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		ngkabra on Dec 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silly Python riddle At 12 characters, this is definitely not the shortest, but it is a totally different approach than the other solutions: `>>> f = lambda: g()if 0 else(1) >>> f() 1`

jerfelix on Dec 21, 2011 [–]

Creative solution! You can knock it down a character by removing the "1" and simply returning an empty tuple.

    >>> f = lambda: g()if 0 else()
    >>> f()
    ()

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