Re: [Tutor] Integrate content of rss file in static web pages withpython

"Sebastien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I read a couple of python examples with the CGI module on how > to deal with forms, but only how to create a new page entirely > with cgi and python, not how to change only a part on an > already existing page. CGI always generates new pages. It has to

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

Then maybe you could write a regex that matches every regex that does not match itself. ha! sorry, couldn't resist. On Jul 23, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2007, James Hartley wrote: >> On 7/23/07, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm looking for a Python mod

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string is inanother string?

wesley chun wrote: > from string import printable as prglobal > def printable(s): > prlocal = prglobal > for x in s: > if x not in prlocal: > return False > return True > > the solutions using LCs above are great when it comes to an expressive > piece of code in a

[Tutor] Integrate content of rss file in static web pages with python

Hi, I have this website (http://solutions-linux.org/) and I have a little news section on the right side. Presently the pages are just static html pages, but I would like to do a little rss file to put the news in it and then do a little script that puts them on the pages with the right marku

Re: [Tutor] about importing a module

Tiger12506 wrote: >>> If the module has been imported before your code is run, it will be the >>> library module (very important if working in IDLE which importants many >>> modules, for example). >>> > > >> So... how does IDLE go about importanting a module? ;) >> > > It's not *ho

Re: [Tutor] Generators

Tiger12506 wrote: >> I am new to Python but not new to programming languages. I have seen this >> "while 1" a lot. In fact in other languages I would expect "while 1" to >> be >> the same as "while TRUE". I have used that in other languages, but in the >> definition below I would expect the "yi

Re: [Tutor] reading random line from a file

> Significance of number 4096 : > file is stored in blocks of size 2K/4K/8K (depending > upon the machine). file seek for an offset goes block > by block rather than byte by byte. Hence for file size > < 4096 (assuming you have 4K block size), you will > anyway end up scanning it entirely so as wel

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string isinanother string?

Alan Gauld wrote: > "wesley chun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > >> the solutions using LCs above are great when it comes to an >> expressive >> piece of code in a one-liner, but i feel there's a waste of >> time/memory. the use of GEs is better, but it still has to iterate >> over the entire s

Re: [Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

SQL databases are cool. Make them do as much as they can for you. :-) Philippe Niquille wrote: > Tanks a mill! > > I don't know why I searched so far.. > > Anyway, I wrapped the django custom SQL call and built a nice > dictionary out of the resulting rows (which is similar to querysets). > S

Re: [Tutor] Python program design

> Then I would need to get the file size (but this is giving me an error at > the moment) >for name in files: >s = sum(getsize(join(root, name) >print s (syntax error here. I have not figured it out yet. There > are spaces in the path/filename combo) > (code to parse the file

Re: [Tutor] Generators

> I am new to Python but not new to programming languages. I have seen this > "while 1" a lot. In fact in other languages I would expect "while 1" to > be > the same as "while TRUE". I have used that in other languages, but in the > definition below I would expect the "yield b..." to continue o

Re: [Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

Tanks a mill! I don't know why I searched so far.. Anyway, I wrapped the django custom SQL call and built a nice dictionary out of the resulting rows (which is similar to querysets). See http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/207/ for details. Philippe Am 23.07.2007 um 19:28 schrieb Eric Brunso

Re: [Tutor] Generators

> Please forgive my instrusion with some simple questions. I don't have any > formal training in programming so I have to get some guidance to some > terminology from time to time. What is a generator and what is its > purpose? Think of a generator as a list whose contents haven't been finished

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

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 06:13:35PM -0400, Kent Johnson wrote: Kent - Rather than try to reply in detail to your suggestions, I've tried to ammend my document to reflect your comments. Thanks again for the help. Dave [good suggestions and corrections from Kent, snipped] -- Dave Kuhlman http:

Re: [Tutor] another question ( unrelated )

Perhaps everyone is trying too hard. Instead of trying to re-initialize the thread on error, let the thread create a new seperate thread and destroy itself naturally. Maybe a shot in the dark? :-/ JS ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mai

Re: [Tutor] about importing a module

>> If the module has been imported before your code is run, it will be the >> library module (very important if working in IDLE which importants many >> modules, for example). > So... how does IDLE go about importanting a module? ;) It's not *how* IDLE imports the module, but that fact that IDL

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string isinanother string?

> One of my only peeves with LCs is that they always iterate to the end, > I'd like an optional extra 'until' clause, like: > > lst = [n for n in veryBigSequence if someTest(n) until anotherTest(n)] > > This would act as usual until the final expression was true at which > point it would stop itera

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string isinanother string?

"wesley chun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > the solutions using LCs above are great when it comes to an > expressive > piece of code in a one-liner, but i feel there's a waste of > time/memory. the use of GEs is better, but it still has to iterate > over the entire string when i don't feel that it

Re: [Tutor] Restarting a module

On 7/23/07, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Tino Dai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Sorry about that. I think that a simpler question would be: I'm not sure what the better question is, but I think I answered it :-) > In my driver code: > > ap = apacheModule.apacheModule(configXML) >

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string is inanother string?

