Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Luc
Also thanks Ben and Simon for your help ! On Dec 30, 1:07 pm, Luc wrote: > Thanks Krister ! > Should have read specific 3.1 documentation :-(  . > > Regards,  Luc > > On Dec 30, 12:56 pm, Krister Svanlund > wrote: > > > In Python 3 the syntax for print has changed to print() so just put > > brac

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Luc
Thanks Krister ! Should have read specific 3.1 documentation :-( . Regards, Luc On Dec 30, 12:56 pm, Krister Svanlund wrote: > In Python 3 the syntax for print has changed to print() so just put > braces around the string and you'r good to go! > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:48 PM,   wrote: >

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Ben Finney
[email protected] writes: > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. Thank you for this information, it's essential to solving the problem. > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more inform

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Simon Brunning
2009/12/30 : > At a dos-prompt : > > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on > win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. print "Hello" >  File "", line 1 >    print "Hello" >                ^ > SyntaxError: invali

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Krister Svanlund
In Python 3 the syntax for print has changed to print() so just put braces around the string and you'r good to go! On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:48 PM, wrote: > Hi there, > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. > Am an absolute beginner with Python. > This is my problem : > > In Idle : > > Py

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Michiel Sikma wrote: > I don't know if writing to a > Word file is possible. It's a proprietary format, afterall. see: Python To Word Capture script output in MS Word http://gflanagan.net/site/dotnet/05/RunPythonScriptFromWord.html rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread lcazarre
> You can indeed automate this task, but I don't know if writing to a > Word file is possible. Thanks to you all. I mentioned Word as example. Actually, any format would do, as long as I can print them (pdf, txt,etc.). Now I just have to learn Python! LC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am by no means a serious programmer (which will become evident as you > read this very message), except that I use VBA almost daily to automate > Excel spreadsheets. > > I do enjoy programming however and the only thing that prevented me > from learning a language othe

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 10-aug-2006, om 14:45 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: > Now my questions: > - is it legal? (I do have a subscription to Factiva. I do not > intend to > distribute the printouts) > - If so, can I use Python to automate this task? > > Thank you. > > -- > http://mail.python.