Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

It became apparent during the other part of this thread that I had not uninstalled Python 2.7, as I thought I had. As pointed out in the PATH discussion (James R.), the last item in the system variable PATH was Python25. I would think then changing it to Python27 might Python rolling again.

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

On 12/19/2011 08:47 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: The PATH variable for me (user) has c:\Users\Wayne\g95\bin By top-posting, you've ruined the whole continuity of what you quoted. Anyway, with a PATH like that, you won't be able to type Python at a command prompt. It works much better if it's on

Re: [Tutor] PYTHONPATH (Mac OS X)

On 12/19/2011 08:33 PM, Stayvoid wrote: Please clarify, or expand, or tell us what problem you are having or trying to solve. Hi! I want to have a possibility to import modules from the folder, which is not included in the load path. Example: module.py - def testfunc(name): file =

Re: [Tutor] Request for guidance about a python syntax

Hi, That's amazing. Thanks for sharing this information. Regards On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Jerry Hill wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > >> Close, but % and * have the same operator precedence. Therefore the >> expression >> >> "%dH" % nfram

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

The PATH variable for me (user) has c:\Users\Wayne\g95\bin On 12/19/2011 12:25 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: James wrote: In windows 7, 1. Go to start 2. Right click on "Computer" 3. Select Properties. This will bring up the "System" menu. 4. Select "Advanced system Settings" on the left hand side.

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

On 12/19/2011 3:19 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Wayne Watson wrote: Win 7, 64-bit I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it began failing around June. I finally uninstalled it, and tried 2.6. Still had problems that centered around getting to IDLE. Uninstalled 2.6, and went

Re: [Tutor] PYTHONPATH (Mac OS X)

> Please clarify, or expand, or tell us what problem you are having or > trying to solve. Hi! I want to have a possibility to import modules from the folder, which is not included in the load path. Example: module.py - def testfunc(name): file = open(name) return len(file.readlines(

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

1. Go to start 2. Right click on "Computer" 3. Select Properties. This will bring up the "System" menu. 4. Select "Advanced system Settings" on the left hand side. 5. In this new window, select Environment variables... at the bottom 6. In the bottom window area, scroll down until you find "PATH" 7

Re: [Tutor] Python challenge and decryption

On 20 December 2011 03:00, Joaquim Santos wrote: > Hi list! > > This is my first post here but I've been following the list for some time > now! I know that recently there was a message about decryption and all. I > think that was what made me go back into the Python challenge and try to > solve s

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

Wayne Watson wrote: Win 7, 64-bit I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it began failing around June. I finally uninstalled it, and tried 2.6. Still had problems that centered around getting to IDLE. Uninstalled 2.6, and went to 2.7. Same problem. I completely uninstalled 2.

Re: [Tutor] Python challenge and decryption

Joaquim Santos wrote: - How can I make this "Human readable"? ... Print the letters in just one (or more) lines and maybe replace the " for spaces (This one I suppose it could/should be done with whitespaces() or just making a loop to check and change those for ' '.) Firstly, you should not

Re: [Tutor] Python challenge and decryption

Hi list!  My Python version is 2.7.1 and my OS is Linux Mint 11. My code is this one: def decrypt(cypheredText, shiftedCypherNumber): ''' This function will take two arguments. The first is the cyphered text, the second is the number of characters we need to shift the text so we can decrypt it.

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

James wrote: In windows 7, 1. Go to start 2. Right click on "Computer" 3. Select Properties. This will bring up the "System" menu. 4. Select "Advanced system Settings" on the left hand side. 5. In this new window, select Environment variables... at the bottom 6. In the bottom window area, scroll d

[Tutor] Python challenge and decryption

Hi list! This is my first post here but I've been following the list for some time now! I know that recently there was a message about decryption and all. I think that was what made me go back into the Python challenge and try to solve some of them... For the second one, I first laid on paper my

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > > > On 12/19/2011 8:50 AM, James Reynolds wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Wayne Watson < > sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Win 7, 64-bit >> >> I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it began failing >

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

On 12/19/2011 8:50 AM, James Reynolds wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Wayne Watson wrote: Win 7, 64-bit I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it

Re: [Tutor] Request for guidance about a python syntax

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Close, but % and * have the same operator precedence. Therefore the > expression > > "%dH" % nframes * nchannels > > is evaluated as > > (%dH" % nframes) * nchannels > > Thanks Peter, that's exactly correct. Maybe this will

Re: [Tutor] Request for guidance about a python syntax

Jerry Hill wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Ganesh Borse > wrote: > >> I could know the use of unpack_from, but I could not understand the "fmt" >> part, i.e *"%dH" % nframes * nchannels*. >> Can you pls help me know, what is the purpose of two "%" signs in this >> statement? >> >> > T

Re: [Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Wayne Watson wrote: > Win 7, 64-bit > > I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it began failing > around June. I finally uninstalled it, and tried 2.6. Still had problems > that centered around getting to IDLE. Uninstalled 2.6, and went to 2.7. >

[Tutor] A few Python Mysteries

Win 7, 64-bit I had Py 2.5 installed on my PC earlier this year, and it began failing around June. I finally uninstalled it, and tried 2.6. Still had problems that centered around getting to IDLE. Uninstalled 2.6, and went to 2.7. Same problem. I completely uninstalled 2.7. I do have several

Re: [Tutor] Request for guidance about a python syntax

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Ganesh Borse wrote: > I could know the use of unpack_from, but I could not understand the "fmt" > part, i.e *"%dH" % nframes * nchannels*. > Can you pls help me know, what is the purpose of two "%" signs in this > statement? > > That's python's string formatting.

[Tutor] Request for guidance about a python syntax

Dear Tutors, I am new to python. I am trying to understand (& use) the python implementation of goertzel implementation provided on http://www.black-aura.com/blog/2011/12/10/python-implementation-of-the-goertzel-algorithm-dtmf-decoding/ . This python program uses unpack_from() function to unpack

Re: [Tutor] Installing Python and modules

On 15/12/2011 01:28, Sean Baumgarten wrote: Hello, I'm wondering if someone could walk me step-by-step through installing Python and some third-party modules. I've never used Python or other programming languages before, but I'm just trying to install it so I can run a simple script. I'm runn