Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread Nym City via Tutor
I am on the same boat. I have tried using online sites like codeacademy  and courses on courser but now I am starting with this new book called "Automate The Boring Stuff with Python". So far so good. Thank you. On Saturday, May 9, 2015 8:41 AM, acolta wrote: Hi guys, I want to

Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread Andrei Colta
Thanks for sharing, will try it. Cheers, Andrei On 9 May 2015 15:45, "Nym City" wrote: > I am on the same boat. I have tried using online sites like codeacademy > and courses on courser but now I am starting with this new book called > "Automate The Boring Stuff with Python". So far so good. >

Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/05/15 09:23, acolta wrote: I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. If you are happy writing basic shell/perl scripts then you can probably jump straight into the off

Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread Alex Kleider
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta wrote: Hi guys, I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. I first cut my Python teeth using http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpyt

Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl > (begginner). > My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to > practice. This question comes up quite frequently. If you have not done so

Re: [Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 09/05/2015 16:17, Alex Kleider wrote: On 2015-05-08 20:24, Kayla Hiltermann wrote: hi, i am trying to make a pythagorean triples checker (a^2 + b^2 = c^2). the user enters three sides to a triangle and my code determines if it is a pythagorean triple (aka right triangle) or not. i have the e

Re: [Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2015-05-08 20:24, Kayla Hiltermann wrote: hi, i am trying to make a pythagorean triples checker (a^2 + b^2 = c^2). the user enters three sides to a triangle and my code determines if it is a pythagorean triple (aka right triangle) or not. i have the entire code pretty much done, except i want

[Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

2015-05-09 Thread acolta
Hi guys, I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. Thank you in advance, Andrei ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubsc

Re: [Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Dave Angel
On 05/09/2015 04:13 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: On 09/05/15 04:24, Kayla Hiltermann wrote: i want to account for variability in user input, > like using commas or just spaces. the user input is initially a string, but is converted to a list once > run through .split() . > I would like to split

Re: [Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Peter Otten
Kayla Hiltermann wrote: > i am trying to make a pythagorean triples checker (a^2 + b^2 = c^2). the > user enters three sides to a triangle and my code determines if it is a > pythagorean triple (aka right triangle) or not. i have the entire code > pretty much done, except i want to account for var

Re: [Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/05/15 04:24, Kayla Hiltermann wrote: i want to account for variability in user input, > like using commas or just spaces. the user input is initially a string, but is converted to a list once > run through .split() . > I would like to split the user input by commas or spaces, I would f

[Tutor] split a string inside a list

2015-05-09 Thread Kayla Hiltermann
hi, i am trying to make a pythagorean triples checker (a^2 + b^2 = c^2). the user enters three sides to a triangle and my code determines if it is a pythagorean triple (aka right triangle) or not. i have the entire code pretty much done, except i want to account for variability in user input, l