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[Python-3000-checkins] r67314 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
raymond.hettinger
2008-11-21 10:40:51 UTC
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Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Fri Nov 21 11:40:51 2008
New Revision: 67314

Log:
Fix minor typos.

Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/expressions.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/expressions.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/reference/expressions.rst Fri Nov 21 11:40:51 2008
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
program.

Comparison of objects of the differing types depends on whether either
-of the types provide explicit support for the comparison. Most numberic types
+of the types provide explicit support for the comparison. Most numeric types
can be compared with one another, but comparisons of :class:`float` and
:class:`Decimal` are not supported to avoid the inevitable confusion arising
from representation issues such as ``float('1.1')`` being inexactly represented
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@
in s`` returns the negation of ``x in s``. All built-in sequences and set types
support this as well as dictionary, for which :keyword:`in` tests whether a the
dictionary has a given key. For container types such as list, tuple, set,
-frozenset, dict, or collections.deque, the expression ``x in y`` equivalent to
-``any(x is e or x == e for val e in y)``.
+frozenset, dict, or collections.deque, the expression ``x in y`` is equivalent
+to ``any(x is e or x == e for val e in y)``.

For the string and bytes types, ``x in y`` is true if and only if *x* is a
substring of *y*. An equivalent test is ``y.find(x) != -1``. Empty strings are
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