Hey all,
I've done the usual googling, checked the Learning Python book and did
some list searches, to no avail as of yet.
I'm _very_ used to using C style constants (preprocessor #define
directives) or C++ const keyword style, for a variety of reasons.
I've yet to see anything covering 'how to
Kent Johnson wrote:
Scott W wrote:
The 'need' to define a global constant in an imported module, for
example- (I know about sys.version_info, but it doesn't exist in
1.5.2...don't ask ;-) I also know this could be handled via a class,
but what is the equivalent of the foll
Hey all.
I'm unfortunately stuck using python 1.5.2, primarily on Linux
currently, and have done the usual searching (on list, active state,
google), without luck.
I've got to shell out from my python code to execute a command, but
_must_ set the environment at the same time (or prior to execut
Hey all.
I've got an issue that's been driving me a bit nuts. I'm sure it _can_
be done with a regexp, although I'm missing a piece needed to tie it
together to work for all cases.
I need to parse out a list of RPMs in this case, but it seems the RPM
naming convention has changed, as there are
Slight correction which I realized after sending, see below for
version/release seperation, which I should have seen but blame lack of
sleep ;-)
Scott W wrote:
Hey all.
I've got an issue that's been driving me a bit nuts. I'm sure it _can_
be done with a regexp, although I&#x
I am VERY new to python (programming too). I had a question regarding
functions. Is there a way to call a function multiple times without recalling
it over and over. Meaning is there a way I can call a function and then add *5
or something like that? I am trying to code an American Flag usin
On Feb 23, 2014, at 1:12 AM, Scott W Dunning wrote:
> I am VERY new to python (programming too). I had a question regarding
> functions. Is there a way to call a function multiple times without
> recalling it over and over. Meaning is there a way I can call a function and
> th
On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:31 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
>
> Welcome to the tutor forum also, Scott. You'll find it works very
> similarly to python-list, and has many of the same people on it.
> I'm not sure how you tried to attach source, but please be aware
> that this is a text list - anything othe
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:26 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote
> a programmer would think "for loop” immediately
That’s what I thought. It just seemed like way to much to keep repeating
everything over and over. I knew there had to be a better way we just haven’t
learned loops in school yet.
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:26 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
> If you want to make rows with more or less stars, or stars in other colors
> you could add parameters:
>
> def star_row(numstars, starcolor):
>for i in range(numstars):
>fillstar(starcolor)
>space(25)
>
> Y
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:26 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
> which still shows a repetetive pattern and thus you can simplify it with
> another loop. You should be able to find a way to write that loop with two
> star_row() calls on a single iteration, but can you do it with a single call
Hello, i am working on a project for learning python and I’m stuck. The
directions are confusing me. Please keep in mind I’m very ne to this. The
directions are long so I’ll just add the paragraphs I’m confused about and my
code if someone could help me out I’d greatly appreciate it! Also, w
On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> You've bound the name ‘current_guess’ to the user's input, but then do
> nothing with it for the rest of the function; it will be discarded
> without being used.
Hmm, I’m not quite sure I understand. I got somewhat confused because the
direction
On Mar 1, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 01/03/2014 06:05, Scott Dunning wrote:
>
> In addition to the answers you've already had, I suggest that you learn to
> run code at the interactive prompt, it's a great way of seeing precisely what
> snippets of code actually do. Also use
On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:53 AM, spir wrote:
>
> I find directions very confusing. Also, they completely control you while
> explaining about nothing, like a user manual saying "press this, turn that".
> This is inappropriate for programming (and anything else): you need to
> understand! You need
On Mar 2, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> No, that's the opposite direction :-) Inside the ‘get_guess’ function
> you should use as many names as you need for the different purposes.
>
> So, you have one name ‘guess_number’ bound to the function's parameter.
> Don't bind anything else
This is what Im having trouble with now. Here are the directions I’m stuck on
and what I have so far, I’ll bold the part that’s dealing with the instructions
if anyone could help me figure out where I’m going wrong.
Thanks!
from random import randrange
randrange(1, 101)
from random import s
On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:51 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> "Bold” assumes that markup of text will survive; that's not reliable,
> since this is a text-only medium and only the plain text will reliably
> survive to all readers.
Sorry, I didn’t realize. I’m still new to this.
>
> You're creating a prompt s
On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:27 AM, spir wrote:
>
> There are 2 user guesses here, and only 1 variable, thus 1 name. The name
> should say what (idea) the variable represents in the program; this should be
> said by the name's *meaning*. It is one of the greatest difficulties in
> programming. How wo
On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:29 AM, spir wrote:
I have another question in regard to this guess the number script I’m working
on. I’m banging my head over why this isn’t working….
def print_hints(secret, guess):
if guess < 1 or guess > 101:
print
print "Out of range!"
prin
I am trying to write a script for class for a game called guess the number.
