Re: [Tutor] validating user input

2011-04-24 Thread ALAN GAULD
> "Rance Hall" wrote > > >But you have just finished enumerating them and I holds > >the index of the last item, or in your case the count of > >the last item. But even without that you can always > >use len() to find out how many menuchoices there are... > > I knew about len, but somehow didnt t

[Tutor] help with this problem

2011-04-24 Thread Ratna Banjara
The number 124 has the property that it is the smallest number whose first three multiples contain the digit 2. Observe that 124*1 = 124, 124*2 = 248, 124*3 = 372 and that 124, 248 and 372 each contain the digit 2. It is possible to generalize this property to be the smallest number whose first n

[Tutor] How to solve this problem in python?

2011-04-24 Thread Ratna Banjara
Write a function named countRepresentations that returns the number of ways that an amount of money in rupees can be represented as rupee notes. For this problem we only use rupee notes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 rupee notes. The signature of the function is: def countRepresentati

[Tutor] Fwd: Assistance

2011-04-24 Thread Krystal Brosz
Hi there, i'm struggling with a program, i feel like i am really close to getting it but i cannot find a way to use the target variables inside of a loop: I'm trying to get the program to ask the user, how many grades are you going to enter. Then i want to work out the average which is fine. But

Re: [Tutor] help with this problem

2011-04-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Ratna Banjara wrote: The number 124 has the property that it is the smallest number whose first three multiples contain the digit 2. Observe that 124*1 = 124, 124*2 = 248, 124*3 = 372 and that 124, 248 and 372 each contain the digit 2. It is possible to generalize this property to be the smalles

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Assistance

2011-04-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Krystal Brosz wrote: Hi there, i'm struggling with a program, i feel like i am really close to getting it but i cannot find a way to use the target variables inside of a loop: I'm trying to get the program to ask the user, how many grades are you going to enter. Then i want to work out the aver

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Assistance

2011-04-24 Thread Krystal Brosz
Hi Steve, thank you so much for your prompt reply. sorry i'm sending another email as i haven't learnt how to replly to the posts properly yet. I've had a go at implementing a list, but all i get is: It looks as though it is appending all three values together rather than seperatly.. Please enter

Re: [Tutor] How to solve this problem in python?

2011-04-24 Thread Modulok
Ratna, This list doesn't usually do your homework. However, we will help you with key issues. What have you tried already? Where are you stuck? Is there a certain aspect you don't understand? (Questions like these get lots of help around here. Informally saying "do my homework" generally doesn't.)

[Tutor] Assistance

2011-04-24 Thread Krystal Brosz
Hi there, i'm struggling with a program, i feel like i am really close to getting it but i cannot find a way to use the target variables inside of a loop: I'm trying to get the program to ask the user, how many grades are you going to enter. Then i want to work out the average which is fine. But

Re: [Tutor] Assistance

2011-04-24 Thread Alan Gauld
"Krystal Brosz" wrote i'm struggling with a program, i feel like i am really close to getting it You are not far away but you have a few little problems to fix. but i cannot find a way to use the target variables inside of a loop: I have no idea what you mean by "target variables". There

[Tutor] Virtualenv Error

2011-04-24 Thread Malcolm Newsome
Hey All, Does anyone have any experience creating virtualenvs that can assist me with this error. I'm running windows 7, python 2.7.1 and virtualenv 1.6. I installed virtualenv using easy_install and there were no errors. I get the following error when trying to create a virtualenv.

Re: [Tutor] Virtualenv Error

2011-04-24 Thread Jonathan Zacsh
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 22:52, Malcolm Newsome wrote: > Hey All, > > > > Does anyone have any experience creating virtualenvs that can assist me with > this error.  I’m running windows 7, python 2.7.1 and virtualenv 1.6. > > > > I installed virtualenv using easy_install and there were no errors.