Re: [Tutor] loop error

2018-12-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:47:44PM +0100, Aine Gormley wrote: > Hello, could somebody take a quick look at my code? I am unsure why I am > getting a loop error? That's hard to do if you don't show us the code :-) Please COPY AND PASTE (don't try to retype it from memory) the MINIMUM amount of c

Re: [Tutor] loop error

2018-12-20 Thread boB Stepp
Greetings Aine! On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:57 PM Aine Gormley wrote: > > Hello, could somebody take a quick look at my code? I am unsure why I am > getting a loop error? This is a plain text only list that does not (typically) allow file attachments. So I do not see any code. So if you wish for

[Tutor] loop error

2018-12-20 Thread Aine Gormley
Hello, could somebody take a quick look at my code? I am unsure why I am getting a loop error? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Python

2018-12-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 10:49:25AM -0500, Mary Sauerland wrote: > I want to get rid of words that are less than three characters > f1_name = "/Users/marysauerland/Documents/file1.txt" > #the opinions > f2_name = "/Users/marysauerland/Documents/file2.txt" > #the constitution Better than comments

Re: [Tutor] Python

2018-12-20 Thread Avi Gross
Mary, Mary, It is often best to develop and test small parts of the project where you can easily play with it, then move it into more complex configurations like a function body Here is your code: def read_words(words_file): return [word.upper() for line in open(words_file, 'r') for word in

Re: [Tutor] Python

2018-12-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/20/18 8:49 AM, Mary Sauerland wrote: > Hi, > > I want to get rid of words that are less than three characters but I keep > getting errors. I tried multiple ways but keep getting errors. Just a quick note or two: > > Here is my code: > > f1_name = "/Users/marysauerland/Documents/file1.t

Re: [Tutor] Python

2018-12-20 Thread Bob Gailer
On Dec 20, 2018 12:17 PM, "Mary Sauerland" wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to get rid of words that are less than three characters but I keep getting errors. I tried multiple ways but keep getting errors. Hi Mary welcome to the tutor list. We love to help. We are a few volunteers. It is very difficult

[Tutor] Python

2018-12-20 Thread Mary Sauerland
Hi, I want to get rid of words that are less than three characters but I keep getting errors. I tried multiple ways but keep getting errors. Here is my code: f1_name = "/Users/marysauerland/Documents/file1.txt" #the opinions f2_name = "/Users/marysauerland/Documents/file2.txt" #the constituti