Re: [Tutor] How to access a method defined in one class from another class (which is a thread) in Python3?

2013-08-12 Thread SM
Hi Alan, Thanks, very much, for your time answering my question. I ended up using global variables for all the attributes I had to share between the MainWindow class and the thread, and it worked. I am sure there are better alternatives, but since it was just a couple of attributes, the code looks

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner - Chap 7 Q: 2

2013-08-12 Thread Alan Gauld
On 12/08/13 01:52, Zack Hasanov wrote: I have the following code so far: def high_score(): high_scores = [] name = input("What is your name? ") player_score = int(input("What is your score? ")) entry = (name, player_score) high_scores.append(entry) high_scores.sor

[Tutor] Instancing class issue

2013-08-12 Thread Dino Bektešević
Hello, I have an unusual problem when I try to instance a class Astrom from a set of tools for astronomy SDSSPY. Here's the link to the project page: http://code.google.com/p/sdsspy/ and this is the class I'm having problems instancing: http://code.google.com/p/sdsspy/source/browse/sdsspy/astrom.p

[Tutor] Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner - Chap 7 Q: 2

2013-08-12 Thread Zack Hasanov
Hello, I am a python newbie. I am reading this book (Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner). I am on Chapter 7, Question 2. "Improve the Trivia Challenge game so that it maintains a high-scores list in a file. The program should record the player's name and score. Store the high

Re: [Tutor] Beginner question

2013-08-12 Thread Krishnan Shankar
>But in the code there is a flaw. input() will evaluate your user input. i.e. If you give an integer >expression it will tell the answer. And when you provide a number it will take it as int type. See >below. Hi, Ignore my above statements if using Python 3. Sorry my bad. Had a doubt and went to

Re: [Tutor] [Python-Help] Instancing class issue

2013-08-12 Thread Chris Down
Hi Dino, On 2013-08-12 20:32, Dino Bektešević wrote: > def __init__(self, **keys): > from . import util > > self.keys=keys > self.load() > > where I don't understand what **keys mean, I've only seen that as **kwargs > meaning other key words and arguments in examples.

Re: [Tutor] Beginner question

2013-08-12 Thread Krishnan Shankar
>def checkCave(chosenCave): > print('You approach the cave...') >time.sleep(2) > print('It is dark and spooky...') > time.sleep(2) >print('A large dragon jumps out in front of you! He opens his jaws and...') >print() > time.sleep(2) >friendlyCave = random.randint(1, 2) >

[Tutor] Python & Arduino

2013-08-12 Thread Engineering
Dear All I have designed a small program to control an arduino through python socket server. The front end is the Javaquery. My HTML code is given below $(function() { $( "#slider" ).slider({ min: 0, max: 180, step: 10, slide: function( event, ui ) {

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming for the absolute beginner 3e, Ch3 Challenge 4

2013-08-12 Thread Alan Gauld
On 12/08/13 16:20, Prasad, Ramit wrote: A binary chop is an algorithm. Also known as Binary search; binary chop was not a name I had heard before either. Maybe a UK thing. It means chop as in Karate not as in Lamb... -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk

Re: [Tutor] Beginner question

2013-08-12 Thread Jim Mooney
On 12 August 2013 02:14, Karim Liateni wrote: > 5ÿt5ÿ6hhhyyyfrrtr > > eschneide...@comcast.net a écrit : > > >I've been learning python from the website 'inventwithpython.com', and > I'm on a chapter that covers the following code: > Just a quick note - not on the algorithm itself. If you run th

Re: [Tutor] Beginner question

2013-08-12 Thread Ciaran Mooney
On 10 Aug 2013, at 04:30, eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: > I've been learning python from the website 'inventwithpython.com', and I'm on > a chapter that covers the following code: > > import random > import time > def displayIntro(): > print('You are in a land full of dragons. In front of yo