Re: [Tutor] Question

2007-07-12 Thread ALAN GAULD
Including the list... - Original Message From: Que Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thank you Alan, but I'm still having difficulty. > I think you mean this but there must be something that I'm misunderstanding. > > print "Creating txt file" > tfile

Re: [Tutor] curses

2007-07-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"max baseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > scr.sddch(1,0,population) # here is ware i think I'm having problems > also would like this to be centered Try this: scr.addchr(max_x/2,max_y/2, str(population)[0]) > traceback (most recent call last): > file "population.py", line 15, in > scr.addch

[Tutor] curses

2007-07-12 Thread max baseman
ok after reading a few tutorials i think i know enough to write my program here it is not commented yet though sorry: import curses from time import sleep scr=vurses.initscr() population=0 seconds=0 try: scr.nodelay(1) scr.leaveok(0) max_y, max_x = scr.getmaxyx()

Re: [Tutor] making aaa.txt in notepad focused.

2007-07-12 Thread Bill Burns
elis aeris wrote: > is it possible to do patial window title? Partial window title? ;-) Sure, have a look at this thread: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/python-win32/3012629 and take a look at pywinauto, as well: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto https://lists.sourceforg

Re: [Tutor] Here is newbie doc on how to implement generators

2007-07-12 Thread John Fouhy
On 13/07/07, Dave Kuhlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, I have a question -- If you look at the example of the > iterative (non-recursive) generator (the Doubler class), you will > see that it walks a list, not a tree. That's because I was *not* > able to figure out how to implement a non-recu

Re: [Tutor] Question regarding syntax

2007-07-12 Thread John Morris
On 7/11/07, Andre Roberge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is a standard convention. Lots of tools are built on the assumption that translatable strings are going to be enclosed in _(...) These tools extract the strings from programs, and put them in files (.po) that are easily editable by human

[Tutor] Here is newbie doc on how to implement generators

2007-07-12 Thread Dave Kuhlman
I find iterators and generators fascinating. So, in order to try to understand them better myself, I've written up some notes. I'm hoping that these notes might help someone new to the generators and iterators in Python. You can find it here: http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_comments.ht

Re: [Tutor] Question

2007-07-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"Que Prime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Here is what I have so far but can't seem to get the loop and > write correct. I suspect you have used another language before and Python's for loop is foxing you. > print "Creating txt file" > tfile = open("25.txt", "w") > > for i in range(25): >

[Tutor] Question

2007-07-12 Thread Que Prime
I'm trying to create a program that creates a file and write the number for each line. Here is what I have so far but can't seem to get the loop and write correct. Thanks in advance. print "Creating txt file" tfile = open("25.txt", "w") for i in range(25): x = int(1) tfile.writelines("x

Re: [Tutor] Question about code reviews

2007-07-12 Thread Tiger12506
>> >> > Do you know of any service or person that could do a code review >> > for me? >> >> Perhaps if you were more specific about what you are looking for in the >> review? If you merely want something to check your code for possible >> errors and how well you stick to standards, then look i

Re: [Tutor] How to improve

2007-07-12 Thread Gregor Lingl
taserian schrieb: > I've been programming for years before encountering Pythoin, but in > much more verbose languages, and I appreciate the fact that Python is > so terse and still accomplishes so much. Still, I have difficulty > thinking in Python, and tend to revert to longer programs for what

Re: [Tutor] Question about code reviews

2007-07-12 Thread Tino Dai
On 7/12/07, Adam A. Zajac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know of any service or person that could do a code review > for me? Perhaps if you were more specific about what you are looking for in the review? If you merely want something to check your code for possible errors and how well

Re: [Tutor] How to improve

2007-07-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"taserian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I'd like to see how I could improve the program below for this, and > make it > more Python-ish. > > = = = = START > > def decompose(longword): >word1 = longword[0::2] >word2 = longword[1::2] >return (word1, word2) This seems OK to me. > wordl

Re: [Tutor] python syntax: underscore

2007-07-12 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 13:04 +0100, Michael Connors wrote: > Hi, > I was following the thread on about the _("xx") thingy. > Since then I played around a bit with underscores at the console and > it seems to me that if you execute code with a return value but you > dont save the result, then _ is a

[Tutor] How to improve

2007-07-12 Thread taserian
I've been programming for years before encountering Pythoin, but in much more verbose languages, and I appreciate the fact that Python is so terse and still accomplishes so much. Still, I have difficulty thinking in Python, and tend to revert to longer programs for what seems to be simple tasks. S

Re: [Tutor] Question about code reviews

2007-07-12 Thread Adam A. Zajac
> Do you know of any service or person that could do a code review > for me? Perhaps if you were more specific about what you are looking for in the review? If you merely want something to check your code for possible errors and how well you stick to standards, then look into pylint or pychec

[Tutor] python syntax: underscore

2007-07-12 Thread Michael Connors
Hi, I was following the thread on about the _("xx") thingy. Since then I played around a bit with underscores at the console and it seems to me that if you execute code with a return value but you dont save the result, then _ is a pointer to this value. Is that correct? 4 4 print _ 4 So if

Re: [Tutor] curses

2007-07-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"max ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > hello all sorry but i just cant seem to get my head around curses I know the feeling it took me a while too. > iv read a few of the tuts out there and get what there saying > but i cant write my own Can you tell us a) What OS are you using - Curses only reall