What’s the scope of a variable initialized in an if statement?

I’m new to Python, so this is probably a simple scoping question. The following code in a Python file (module) is confusing me slightly: if __name__ == ‘__main__’: x = 1 print x In other languages I’ve worked in, this code would throw an exception, as the x variable is local to the if statement … Read more

Is “else if” faster than “switch() case”? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Is there any significant difference between using if/else and switch-case in C#? (20 answers) Closed 2 years ago. I’m an ex Pascal guy, currently learning C#. My question is the following: Is the code below faster than making a switch? int a = 5; if (a == 1) { … Read more

jQuery if checkbox is checked

I have a function below that I want to only trigger when a checkbox in the same tr is checked. Please tell me what I am doing wrong, the usual methods are not working. Thanks JS $(“.add_menu_item_table”).live(‘click’, function() { var value_td = $(this).parents(‘tr’).find(‘td.td_name’).text(); if ($(‘input.checkbox_check’).attr(‘:checked’)); { var newDiv = $(‘<div class=”div_menu_button”></div>’); var showDiv = $(‘<div … Read more