the line has data
     and false otherwise (header, comments, etc)"""
 
+    answer = True
+
     if line.startswith('#'):
         # skip comments
-        return False
+        answer = False
     elif line.startswith('D'):
         # skip title row
-        return False
+        answer = False
     else:
-        return True
+        answer = True
+    return answer
+
 
 def count_marlins(data):
     """Receives a line of data and returns the count of Marlins in that line (zero otherwise)"""