[Tutor] Real world use of recursion

2014-09-09 Thread Deb Wyatt
real world applications? Thanks in advance, Deb in WA, USA Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http:

Re: [Tutor] Read a file, Load a dictionary

2014-07-24 Thread Deb Wyatt
assuming you're > using version 3.5 > How do you get version 3.5? Python.org shows 3.41 as being the latest. Deb in WA, USA FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family!

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-12 Thread Deb Wyatt
> -Original Message- > From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com > Sent: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:21:59 +0100 > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming > > On 12/07/14 17:43, Deb Wyatt wrote: >> >>>> So much has been invent

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-12 Thread Deb Wyatt
> -Original Message- > From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com > Sent: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:57:37 +0100 > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming > > On 12/07/14 20:24, Deb Wyatt wrote: > >> CA Clipper was the main language

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-12 Thread Deb Wyatt
age, but quite useful. Deb in WA, USA FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! ___ Tu

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-12 Thread Deb Wyatt
rstandable by the lay person and maybe you all don't realize how much you take for granted. Deb in WA, USA FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.c

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-11 Thread Deb Wyatt
terns in Python Programming > > Hi Deb and others, > Most are for people coming from different languages like C/C++, Java and > so > on (I myself am coming from C++ world, and can speak both C++ and > Python). > Unless if you're working on specific things, don&#

Re: [Tutor] Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

2014-07-11 Thread Deb Wyatt
as it presumably disappears >> completely. >> > > What timing http://bugs.python.org/issue21956 :( > > -- I see you all are trying to explode my head some more. The first article noted is what exploded it yesterday lol. Deb in WA, USA

[Tutor] sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode

2014-07-10 Thread Deb Wyatt
gosh, when am I ever going to feel like I have a handle on this stuff? That is all. Deb in WA, USA FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marin

Re: [Tutor] How does this work (iterating over a function)?

2014-07-09 Thread Deb Wyatt
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Re: [Tutor] Why is Quick Search at docs.Python.org so useless?

2014-07-05 Thread Deb Wyatt
rg, but there > are enough of you who are experts about all this stuff that maybe some > changes can be made. If I ever learn enough, I hope to be part of the > solution myself. A working search engine would be most helpful. > > Hi Deb, > > Yeah, unfortunately I don't th

Re: [Tutor] Why is Quick Search at docs.Python.org so useless?

2014-07-05 Thread Deb Wyatt
> -Original Message- > From: breamore...@yahoo.co.uk > Sent: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 19:26:41 +0100 > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Why is Quick Search at docs.Python.org so useless? > > On 05/07/2014 18:31, Deb Wyatt wrote: >> I am betting that a

[Tutor] Why is Quick Search at docs.Python.org so useless?

2014-07-05 Thread Deb Wyatt
Thanks in advance for any insights and help. Deb in WA, USA Receive Notifications of Incoming Messages Easily monitor multiple email accounts & access them with a click. Visit http://

Re: [Tutor] What are your favourite unofficial resources

2014-06-29 Thread Deb Wyatt
To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor codecademy.com, codingbat.com, checkio.com Head First Python. There are some more books but I can't think of them right now. Deb in WA, USA _

Re: [Tutor] Strange issue output not showing up as floats

2014-06-23 Thread Deb Wyatt
r possible ideas of what could possibly be wrong, but not posting the print statement made it impossible for any of you to see my 'duh' error. I was really hoping the moderator would see the second message and not send either message

[Tutor] regarding my strange issue output not showing up as floats

2014-06-21 Thread Deb Wyatt
never mind. I figured it out. I was using %d instead of %f in my print statements. duh. Deb in WA, USA FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to

[Tutor] Strange issue output not showing up as floats

2014-06-21 Thread Deb Wyatt
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Re: [Tutor] A couple newbie questions about Python

2014-06-13 Thread Deb Wyatt
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Re: [Tutor] MIT - Free Python course started today

2014-06-13 Thread Deb Wyatt
posting this. Signing up right now :). Deb in WA, USA > -Original Message- > From: mari...@gmx.com > Sent: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:42:01 -0600 > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: [Tutor] MIT - Free Python course started today > > Sort of off topic, (don't kill me)

Re: [Tutor] A couple newbie questions about Python

2014-06-12 Thread Deb Wyatt
Thanks very much Alan. As for the my concern about inaccuracy in float math, I suppose I am concerned because I was not aware of the issue before, and I wonder how you deal with such things when you need accuracy for financial things. Deb in WA, USA > -Original Message- >

[Tutor] A couple newbie questions about Python

2014-06-11 Thread Deb Wyatt
ccuracy of calculations using floats and I am concerned about that. I am using Python 3, just fyi. Thanks for any enlightenment on these questions. Deb in WA, USA FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks &

[Tutor] Question from a newbie

2009-07-21 Thread Deb
My son suggested I play around with Python. I was wondering if anybody has any real life applications? It appears to be able to do quite a lot, but is anybody really doing it with Python? I am very curious about this language. I used to be a Clipper programmer in another life (dBASE compiler),