Re: [Tutor] Objects, object references, object values and memory addresses

2012-10-17 Thread Dave Angel
On 10/17/2012 11:41 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > >From Programming in Python 3, 2nd edition (p. 22-23): > a = ["Retention", 3, None] b = ["Retention", 3, None] a is b > False b = a a is b > True > > My current understanding is as follows: On the first two lines, two > separate ob

[Tutor] Objects, object references, object values and memory addresses

2012-10-17 Thread boB Stepp
>From Programming in Python 3, 2nd edition (p. 22-23): >>> a = ["Retention", 3, None] >>> b = ["Retention", 3, None] >>> a is b False >>> b = a >>> a is b True My current understanding is as follows: On the first two lines, two separate objects are defined, stored in two separate blocks of memory

Re: [Tutor] Thread question

2012-10-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Mike, A brief comment before I start: your post would be a lot more readable and understandable if you were to break it up into smaller paragraphs, each of which explains one point. Otherwise it is a great wall of text which is fairly intimidating. On 18/10/12 06:51, Mike wrote: My program i

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 104, Issue 69

2012-10-17 Thread Alan Gauld
On 17/10/12 11:29, Cheng wrote: I couldn't see any comment or question in there. When posting could you please follow the instructions: When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." And also delete any irrelevant content. It makes

Re: [Tutor] program for a problem

2012-10-17 Thread bob gailer
On 10/8/2012 11:55 AM, Tharuni Dheeraj wrote: please send me the program for the following que: Write a program that asks the user for a dollar amount.It then reports the corresponding number of euros by using the current exchange rate. As the list name (Tutor) suggests we are here to help yo

Re: [Tutor] CSV -> sqlite tables with foreign keys

2012-10-17 Thread Monte Milanuk
Thanks for the help! Not sure why I assumed that csv.reader was returning row as a tuple instead of a list... that makes that part easier ;) As for the 'INSTEAD OF' trigger on a VIEW... that *does* look pretty handy. I was trying to remember why I hadn't heard of that before, or why I hadn't loo

Re: [Tutor] Consecutive Sequence

2012-10-17 Thread eryksun
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > Is this a homework assignment where you might be expected to build a > complex loop, or is it a problem you're solving where you would be > allowed to use itertools.groupby ? May as well post a groupby solution. I doubt it would be accepted f

Re: [Tutor] Python Error

2012-10-17 Thread Dave Angel
On 10/05/2012 11:55 PM, Benjamin Lee wrote: > Hello, > I am using python to calculate distances across the cell. > I used this command: python calculate_distances.py > This was the response: > Traceback (most recent call last): > file "calculate_distances.py" line 4, in > import celltool.simple_

Re: [Tutor] Consecutive Sequence

2012-10-17 Thread Dave Angel
On 10/13/2012 07:02 AM, syed zaidi wrote: > Hi,I am trying to develop a python code that takes a character string as > input and finds for the occurrence of letters that are occurring thrice or > more consecutively.For E.g. > a = 'ataattaaacagagtgagcagt'In the output I want a list of tho

Re: [Tutor] managing memory large dictionaries in python

2012-10-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 17/10/12 12:30, Dwight Hutto wrote: My inexperienced advice would be to begin with the storage areas available. I would begin by eliminating certain things such as: x = {'one_entry' : 1} into x = {'one_entry':1} Those two entries are exactly the same. The presence of absence of spaces,

Re: [Tutor] program for a problem

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 08/10/2012 16:55, Tharuni Dheeraj wrote: please send me the program for the following que: Write a program that asks the user for a dollar amount.It then reports the corresponding number of euros by using the current exchange rate. -- Regards, Tharuni Dheeraj __

Re: [Tutor] Why VPython can't be searched out in PyPI?

