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if x is a:    # note the trailing colon

OriginalGriff wrote:

"no need to declare variables" sends a shiver down my spine.

OriginalGriff wrote:

Python's version is worse

OriginalGriff wrote:

Strongly typed variables should be mandatory in all languages used in the 21st century!

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

I agree, but you can still do quite a bit of damage with var.

var elapsedTime = stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
var processedCount = GetProcessedCount();
var processedPerSecond = processedCount / elapsedTime * 1000;

Fueled By Caffeine wrote:

var processedPerSecond = processedCount / elapsedTime * 1000;

var processedPerSecond = (decimal)processedCount / elapsedTime * 1000;

var query = databaseContext.SomeTable;
query = query.Where(x => x.SomeBoolLimitingTheResultFromThousandsToTens);
return query.ToList();

OriginalGriff wrote:

just pick a name and assign a value. So if you misspell it ... that's a new variable

OriginalGriff wrote:

- not that you would replace any, I'm sure

lopatir wrote:

but how do you misspell "i"

class StringFormat(object):

    @staticmethod
    def FloatToStringFormat(num: float, decimalPlaces: int) -> str:
        return "{:.{}f}".format(num, decimalPlaces)

resultAsString = StringFormat.FloatToStringFormat(20.123, "2")

Mike Winiberg wrote:

has almost nothing to do with the language you write it in, and everything to do with domain knowledge and the skill of the programmer(s).

Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<IEnumerable<SomeValue>>> valuesPerLineFromACsvFileByKey = new Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<IEnumerable<SomeValue>>>();

var valuesPerLineFromACsvFileByKey = new Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<IEnumerable<SomeValue>>>();