Re: [Tutor] list mail formatting

2011-12-27 Thread Alexander
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Alexander Etter wrote: > > Ah I know of what you mentioned. On an GNU Emacs mailing list I was >> advised to avoid anything but plaintext. It just seems so archaic. But I'm >> a novice and will learn why eventually. >> > > There's a number

[Tutor] help with script

2011-12-27 Thread nicktocco
hello, my name is nick. i got python for software design by Allen B. Downey as a gift for christmas. i am completely new to programming and i am having trouble figuring out how to do an exercise concerning script.. my problem 5 x=5 x+1 im ok when it comes to using python so far. but it has a

Re: [Tutor] help with script

2011-12-27 Thread James Reynolds
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:31 PM, wrote: > hello, my name is nick. i got python for software design by Allen B. > Downey as a gift for christmas. i am completely new to programming and i am > having trouble figuring out how to do an exercise concerning script.. > my problem > 5 > x=5 > x+1 > im ok

Re: [Tutor] [Python-Help] What is lambdas in Python??

2011-12-27 Thread bob gailer
On 12/27/2011 8:36 PM, Hitesh Kumar wrote: I really don't get it. What is lambda? I keep seeing it and I couldn't understand anything online about it. lambda An anonymous inline function consisting of a single /expression/ <#term-expression> which is evaluated when the function is called.

Re: [Tutor] [Python-Help] What is lambdas in Python??

2011-12-27 Thread R. Alan Monroe
> I really don't get it. What is lambda? I keep seeing it and I > couldn't understand anything online about it. It took me a while to get it too. It's for those rare times when you want a throwaway function. Like you want to do something kind of functioney without going to the trouble of wri