I’m almost done but, I’m having a hard time getting the hints to print
correctly. I’ve tried ‘if’’ ‘elif’ nested, it seems like everything….I’m
posting my code for the hints below, any help is greatly appreciated!
d
On Mar 7, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
GOT IT!! Finally! Thanks for all of your help!!
This is what I got, not sure if it’s correct but it’s working!
def print_hints(secret, guess):
if guess < 1 or guess > 100:
print
print "Out of range!"
print
if gues
On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:29 AM, eryksun wrote:
> i.e.
>
>guess < 1 or guess > 100
>
> becomes
>
>not not (guess < 1 or guess > 100)
Why a not not? Wouldn’t that just be saying do this because the second not is
undoing the first?
>
> distribute over the disjunction
>
>not (not (gue
On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:35 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
> I have no interest in the efficiency, only what is easiest for me to read,
> which in this case is the chained comparison. As a rule of thumb I'd also
> prefer it to be logically correct :)
>
What exactly is ment by a chained comparison?
On Mar 10, 2014, at 4:15 AM, eryksun wrote:
>
> Different strokes for different folks. I like to tinker with and
> disassemble things as I'm learning about them. I would have been
> ecstatic about open source as a kid. I learn simultaneously from the
> top down and bottom up -- outside to inside
>> On Mar 8, 2014, at 3:57 AM, spir wrote:
>>>
>>> Well done.
>>> And now that you have the right set of tests you can
>>> half the number of lines by combining your if
>>> conditions again, like you had in the original
>>> post. ie. Bring your hot/cold/warm tests together.
So below is what I fi
On Mar 10, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> What does the Python interactive prompt display when you first launch an
> interactive Python shell?
Python 2.7.6 (v2.7.6:3a1db0d2747e, Nov 10 2013, 00:42:54)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or
On Mar 10, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> What does the Python interactive prompt display when you first launch an
> interactive Python shell?
Python 2.7.6 (v2.7.6:3a1db0d2747e, Nov 10 2013, 00:42:54)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or
On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Scott dunning wrote:
>>>
>>> And now that you have the right set of tests you can
>>> half the number of lines by combining your if
>>> conditions again, like you had in the original
>>> post. ie. Bring your hot/cold/warm tests together.
I’m having a hard time doing
On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
> Scott W Dunning Wrote in message:
>>
>
> Would you please stop posting in html?
I don’t know what you mean? I just use the text for my email provider. It’s
not html? I types up the code I ha
On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
Where are you guys using the forum? Through google? I was using that at first
but someone complained about something that google does and told me to get it
through my email. That’s what I’m doing now and I get bombarded with about 500
emails
On Mar 11, 2014, at 1:49 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
>
> Not from the tutor list though. It only has a few
> mails normally - less than 50 most days.
>
Actually now that you say that most of the emails are coming through the reg
python-lists, not the tutor section. I guess I should just unsubscribe
On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:50 PM, William Ray Wing wrote:
>
> Simple. In Mail Preferences -> Composing -> Message Format -> Plain Text
> (Your setting is probably currently Rich Text.)
>
Got it, hopefully that helps.
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Hey Everyone,
I just got through doing a Guess-the-number script and was looking for
something else to practice on. Do any of you have any suggestions on some
things I could work on? Keep in mind I am not only extremely new to python I
am new to programming. Thanks for any suggestions!!!
Sc
On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Scott W Dunning wrote:
> Hello, I’m working on some practice exercises from my homework and I’m having
> some issues figuring out what is wanted.
>
> We’re working with the while loop and this is what the question states;
>
> Write a fun
Hello, I’m working on some practice exercises from my homework and I’m having
some issues figuring out what is wanted.
We’re working with the while loop and this is what the question states;
Write a function print_n that prints a string n times using iteration.
"""Print the string `s`
I’m working on a few exercises and I’m a little stuck on this one.
This is what the book has but it just gives me an endless loop.
def square_root(a, eps=1e-6):
while True:
print x
y = (x + a/x) / 2
if abs(y-x) < epsilon:
On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Danny Yoo wrote:
Thanks for the info Danny! I’ll try that and I should be able to figure it out
with your help!
The book I was referring to is greentreepress.
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Hello, I am new to python and have a final review coming up and was hoping you
could help me answer a few questions I came across while studying.
So, I get a little confused about lists sometimes. This one is a little hard
to make heads or tails of. I get confused about how to tell how many l
On May 1, 2014, at 5:30 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Awesome, thanks everyone! I understand lists a lot better now.
I have another question. I don’t understand why below would give an error?
>>> greeting = 'Hello World’
>>> greeting [len(greeting)]
_
On May 5, 2014, at 10:13 PM, meenu ravi wrote:
> Likewise, the index of d, which is the last word in the word "Hello world" is
> 10.
>
> So, the maximum index you can access in the word "Hello world" is 10. But
> when you try to give the command,
>
> >>> greeting [len(greeting)]
>
> It is t
Hey guys I was hoping someone could tell me how to opted out of this list? I
have it going to two email addresses for some reason and I unsubscribed but
nothing happened. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Scott
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