> > > > all(char in string.printable for char in testString) > > That was my favorite, too. I didn't notice the new all method in 2.5. It > certainly seems the most Pythonic approach. all() has a sister built-in function, also introduced in 2.5, so i think that any(char not in string.printable

Re: [Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

Philippe Niquille wrote: > Using django I get a QuerySet of Score objects which are sorted by the > actual score, the actual score divided by the max. possible score (so > sorting by two db fields). > > I then need to loop through that queryset and sum up all the score > objects which belong to th

Re: [Tutor] How to determine if every character in one string is inanother string?

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Jerry Hill wrote: > On 7/21/07, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > all(char in string.printable for char in testString) > > > > What is all? > > Is that a 2.5 thing (I'm still on 2.4 here) > > Yes, it's a 2.5 thing. That was my favorite, too. I didn't notice the ne

Re: [Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

"Philippe Niquille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > The problem I now have, is that I lost the sorting order, as > described > above. How would I resort it with a python algortithm instead of > SQL? Why not use SQL? Best to get the highest quality data into your program that you can, the earlier

Re: [Tutor] Restarting a module

"Tino Dai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Sorry about that. I think that a simpler question would be: I'm not sure what the better question is, but I think I answered it :-) > In my driver code: > > ap = apacheModule.apacheModule(configXML) > while 1: > try: > rVs=ap.perf() >

Re: [Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

Philippe Niquille wrote: > > Hi > > > I have a hard time sorting an object list. Perhaps this is kind of a > noob question, but I would very much appreciate any help! > > > Using django I get a QuerySet of Score objects which are sorted by the > actual score, the actual score divided by the max.

[Tutor] sorting objects in lists by 2 attr

Hi I have a hard time sorting an object list. Perhaps this is kind of a noob question, but I would very much appreciate any help! Using django I get a QuerySet of Score objects which are sorted by the actual score, the actual score divided by the max. possible score (so sorting by two db field

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007, James Hartley wrote: >On 7/23/07, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering >> regexes based on >> how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it > >Your question is relative. Classifying which

Re: [Tutor] don't repeat yourself; question about code optimization CORRECTION

A correction to the code at the end. The test of self.total_num_of_items should precede the pop(0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 7/20/07, *Bob Gailer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Take advantage of slicing: >def create_grid(self): >table

Re: [Tutor] Restarting a module

Sorry about that. I think that a simpler question would be: In my driver code: ap = apacheModule.apacheModule(configXML) while 1: try: rVs=ap.perf() for anObj in self.objList: getattr(anObj,"do")(rVs) time.sleep(1) except ArraryOutOfBoundsE

Re: [Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts

Eric Brunson wrote: > Alan Gauld wrote: > >> "Eric Brunson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> >> >> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen > > > >>> You can only see one screen at a time as far as I know. If you need >>> split screens, use emacs. >>>

Re: [Tutor] don't repeat yourself; question about code optimization

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 7/20/07, *Bob Gailer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Take advantage of slicing: >def create_grid(self): >table = [] >for i in range(0, len( self.total_num_of_items), > self.max_num_of_items_per_r

Re: [Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts

Alan Gauld wrote: > I was still on vacation on the 17th so wouldn't have seen it then. > But I just checked the gmane archive and there is nothing from > you on the 17th about screen. (Lots about vim and SSH etc but > not about screen) > > Alan G. This is the last I'll add to this little derailme

Re: [Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts

Alan Gauld wrote: > "Eric Brunson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen >> You can only see one screen at a time as far as I know. If you need >> split screens, use emacs. >> > > The wiki page shows a split screen session and clai

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

On 7/23/07, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering > regexes based on > how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it Your question is relative. Classifying which regular expression is more general depends upon t

[Tutor] Regex Ordering

I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering regexes based on how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it myself or does something exist already. Shidan ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail

Re: [Tutor] Restarting a module

"Tino Dai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Your code confused me on several counts but in general... > I have a question about restarting a part of the program after > it dies. > I have a driver program that instantiates a class and runs methods > from that > class. Occasionally, the method gets

[Tutor] Restarting a module

Hi Everybody, I have a question about restarting a part of the program after it dies. I have a driver program that instantiates a class and runs methods from that class. Occasionally, the method gets bad data and it bombs out. Instead of bombing out, I would like the program to grab new data

Re: [Tutor] don't repeat yourself; question about code optimization

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > one part where I believe I violate the prime directive of coding, > which is > not to repeat yourself: The prime directive of coding is make it readable! The DRY principle is just that a principle. If repeating makes for more maintainable or readable code then repeat

Re: [Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts

"Robert H. Haener IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > This is the second message I've seen asking some questions > about screen which I already answered on the 17th. > I know this is more than a little OT, I'm just wondering if somehow > you didn't get that message. I was still on vacation on the 17