Re: [Tutor] walk registry using _winreg

2013-05-30 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
__ >From: Dave Angel >To: tutor@python.org >Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:11 PM >Subject: Re: [Tutor] walk registry using _winreg > > >On 05/29/2013 04:11 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I created a program to go through the windows registry and look for

[Tutor] google spreadsheet

2013-05-30 Thread Sumeet Singh
Hey Hi if possible can u guys please help me regarding accessing Google spreadsheet with the help of python i have gone through many blog but have not found any valid solution i trying to access google spreadsheet with help of python in eclipse if you can suggest it would really be a lot of h

Re: [Tutor] google spreadsheet

2013-05-30 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 30/05/2013 17:35, Sumeet Singh wrote: Hey Hi if possible can u guys please help me regarding accessing Google spreadsheet with the help of python i have gone through many blog but have not found any valid solution i trying to access google spreadsheet with help of python in eclipse if you can

Re: [Tutor] google spreadsheet

2013-05-30 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
___ > From: Sumeet Singh >To: "tutor@python.org" >Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:35 PM >Subject: [Tutor] google spreadsheet > > > >Hey Hi >if possible can u guys please help me regarding accessing Google spreadsheet >with the help of python >i have gone through

Re: [Tutor] walk registry using _winreg

2013-05-30 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
In addition to my previous reply: here's a colour-coded version of the code: http://pastebin.com/bZEezDSG ("Readability counts")   Regards, Albert-Jan ~~ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine,

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread Oscar Benjamin
Sending again to the list (sorry boB)... On 29 May 2013 17:51, boB Stepp wrote: >> I don't know exactly how str.join is implemented but it does not use >> this quadratic algorithm. For example if str.join would first compute >> the length of the resulting string first then it can allocate memory

Re: [Tutor] Random Number Game: Returns always the same number - why?

2013-05-30 Thread Prasad, Ramit
[Reordered response to after quote] Thomas Murphy wrote: > > > > There are a few issues here: > > * variable names should be lower case > > * for this case it's best to use for loop with range() > > * you calculate random number only once, outside of loop > > > > Try something like: > > > > for c

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 30/05/13 02:51, boB Stepp wrote: On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: I don't know exactly how str.join is implemented but it does not use this quadratic algorithm. For example if str.join would first compute the length of the resulting string first then it can allocate

Re: [Tutor] walk registry using _winreg

2013-05-30 Thread eryksun
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > > def walkRegistry(regkey, keyToSet="file_locations", > valueToSet="temp_dir", > HKEY=_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, verbose=False): I suppose you don't need the "sam" option in your case, but in general it

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread eryksun
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:51 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Oscar Benjamin > wrote: > >> I don't know exactly how str.join is implemented but it does not use >> this quadratic algorithm. For example if str.join would first compute >> the length of the resulting string f

Re: [Tutor] google spreadsheet

2013-05-30 Thread eryksun
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >> i trying to access google spreadsheet with help of python > > Start here > https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/v1/ > developers_guide_python > I guess!!! > > -- > If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this :D

Re: [Tutor] google spreadsheet

2013-05-30 Thread Alan Gauld
On 30/05/13 17:35, Sumeet Singh wrote: if possible can u guys please help me regarding accessing Google spreadsheet with the help of python This list is for people learning Python and its standard library. You will likely get more help on the main Python mailing list/newsgroup. Or possibly a

Re: [Tutor] To error statement or not to error statement

2013-05-30 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Jim Mooney wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:28 AM > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: [Tutor] To error statement or not to error statement > > >> "I find it amusing when novice programmers believe their main job is > >> preventing programs from crashing. ... More experienced programmers rea

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 30 May 2013 21:35, eryksun wrote: > In terms of sequence methods, it's inplace concatenation. On their > own, immutable string types only support regular concatenation, but > the interpreter can evaluate the concatenation inplace for special > cases. Specifically, it can resize the target strin

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread eryksun
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > > It's also for BINARY_ADD in the form a = a + b: Right you are. It sees that the next operation is a store back to "a". It wouldn't work the other way around, i.e. a = b + a. ___ Tutor maillist

Re: [Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-30 Thread eryksun
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > Sure enough, ''.join(list-of-substrings) is measurably faster than > ''.join(iterator-of-substrings). A tuple or list is used directly. Otherwise join() has to create an iterator and build a new list. This isn't directly related to the