Re: [Tutor] newbie to gui programming

2010-07-06 Thread Eric Hamiter
If you decide to run with wxPython there is a pretty handy video series you could watch: http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/series?name=PythonWxPythonBeginnersSeries Eric On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > "Payal" wrote > > gui programming? There seems to be many ways to do

Re: [Tutor] Request for help learning the right way to deal with lists in lists

2010-07-12 Thread Eric Hamiter
I'm fairly new to programming and Python as well, but I have a suggestion that may be worth looking into-- are you familiar with pickling? It sounds like something that may fit in well with what you're trying to do. Good reference article: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-105219

[Tutor] Searching a text file's contents and comparing them to a list

2010-07-14 Thread Eric Hamiter
Hi all, New programmer here. This is what I want to do: 1. Open an existing text file named "grocery_list.txt", which has one item per line, like so: butter juice bread asparagus magazines ice cream 2. ...and search for these items in a pre-defined list. But I can't seem to get this working. R

Re: [Tutor] Searching a text file's contents and comparing them to a list

2010-07-14 Thread Eric Hamiter
Fantastic! I have this, which now works. Is there a better place to put string.strip? aisle_one = ["chips", "bread", "pretzels", "magazines"] grocery_list = open("grocery_list.txt", "r") for line in grocery_list.readlines(): if line.strip() in aisle_one: print "success! i found %s" % l

Re: [Tutor] Searching a text file's contents and comparing them toa list

2010-07-14 Thread Eric Hamiter
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > If you never need a stripped version of line again, or if you > are planning on writing it out to another file then this is fine. > If you are going to use it again its probably better to strip() > and asign to itelf: > > line = line.strip()

Re: [Tutor] Searching a text file's contents and comparing them toa list

2010-07-14 Thread Eric Hamiter
Follow-up question: My code is now this: aisle_one = ["chips", "bread", "pretzels", "magazines"] aisle_two = ["juice", "ice cream"] aisle_three = ["asparagus"] def find_groceries(): grocery_list = open("grocery_list.txt", "r") for line in grocery_list.readlines(): line = line.stri

Re: [Tutor] Searching a text file's contents and comparing them toalist

2010-07-14 Thread Eric Hamiter
Thanks for the pointers! This is now working, albeit probably ugly and clunky: aisle_one = ["chips", "bread", "pretzels", "magazines"] aisle_two = ["juice", "ice cream"] aisle_three = ["asparagus"] def find_groceries(): with open("grocery_list.txt") as grocery_list: first_trip = ["L

Re: [Tutor] Python Book recomandation!

2010-07-15 Thread Eric Hamiter
Hi Daniel, As a fellow complete beginner, I have actually started a web site that details just this. I'm learning as I go and have tried to put together a curriculum of sorts that will helpfully guide other newbies as well, and reinforce what I'm learning for myself. http://letslearnpython.com/

[Tutor] Writing scripts and apps for Internet consumption

2010-07-31 Thread Eric Hamiter
Not sure if this is the right place for this, since this is a tutor list, but I think it is because it involves learning Python and the application of knowledge. I've just started learning it as my initial programming language as of two months ago. I like to think I'm making steady progress, and I

Re: [Tutor] Writing scripts and apps for Internet consumption

2010-07-31 Thread Eric Hamiter
> > Get a linux hosting account, and a web address, most linux hosting > comes with python, so practice in the 'cloud'. > I have that-- an account with Dreamhost. This hasn't solved my problems yet though. Like I said, I can have it write a simple Hello, World! ...but if I make it do anything mo

Re: [Tutor] Writing scripts and apps for Internet consumption

2010-07-31 Thread Eric Hamiter
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:48 PM, bob gailer wrote: > > Please post that code, and the URL you use to invoke it. > test.py: this works on my laptop but not on the server http://pastebin.com/ChjUzLRU test-working.py: this works on both laptop & server http://pastebin.com/iLNTrGdW both availab

Re: [Tutor] Writing scripts and apps for Internet consumption

2010-07-31 Thread Eric Hamiter
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:53 PM, bob gailer wrote: > > Main difference I see is lack of any html tags in test.py! Try adding > >1. print "" > 2. print "Publix Aide" > 3. print "" > 4. # the store map print statements go here > 5. print "" > > I understand t

Re: [Tutor] web-based python?

2010-08-01 Thread Eric Hamiter
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Che M wrote: > For a long time I have hoped for a "Python web apps for absolute beginners" > tutorial that doesn't assume any knowledge. For a beginner, it is not even > clear what a "web frameworks" is let alone which one he/she should start > with or if it is ev

Re: [Tutor] Formatting date/time

2010-08-04 Thread Eric Hamiter
There are a few solutions here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/904928/python-strftime-date-decimal-remove-0 Eric On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Eduardo Vieira wrote: > I'm trying this example from python docs: > from time import gmtime, strftime > strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +", g

Re: [Tutor] Idea for a 'Weekly Python Tips' mailing list

2010-08-06 Thread Eric Hamiter
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Eric On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Ian Ozsvald wrote: > Hi all. I'm a long time Pythonista and co-founder of > http://ShowMeDo.com/ (and author of 140 of the Python tutorials > there), I'm here with an idea... > >