Re: [Tutor] (no subject)

2014-07-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/07/14 01:34, Marc Tompkins wrote: noticed that you often advise it. I don't know who _does_ think this is a desirable pattern; I'd love to hear their argument for it - it must be really good. Nope, it doesn't need to be "really good", it just needs to have enough advantage over the alt

Re: [Tutor] Is this possible for a newbie?

2014-07-21 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi, Answers are below. - Original Message - From: keith papa Am a newbie to programming and I started learning python days ago. I have this idea I want to execute, am a big sport and fantasy fan and I wanted to create something that will make it things a little easy for me. My idea

Re: [Tutor] (no subject)

2014-07-21 Thread LN A-go-go
Dear Gurus, Thank-you thank-you, one more time, thank-you. I am over that hurdle and have the other: converting the list of characters that was just created by the split - into integers so I can manipulate them.  I was trying to convert to a string, then to integers.  I have been scouring the we

[Tutor] Unhandled exception

2014-07-21 Thread yarteydegre...@gmail.com
I just want to know if an unhandled exception is a bug in my programs! Degreat ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] (no subject)

2014-07-21 Thread Wolfgang Maier
On 21.07.2014 01:48, LN A-go-go wrote:> Dear Gurus, > Thank-you thank-you, one more time, thank-you. > I am over that hurdle and have the other: converting the list of > characters that was just created by the split - into integers so I can > manipulate them. I was trying to convert to a string,

Re: [Tutor] Unhandled exception

2014-07-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/07/14 07:57, yarteydegre...@gmail.com wrote: I just want to know if an unhandled exception is a bug in my programs! No, its not. Maybe. Exceptions can happen for all sorts of reasons, for some you can do something if they happen. In those cases handling the exception makes sense. In oth

Re: [Tutor] Unhandled exception

2014-07-21 Thread Ben Finney
"yarteydegre...@gmail.com" writes: > I just want to know if an unhandled exception is a bug in my programs! That's a good question, thanks for asking. In some programming languages, exceptions are something to avoid and reduce where possible. But that's not the case for Python. In Python, exc

Re: [Tutor] Unhandled exception

2014-07-21 Thread yarteydegre...@gmail.com
Thanks, Alan and Ben! I really appreciate your explanations. Degreat - Reply message - From: "Ben Finney" To: Subject: [Tutor] Unhandled exception Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 11:16 "yarteydegre...@gmail.com" writes: > I just want to know if an unhandled exception is a bug in my programs

Re: [Tutor] Unhandled exception

2014-07-21 Thread Dave Angel
"yarteydegre...@gmail.com" Wrote in message: > > I'm glad they were able to help. But please let me point out a few procedural issues, for nex time. You started a whole new thread just to say thanks. You should only start one to ask a new question or start a new discussion. Otherwise us