--request for a method of sorting disk files based on size so as to
fill backup disks--
You may want to check out the karp.py routine posted at
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/python-Tutor/749797
Right now it is coded to split N numbers into 2 groups that have sums
as nearly identi
Ok, it's a logic error in the while loop. Starting at the beginning: you
can't compare the value of "password" until the user inputs the value,
which
is why it's requiring you to put password = "foobar" at the top.
Otherwise,
password has no value, and as far as the interpreter is concerned, it
PS
Check out the sample chapter http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.htmlOn Apr 12, 2005 11:42 AM, Liam Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Andre,
The gent responsible for win32com Mark Hammond wrote a book about it,
but there's quite a useful help file included with the Win3
Hi Andre,
The gent responsible for win32com Mark Hammond wrote a book about it,
but there's quite a useful help file included with the Win32all
package.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/
I do recommend the book, however.
Also I recommend The Quick Python book, it has a nice run-down
Alberto Troiano said unto the world upon 2005-04-11 17:43:
Hi Brian
Thanks for correcting me about the variable and reserved word differences (just
for the record the problem is that my english is not so good, you see I'm from
Bolivia so pardon my francôis :P)
Hi Alberto,
I wouldn't have known y
Quoting Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This is a hard problem. It is a version of the "0-1 knapsack problem" -
> googling for that might give
> you some ideas.
> > Hi
> > Some of my harddrives are getting full and i would like to burn the files
> > to
> > some cheep DVD's. Filesizes range
Sorry
In the option 2 in the last IF clause there is a missing = it should be
if password == "unicorn" and not if password="unicorn"
Regards
Alberto
Gaucho>From: Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], tutor@python.org >Subject: Re
Hi Brian
Thanks for correcting me about the variable and reserved word differences (just for the record the problem is that my english is not so good, you see I'm from Bolivia so pardon my francôis :P)
About the code I posted let me stand for it because it sure works like a charm.
I tested and the
Gotcha!!
I'll try it with my app and let you know how it went
Thanks
Alberto
Gaucho>From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: tutor@python.org >Subject: Re: [Tutor] str.split and quotes >Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:55:22 -0400 > >Alberto Troiano wrote: >>Thanks Kent but now I need you to explain
Alberto Troiano wrote:
Thanks Kent but now I need you to explain me the code :(
That code won't work for you. It is for timing how long it takes to do something, not for generating
repeated events.
To give you a graphic example how can make this function to run every 5
seconds
def foo():
pr
Ok, it's a logic error in the while loop. Starting at the beginning: you
can't compare the value of "password" until the user inputs the value, which
is why it's requiring you to put password = "foobar" at the top. Otherwise,
password has no value, and as far as the interpreter is concerned, i
Alberto Troiano said unto the world upon 2005-04-11 16:09:
Hey Gary
password="foobar"
###
the variable password has to be here because you are referiencing before the
assignment inside the while sentence. You can also set it to password="" and
still will work because you have to tell (in this
Hey Kristian, thanks for the reply
The problem to use sleep is that all widgets gets locked up and they doesn't refresh themselves
I just made that example so anyone can explain the code Kent posted earlier
In my real application is a Tkinter GUI so I should not use sleep
Thanks anyway
Regards
Albe
Klas Marteleur telia.com> writes:
> Some of my harddrives are getting full and i would like to burn the files to
> some cheep DVD's. Filesizes range from lets say 1Mb to 1Gb.
>
> Ofcourse i would like to optimize the size of each DVD to be as close to
> 4.7Gb
> as possible (to save this chee
Hey Gary
password="foobar"
###
the variable password has to be here because you are referiencing before the assignment inside the while sentence. You can also set it to password="" and still will work because you have to tell (in this example) that password is a reserved word(variable)
###
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-04-11 14:54:
Hey all,
Sorry for the bother, thanks for the help.
I'm trying to write a password guessing program to keep track of
how many times the user has entered the password wrong.
If it is more than 3 times, print ``That must have been complicat
Make a flowchart, by hand, on paper of what this program does. That should
help explain the why.
Basically, after 3 attempts, your "while" loop becomes an infinte loop. Once
you are over the count, the user is never prompted for
another password, so the password remains not equal to "unicorn"
Hi Gary,
In a while loop, you could looping until the while condition is no longer true.
