Re: [Tutor] Unable to run a simple Hello.py in WinXP

2010-05-18 Thread Sivapathasuntha Aruliah
Adam Bark 05/18/2010 01:21 AM To Sivapathasuntha Aruliah/S1/a...@amkor cc tutor@python.org Subject Re: [Tutor] Unable to run a simple Hello.py in WinXP On 17 May 2010 09:05, Sivapathasuntha Aruliah < sivapathasuntha.arul...@amkor.com> wrote: Hi If possible please run the following

Re: [Tutor] Unable to run a simple Hello.py in WinXP

2010-05-18 Thread Sivapathasuntha Aruliah
Hi Yashwin When I run the hello.py from it's location by double clicking it shows an error with the pop up window C:\Python31\python.exe is not a valid win32 application. When I give the command from IDLE then it says SyntaxError: invalid syntax Which can be seen from Python Shell. Please analys

[Tutor] Different between pass & continue

2010-05-18 Thread M. Bashir Al-Noimi
Hi All, I couldn't understand the difference between pass and continue keywords, could you explain to me? -- Best Regards Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi My Blog: http://mbnoimi.net ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: [Tutor] Different between pass & continue

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Witts
M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote: Hi All, I couldn't understand the difference between pass and continue keywords, could you explain to me? Taken from the docs at http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html The continue statement continues the next iteration of a loop for eg. for line in fil

Re: [Tutor] Different between pass & continue

2010-05-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 18 May 2010 10:34:16 pm M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote: > Hi All, > > > I couldn't understand the difference between pass and continue > keywords, could you explain to me? "pass" is a do-nothing statement. It literally does nothing. "continue" is only allowed inside a for-loop or while-loop, a

[Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. >>> print 'hello' SyntaxError: invalid syntax (, line 1) >>> print ('hello') hello >>> the above print is what i came across having installed pytho

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread James Reynolds
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. > >>> print 'hello' > SyntaxError: invalid syntax (, line 1) > >>> print ('hello') > he

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Witts
Dipo Elegbede wrote: Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. >>> print 'hello' SyntaxError: invalid syntax (, line 1) >>> print ('hello') hello >>> the above print is what i came acros

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
thanks a lot. i was almost going to abandon this python again out of frustration. i have done it before but with you guys around, it would never happen again. i have a pdf version of python programming for absolute beginners, could anyone please help me with its accompaning CD content? thanks as

[Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') for i in the range(10): print(i) thank you. i am currently reading a byte of a python. thanks. -- Elegbede Muhammed Oladipupo OCA +2348077682428 +2347042171716 www.dudupay.com Mobile Banking

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread zaldi
in the header of for loop, you don't need to use "the" -> for i in range(10) On 5/18/10, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? > > > print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') > for i in the range(10): > print(i) > > thank you. > > i am currently readin

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread alex gunn
its the "the" part print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') # for i in the range(10): #your version for i in range(10): #try this print(i) im still learning myself, so be gentle if im wrong but it worked for me. Alex ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dave Angel
(Please don't top-post. Add your comments to the end of the portion you're quoting.) Dipo Elegbede wrote: thanks a lot. i was almost going to abandon this python again out of frustration. i have done it before but with you guys around, it would never happen again. i have a pdf version of pyt

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Vern Ceder
Dipo Elegbede wrote: ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') for i in the range(10): print(i) Remove the word "the" print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') for i in range(10): print(i) Cheers, Vern thank you. i am cur

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
I AM CURRENTLY LEARNING WITH PYTHON 3.0 just about now, you are all blowing my minds. this is great. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > (Please don't top-post. Add your comments to the end of the portion you're > quoting.) > > > Dipo Elegbede wrote: > >> thanks a lot. >> >> i

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Walter Prins
IMHO: If you're new to Python and just trying to learn the language, I'd suggest sticking to Python 2.x for now, as the vast majority of Python material out there still use and refer to Python 2.x syntax. IMHO it'll be a lot easier learning and coping with what's changed in Python 3 only once you

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
That's a good one Sir, i started out with 2.x series but left it for a while. Coming back now, i'm getting on well just for this few changes but I think with a forum like this, I'd fare well in this pythonic journey. Thanks. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Walter Prins wrote: > IMHO: If you're

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
all worked well. thanks all. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:47 PM, alex gunn wrote: > its the "the" part > > print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') > # for i in the range(10): #your version > for i in range(10): #try this > print(i) > > im still learning myself, so be gentle if im wrong but it

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:36:02 pm Dipo Elegbede wrote: > ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? > > > print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') > for i in the range(10): > print(i) > > thank you. Others have already given you the answer, but more important is for you to learn *

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
thanks Steven. I'll always be mindful of that. By the way, I need someone to briefly explain to me how the while loop works. a little on break will also do. thanks. On 5/18/10, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:36:02 pm Dipo Elegbede wrote: >> ples help me figure out what is wrong w

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
A LITTLE EXPLANATIONS ON CONTINUE WOULD BE APPRECIATED TOO. in a recap, i would appreciate any brief explanation on 1. break 2. continue 3. while loop how they work and application in writing codes. thank you all. On 5/18/10, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > thanks Steven. I'll always be mindful of that.

[Tutor] Loop basics (was Re: what is wrong with this syntax?)

2010-05-18 Thread Steve Willoughby
I'm changing the subject line because this is going into a different topic. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:39:50PM +0100, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > A LITTLE EXPLANATIONS ON CONTINUE WOULD BE APPRECIATED TOO. > in a recap, i would appreciate any brief explanation on > 1. break > 2. continue > 3. while loo

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread spir ☣
On Tue, 18 May 2010 14:53:45 +0100 Dipo Elegbede wrote: > I AM CURRENTLY LEARNING WITH PYTHON 3.0 > just about now, you are all blowing my minds. > this is great. Please don't write your replies on top. Write them instead just after the part(s) of the message you're replying to; and delete the

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dipo Elegbede" wrote please confirm this is a new syntax for print. thank you. i will put up morte concerns as they arrive. Please read the Whats New in Python v3 documents first. Version 3 of Python is a major change in the language with many big changes. Do not just try stuff and send

Re: [Tutor] Loop basics (was Re: what is wrong with this syntax?)

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
thanks Steve, this response came handy. I would have to take this home and read. if i encounter difficulties, I'd get back to the house. I'm grateful. If I get more explanations though, it would be great. Regards, On 5/18/10, Steve Willoughby wrote: > I'm changing the subject line because this is

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread bob gailer
On 5/18/2010 11:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Others have already given you the answer, but more important is for you to learn *how* to get the answer. Look at the error message Python prints: for i in the range(10): File "", line 1 for i in the range(10):

Re: [Tutor] PYTHON 3.1

2010-05-18 Thread Dipo Elegbede
ok On 5/18/10, spir ☣ wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 14:53:45 +0100 > Dipo Elegbede wrote: > >> I AM CURRENTLY LEARNING WITH PYTHON 3.0 >> just about now, you are all blowing my minds. >> this is great. > > Please don't write your replies on top. Write them instead just after the > part(s) of the

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dipo Elegbede" wrote By the way, I need someone to briefly explain to me how the while loop works. a little on break will also do. Your tutorial should do that but you can also look at the Loops section of my tutorial - use the V3 version - for a discussion of while loops. It does not c

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread spir ☣
On Wed, 19 May 2010 01:23:55 +1000 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:36:02 pm Dipo Elegbede wrote: > > ples help me figure out what is wrong with this syntax? > > > > > > print('Here are the numbers from 0 to 9') > > for i in the range(10): > > print(i) > > > > thank you. > > O

Re: [Tutor] [SOLVED] Different between pass & continue

2010-05-18 Thread M. Bashir Al-Noimi
Thanks On 18/05/2010 02:20 م, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2010 10:34:16 pm M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote: Hi All, I couldn't understand the difference between pass and continue keywords, could you explain to me? "pass" is a do-nothing statement. It literally does nothing. "c

[Tutor] Unit testing command-line options from argparse or optparse

2010-05-18 Thread Serdar Tumgoren
Hello all, Does anyone have advice for writing unit tests against variables set by command-line options? I have a program I'd like to run in either "debug" or "live" mode, with various settings associated with each. Below is some pseudo-code that shows what I'd like to do: <> mode = p.parse_args

Re: [Tutor] what is wrong with this syntax?

2010-05-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 19 May 2010 03:29:46 am spir ☣ wrote: > (Fortunately, python 3.2, planned for April 1, 2011, will be informed > that "the" is an english article. This is possible since there is no > ambiguity with "thé" (fr), thank to Python's clever > diacritic-awareness. Only remains then the problematic

Re: [Tutor] Unit testing command-line options from argparse or optparse

2010-05-18 Thread Knacktus
Am 18.05.2010 22:49, schrieb Serdar Tumgoren: Hello all, Does anyone have advice for writing unit tests against variables set by command-line options? I have a program I'd like to run in either "debug" or "live" mode, with various settings associated with each. Below is some pseudo-code tha