Re: [Tutor] Help with OCR

2011-02-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Sriram Jaju" wrote I'm new to python. I'm doing a project on OCR (Optical Character Recognition), I've heard a lot about Python so i want to know whether i can use python for OCR. That depends a lot on the environment. What OS will you be using? What are you doing exactly? Are you actually

Re: [Tutor] Help with OCR

2011-02-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Shashwat Anand" wrote My another doubt is that, can i use python for programming microcontrollers You bet. Really? How would he go about that? I've not seen (or even heard of) Python used in that role before. Alan G ___ Tutor maillist - T

Re: [Tutor] Help with OCR

2011-02-07 Thread Sriram Jaju
I'm using windows7. I'm doing a robotic project in which a robot has to take instruction from images which are taken by camera. image consists of characters like 'START', 'STOP' etc. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > "Sriram Jaju" wrote > > I'm new to python. I'm doing a proje

[Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Ashley F
I am trying to write a function...(it's kind of like a long way to do BLAST but only comparing 2 sequences)   I have 3 loops nested...Within those loops, I obtain a "best fit score" so to speak.   I can get the program to run...but the loops run all the way to the end.  I can't figure out how to

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Wayne Werner
On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Ashley F wrote:   To try to clear this up... The part of my pseudocode that I'm having trouble putting into actual code in python is: "if that alignment has the best score seen so far save the score and that alignment" Tip: It's helpful to send code, like perhaps the

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Robert Berman
On 02/07/2011 10:33 AM, Ashley F wrote: I am trying to write a function...(it's kind of like a long way to do BLAST but only comparing 2 sequences) I have 3 loops nested...Within those loops, I obtain a "best fit score" so to speak. I can get the program to run...but the loops run all the way to

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Wayne Werner" wrote You probably want to add a sentinel to break out of the outer loops too: found = False highscore = 0 alignment = somealignment for x in something and not found: for y in somethingelse and not found: for z in evenmoresomething: if x+y+z > hig

[Tutor] function help

2011-02-07 Thread Ashley F
ok...here's the function I've written so far.   def padWithGaps(seq):     for letter in seq:    letter="-"    line=len(seq)    dashline=line*letter     return dashline   def replace(someString,position,letter):     first=someString[0:position]     second=letter     third=someString[posi

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Michael M Mason
Alan Gauld wrote:- > "Wayne Werner" wrote > found = False > > highscore = 0 > > alignment = somealignment > > for x in something and not found: > > for y in somethingelse and not found: > > for z in evenmoresomething: > > if x+y+z > highscore: > > hi

[Tutor] PyS60 request

2011-02-07 Thread Dipo Elegbede
Hello Everybody, I am working on a little project centered on PyS60, developing applications for symbian phones. Before I start asking questions pertaining to that, I would like to first clarify if it is appropriate to post such questions here. If it is a yes, then, my subsequent mails would be

Re: [Tutor] function help

2011-02-07 Thread James Reynolds
I'm not sure of the answer to your question, because i'm not sure I understand it. Perhaps you could rephrase it? But, there is some other stuff I noticed though: def padWithGaps(seq): for letter in seq: letter="-" line=len(seq) dashline=line*letter return dashli

[Tutor] JES Jython

2011-02-07 Thread Eun Koo
Hi I have a problem in JES getting a solution to a function. Is there a way you guys can help? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] JES Jython

2011-02-07 Thread bob gailer
On 2/7/2011 2:45 PM, Eun Koo wrote: Hi I have a problem in JES getting a solution to a function. Is there a way you guys can help? Maybe. You might say more about the problem. What is JES and how does it relate to Python? -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill NC _

Re: [Tutor] JES Jython

2011-02-07 Thread Stefan Behnel
Eun Koo, 07.02.2011 20:45: Hi I have a problem in JES getting a solution to a function. Is there a way you guys can help? If you can provide enough information for us to understand what your problem is, we may be able to help you. It's a matter of politeness to help us help you. The more wor

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Alan Gauld wrote: "Wayne Werner" wrote You probably want to add a sentinel to break out of the outer loops too: I don't think you want to break out of *any* of the loops. Otherwise you will skip testing combinations. In your example, the first time you set highscore and alignment, you break

Re: [Tutor] PyS60 request

2011-02-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Dipo Elegbede wrote: Hello Everybody, I am working on a little project centered on PyS60, developing applications for symbian phones. Before I start asking questions pertaining to that, I would like to first clarify if it is appropriate to post such questions here. This is a mailing list abou

Re: [Tutor] JES Jython

2011-02-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Eun Koo wrote: Hi I have a problem in JES getting a solution to a function. Is there a way you guys can help? Probably not. This is a mailing list about learning the language Python, not specific to JES (whatever that is!) under Jython. If JES has a support forum dedicated to it, you should

Re: [Tutor] function help

2011-02-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Ashley F wrote: ok...here's the function I've written so far. def padWithGaps(seq): for letter in seq: letter="-" line=len(seq) dashline=line*letter return dashline I don't think that's a useful function. It seems to do a HUGE amount of work that just keeps get

Re: [Tutor] nested loops

2011-02-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Steven D'Aprano" wrote I don't think you want to break out of *any* of the loops. Otherwise you will skip testing combinations. In that case I misread the OP. I thought he specifically wanted to avoid testing all the options and exit when he reached his target. In your example, the first t

[Tutor] Converting From Unicode to ASCII!!

2011-02-07 Thread Nevins Duret
Hello all, Don't know if I'll be bashed on this forum for doing this, but I will assure you I have the best intentions and simply want to apply a real world problem and how to go about solving it using python3.1. Here is my predicament. A good friend of mine locked herself

Re: [Tutor] vim as a python editor

2011-02-07 Thread Alexander Fairley
Some high profile ruby hackers have put together a pretty snazzy set of vim/gvim configs together on github at https://github.com/carlhuda/janus On the topic of configuring Capslock to be an escape key, it's because that's where the "meta" key used to be on old school unix keyboards, and so it ma

Re: [Tutor] Converting From Unicode to ASCII!!

2011-02-07 Thread David Hutto
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Nevins Duret wrote: > Hello all, > > > >     Don’t know if I’ll be bashed on this forum for doing this, > but I will assure you I have the best intentions and > > simply want to apply a real world problem and how to go about solving it > using python3.1

Re: [Tutor] Converting From Unicode to ASCII!!

2011-02-07 Thread David Hutto
Also, If you can install a second version, then you should be able to mount the other version you're locked out of, then recover your files, and reinstall. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.

Re: [Tutor] Converting From Unicode to ASCII!!

2011-02-07 Thread David Hutto
And I forgot, that you don't have to install another version, but just boot from the live disk, and mount the partition. But from looking, you should be able to recover with linux utilities. Look here: http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.htmlhttp://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.

[Tutor] zipfile error message

2011-02-07 Thread Eric Stevens
Hi: I am relatively new to Python and have been recently trying to experiment with its zipfile capabilities. However, everytime I try to open a zip ( using method zipfile.ZipFile(open('zipfile.zip','r')) ) I continue to get an error message that states:error: unpack requires a string argument of l