So your one -
while password != "unicorn"
So while password isn't unicorn, your condition is True, so your while
loop will keep looping until the password equals 'unicorn'
After your 3rd mistake, the if
Hey all,
Sorry for the bother, thanks for the help.
I'm trying to write a password guessing program to keep track of
how many times the user has entered the password wrong.
If it is more than 3 times, print ``That must have been complicated.''
Following is what I got. If I type "unicorn" it goes s
Hi All,
I am trying to create a couple of python programs that creates and
modifies MS Excel docs.
I have been searching the web and have found some interesting pieces
of information and programs but i need something more complete. Is the
any documentation available explaning all the options avai
On Apr 11, 2005 7:30 PM, Michael Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [what's bad about non-alphabetic characters?]
I found it out for myself. To quote from Dick's post:
"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!"
Seems like palindromes are allowed not to reflect whitespace and
punctuation (an how could
On Apr 10, 2005 7:18 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a newbie, but would this qualify as a contribution to UselessPython 2.0?
Hello Dick,
don't be shy, or do you suspect it might be too usefull? ;-) I found
it funny, so it must be good enough.
here my remarks:
> def makeString
This is a hard problem. It is a version of the "0-1 knapsack problem" - googling for that might give
you some ideas.
Kent
Klas Marteleur wrote:
Hi
Some of my harddrives are getting full and i would like to burn the files to
some cheep DVD's. Filesizes range from lets say 1Mb to 1Gb.
Ofcourse i
Rich Krauter said unto the world upon 2005-04-10 20:53:
Brian van den Broek wrote:
[text and code snipped]
FWIW, I ran your code using python 2.3.4 on linux with the following
modifications, and it worked fine (no failing tests out of 9):
Hi Rich, Kent, and all,
thanks for these additional datapo
On Apr 11, 2005 11:03 AM, Kristian Zoerhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> while true:
> foo()
> time.sleep(5)
Err, make that
while True:
Note to self: test before posting.
--
Kristian
kristian.zoerhoff(AT)gmail.com
zoerhoff(AT)freeshell.org
_
Hi
Some of my harddrives are getting full and i would like to burn the files to
some cheep DVD's. Filesizes range from lets say 1Mb to 1Gb.
Ofcourse i would like to optimize the size of each DVD to be as close to 4.7Gb
as possible (to save this cheep media :) ).
There are plenty of software th
On Apr 11, 2005 11:00 AM, Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> To give you a graphic example how can make this function to run every 5
> seconds
>
> def foo():
>
> print "Hello world!"
>
I'm not Kent, but I play him on TV ;-)
import time
def foo():
print "Hello world!"
Thanks Kent but now I need you to explain me the code :(
To give you a graphic example how can make this function to run every 5 seconds
def foo():
print "Hello world!"
Thanks in advanced
Alberto>From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Tut
Thanks for the reply
I read first the one Danny sent me.
I'll try the code and let you know how it went
About the overwhelming of the machine, is a Dedicated Server so I don't think that would happen. The person in charge of the project told me that he needed a daemon to run under Linux to store in
Sorry, Copy Paste error
I did that
cursor.execute("insert into image values('',%s)",outfile.getvalue()) My question now is where should I have to retrieve the database value to show the image?
And another question yet:
I'm making this application to run as a daemon under Linux (the linux part
Thanks a lot, now it's clear.
Bernard
On Apr 8, 2005 3:48 PM, Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bernard Lebel wrote on Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:05:13 -0400:
>
> > I'm experimenting with basic inheritance concepts, and something that
> > I would assume to work returns an error.
> >
> class A:
I couldn't compile it either, but got it working by copying the MSSQL.py and
bin/python2.3/mssqldb.pyd from the archive to my
site-packages directory.
He scarcely mentions that option at the bottom of the install page:
http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/mssql/install.html.
Not sure if the b
Sorry for the delay in answering.
Bill Mill wrote:
[cut]
1) you should special-case dictionaries: > >> x = [1, 2, [3, 4, 5,
[[6, 7], 8]], 'abc', 9, [10, 11], {'test': 12}] > >> flatten(x) > >> x
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 'abc', 9, 10, 11, 'test']
OK, now it only handles lists and tuples
2) What's
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