2012-10-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 17/10/12 19:23, Dae James wrote: I found that VPython is not in PyPI(python packet index from www.python.org). Why ? You'd have to ask the author of VPython. Being on PyPI is not compulsory, nobody is going to force him to use PyPI if he doesn't want to. -- Steven

Re: [Tutor] Python incrementing problem

2012-10-17 Thread eryksun
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Stephen Hooker wrote: > > I try to store 1 result it works fine. If I try to store more than 1 result > I get one or the other, never both. The code is below (not the whole > program) > > for i in range(2): > pos = random.randrange(0,len(rolling_stock_OS)) > pick =

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 104, Issue 69

2012-10-17 Thread Cheng
tutor-requ...@python.org编写: >Send Tutor mailing list submissions to > tutor@python.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tutor-requ...@pyth

[Tutor] Python incrementing problem

2012-10-17 Thread Stephen Hooker
Hello, I'm using Python 2.6 to generate switch lists for a model railroad. I had some help before, possibly from this site but have encountered another problem. I realise the code could be better written, but learning Python is a work in progress. The program works much as expected except when I t

[Tutor] Consecutive Sequence

2012-10-17 Thread syed zaidi
Hi,I am trying to develop a python code that takes a character string as input and finds for the occurrence of letters that are occurring thrice or more consecutively.For E.g. a = 'ataattaaacagagtgagcagt'In the output I want a list of those characters that are occuring thrice or more.

Re: [Tutor] modulo

2012-10-17 Thread Jan Karel Schreuder
On Oct 7, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 10/07/2012 08:00 PM, Jan Karel Schreuder wrote: >> >> >> On Oct 7, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Dave Angel wrote: >> >> > >>> >>> It still makes no sense to me. There are at least two equally silly >>> ways to define the results of a nega

[Tutor] program for a problem

2012-10-17 Thread Tharuni Dheeraj
please send me the program for the following que: Write a program that asks the user for a dollar amount.It then reports the corresponding number of euros by using the current exchange rate. -- Regards, Tharuni Dheeraj ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python

[Tutor] Python Error

2012-10-17 Thread Benjamin Lee
Hello, I am using python to calculate distances across the cell.  I used this command:  python calculate_distances.py This was the response: Traceback (most recent call last): file "calculate_distances.py" line 4, in import celltool.simple_interface as si ImportError: No module named celltool.simp

Re: [Tutor] managing memory large dictionaries in python

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Abhishek Pratap wrote: > Hi Guys > > For my problem I need to store 400-800 million 20 characters keys in a > dictionary and do counting. This data structure takes about 60-100 Gb > of RAM. > I am wondering if there are slick ways to map the dictionary to a file >

Re: [Tutor] modulo

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
__ >>> I'm not a professional programmer, so I might be way off base here. You mean you haven't dealt with this subject yet... But what I like about Pythons modulo solution is that I can use it to right and left shift in lists or tuples, and I will link

Re: [Tutor] Why difference between printing string & typing its object reference at the prompt?

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
If your app has a standard usage of phrases, you can place a file in that translates a tag into a particular language phrase. if submit_tag_selection == 'english': submit = 'Submit' if submit_tag_selection == 'english': submit = 'Soumettre' Of course this could be done without the if

Re: [Tutor] CSV -> sqlite tables with foreign keys

2012-10-17 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Monte Milanuk wrote: > > address = list(row) > address.append(person) > row = tuple(address) The rows from the csv.reader are already lists. Also, the parameter list in the 2nd argument only needs to be a sequence (e.g. tuple, list, string

Re: [Tutor] managing memory large dictionaries in python

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/10/2012 03:22, Alexander wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 20:43 EST, Mark Lawrence wrote: For the record Access is not a database, or so some geezer called Alex Martelli reckons http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/48130/, so please don't shoot the messenger:) Cheers. Mark Lawrence

Re: [Tutor] Why VPython can't be searched out in PyPI?

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/10/2012 09:23, Dae James wrote: I found that VPython is not in PyPI(python packet index from www.python.org). Why ? Dae James The author(s) have chosen not to place it there. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.or

[Tutor] Why VPython can't be searched out in PyPI?

2012-10-17 Thread Dae James
I found that VPython is not in PyPI(python packet index from www.python.org). Why ? Dae James___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor