[Tutor] newbie code review please!

2008-02-03 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I'm a middling amateur coder in C and elisp, trying to wrap my head around python syntax. I've implemented the code for the markov chain random text generator from Kernighan and Pike's "The practice of programming", and I'd appreciate any tips on how to make it more pythonic. The code appears

Re: [Tutor] newbie code review please!

2008-02-04 Thread Tyler Smith
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 04:35:08PM -0500, Kent Johnson made several helpful suggestions: Thanks! That cleaned up a lot. However, I couldn't figure out a way to do random.choice(word_hash[(w1, w2)]) on a dict with set-type values. The closest I could get was word_hash[(w1, w2)].pop(), but then I n

Re: [Tutor] results not quite 100 percent yet

2008-02-21 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2008-02-21, bhaaluu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Other beginning programers shouldn't have any problems using >> > these routines. >> >> As long as they use the same number of rooms and entrance and exit >> room

Re: [Tutor] results not quite 100 percent yet

2008-02-21 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2008-02-20, bhaaluu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I can see, these routines give me the results > I'm looking for. I get a distribution of four negative numbers, > four positive integers in the range 10 to 110, and nothing > is placed in room 6 or room 11: > Just for the hell of it, he

[Tutor] noob python cgi

2008-03-15 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I'm writing a webpage as a learning exercise. My first objective is to allow myself to upload files to directories in /images/, and have cgi scripts automatically generate the pages that will allow users to navigate through the images. I have a very basic prototype that does what I want, at l

Re: [Tutor] noob python cgi

2008-03-16 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2008-03-16, Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tyler Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> [snip explanation] >> Three files follow. First, the html index page, followed by the >> gallery picker, followed by the thumbnail displayer. >> >> Thanks! >