Re: [Tutor] Comparing a string

2005-05-21 Thread Jonas Melian
Alan G wrote: >>I'm tryin compare a string with a value with style of > > Use regular expressions and turn it around: > > import re > s = 'i686' > ex = re.compile('i?86') > if ex.match(s): print 'they match!' > > Is that what you mean? > > Alan G. > > Thanks, that's the way. But in a express

Re: [Tutor] kernel serie

2005-05-19 Thread Jonas Melian
Max Noel wrote: > > The [:2] is unnecessary, as you're limiting the number of splits to > 2, so the resulting list from split() can't have more than 3 elements. > Without the [:2], it fails > Also, note that this code will likely cause the program to crash on > any system that isn't L

Re: Python forum

2005-05-18 Thread Jonas Melian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What's wrong with this web forum ;-) > > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python?hl=en > > c.l.python is a mailing list, usenet group and a web forum. How you > access it is up to you. There are also other nntp-to-web sites out > there, and you can even

Re: Python forum

2005-05-18 Thread Jonas Melian
Markus Weihs wrote: > > If you speak German, there is a forum at www.python-forum.de . > There is also an english one at http://python-forum.org/py/index.php, > but as you can see, there's not much traffic :-/ > There are few messages because they are not known. I believe that they would be due

Re: Python forum

2005-05-18 Thread Jonas Melian
Dave Brueck wrote: > Amen! Generally they are an abomination. > > To make matters worse, many forums that become popular are saddled with so > many > advertisements that moving from one message to another becomes a... > grueling... > lesson... in... patience. > > -Dave Then that hasn't happ

Re: Python forum

2005-05-18 Thread Jonas Melian
Skip Montanaro wrote: > I wonder if there's a way to gateway the tutor list to the > python-forum.org forum, probably to the beginner's forum. > > Skip > > Totally in agreement with this. Thus each one chooses if wants to posting from forum or mailing list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Python forum

2005-05-17 Thread Jonas Melian
Hi, I'm going to say a suggestion, why don't you create a forum like the one of Ruby (http://www.rubyforums.com/)? for the novices this is a great help, better than a mail list It's also worth noting that rubyforums.com has nearly no posts (six total) because it takes very just a short time worki