Re: [Tutor] My First Program

Hi! My first "ever" program that I've created is a simple game called "State Capitals". It's straight forward; 5 simple questions about state capitals ina non-GUI format. Can someone look over my code and offer tips, suggestions,criticism? Also, I'd like to be able to end the program if the user mi

Re: [Tutor] Read XML

Joseph Quigley wrote:> How do I read xml? The python documentation doesn't help me. > Or, how can I remove the (tags?) ?If you want to strip out all the tags and just leave the text,Strip-o-Gram might do it. http://www.zope.org/Members/chrisw/StripOGramThere was a thread here recently

[Tutor] Read XML

How do I read xml? The python documentation doesn't help me. Or, how can I remove the (tags?) ? thanks, Joe-- There are 10 different types of people in the world.Those who understand binary and those who don't. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http

Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program

    if int(time.strftime(%H)) > 4:some end the program command else:continuewhat would be best used here ? I would use raise SystemExit But another possibility is: import sys then to exit sys.exit()-- There are 10 different types of people in the world.T

Re: [Tutor] Timer

Sorry, this is a little console project to tell me when there new headlines on slashdot.org using their rss file. All it does is see if there's something different and if there is it will tell you. Here's my timer: while True:     if count > 1800:     break     time.sleep(1)   

Re: [Tutor] Timer

to make the computer sleep in a specific time. Example:def main():    time.sleep(2) # sleeping 2 second    print 'finish'Cheers,pujo On 12/6/05, Joseph Quigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to make a 30 minute timer. How an I do that? With time? Thanks,    Joe-- The

[Tutor] Timer

I'd like to make a 30 minute timer. How an I do that? With time? Thanks,    Joe-- There are 10 different types of people in the world.Those who understand binary and those who don't. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: [Tutor] Module Thread

Hi, thanks for the info. I'd like o know if you guys know of any good documentation on the threading module. Or if you could give me a quick intro to it. Or am I asking too much? If so I'll try to work it out on my own for a little. ___ Tutor maillist -

[Tutor] Module Thread

I'm back to my IRC client. I accidentally found the thread module in the Python 2.3 documentation while looking at the time module. What I can't get ideas or hints from the documentation is: What will i do to receive and send at the same time via console? or: Should I forget the i

Re: [Tutor] slide show won't display the images in right order

Hi, Thank you all for your help. I must say that the python mailing list is the most helpfull of any place I've ever asked for help on. A close second comes linuxquestions.org. Somehow sort() got passed me in the Python Documentation and sort() has fixed all my problems. EDIT> Sort still didn'

[Tutor] slide show won't display the images in right order

Hi, Here's my directory listing as a list: ['ga041001.gif', 'ga041002.gif', 'ga041003.gif', 'ga041004.gif', 'ga041005.gif', 'ga041006.gif', 'ga041007.gif', 'ga041008.gif', 'ga041009.gif', 'ga041010.gif', 'ga041011.gif', 'ga000619.gif', 'ga050101.gif', 'ga050102.gif', 'ga050103.gif', 'ga050104.gif',

Re: [Tutor] AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute, 'geturl'

> You are welcome. This time I would like to help you but the code is > incomplete > (import error for Image) and I have never used urllib2 so I don't really know > what to > do. > Again, try to debug it with pdb. Place "import pdb; pdb.set_trace()" where > you want > the break point and see

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 20, Issue 37

Michael Wrote: >Hi Joe, > >the image won't refresh until you explicitely tell Tk to do so, so you would >have to do some more >in newPic(); btw, it looks overly complicated to me to use a "Data" class >where a simple variable >will do the trick, so I would suggest to change the code like this: >

[Tutor] New image with Tkinter?

Hi, I've written an image reader that uses the PIL module. I have a variable that uses os.listdir('mydir') to make a list of all the pictures in the folder... here's what I'm talking about: pics = os.listdir(imgDir) pics.remove('license.txt') pics.remove('gacor.py') class Data:     pic = 0 print "

Re: [Tutor] AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'geturl'

/usr/bin/env python ## # Created by Joseph Quigley # # This program is under the GNU GPL Licence # # Either version 2 or any higher version. # # Garfield and the Garfield trade mark are # # Cop

Re: [Tutor] AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'geturl'

Javier wrote: > Class Data has a class attribute, 'f', defined as an empty string. Check if > Data.f is initialized before calling getImg. > Also, why initialize with an empty str? Put a None in there or don't define > the attribute at all. > A tip: in line 126 there is a print Data.f. This

[Tutor] AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'geturl'

rl() AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'geturl' My code is attached (sorry, but it's got lot's of text) #! /usr/bin/env python ########## # Created by Joseph Quigley # # This program is under the GNU

[Tutor] Making a character jump with pygame

croller v 0.1 a very simple Super # # Mario type game engine # # # # Created by Joseph Quigley# # Released under the GNU GPL (any version) # import os, sys import pygame from

Re: [Tutor] More than one thing at a time?

Hi Michael, You're explanation helped a lot, however, I'm really not good at gui programming and the irc client was supposed to be a console application, but: Would it be hard to just have a send texbox and receive read-only text box? I'll try this, but I think I should mention that I'm using p

[Tutor] More than one thing at a time?

Hi, I've got a problem: I've got a semi working IRC client. There's a function that is for receiving and one for sending. How can I have a loop where I can receive messages, yet still have a send prompt? Thanks, Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@pyth

Re: [Tutor] Embedding

Hi, Ok, I'll try to convince them to try python... but still, would it be best to just: Program in C with Python and Java scripts Program in Python with a little bit of C? The game we're trying to make is a Super Mario type game (or super tux for you like linux games). I suppose pygame would mak

Re: [Tutor] Embedding

>From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Tutor] Embedding > > >Not easily. You can embed C in Java with JNI. > Thanks, that just migh be perfect... or is there a program that will embedd Java into C/C++? > You can access the result from Jython. But the original requirement seems

[Tutor] Embedding

hi, I'm working on a game with other friends who don't use python. However they'd like to use Java Python and C/C++. I was wondering if I could embedd C in a Python program in Jython and lastly in java (or the other way arround). My goal is: Can these for languages be used to make one program?

Re: [Tutor] Binary 2 text & text 2 binary

Hi, >From: "R. Alan Monroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >They're easy. Just put stuff in square brackets with commas between. > >mycoollist = [1,5,9,3,6,9,2,6] >mystringlist = ['a', 'u', 'e', 'b', 'd', 'h', 'q', 't'] > > Ah sorry I forgot to say: I know how to print them but that's about it. >Can you

[Tutor] Binary 2 text & text 2 binary

Hi I'm playing with a Binary to text & text to binary converter. I can't figure out how to replace the characters (first stage: text to binary). I thought lists would be the best but I really don't know how to use them... here's my code: #! /usr/bin/env python A = "0101" B = "0110" C = "

[Tutor] How to install python on to a remote apache server

Hi, I'd like towrite some internet applications but I don't know how to test them unless I have python on my server. However, It's running Apache 1.3.3 and it's a remote one (I'm in the Americas and it's in Europe) so I don't know how to access it. I also would like to know what platform of pyth

Re: [Tutor] IRC Client Trouble -- too many new lines

Hi, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson wrote: Hi Joseph, while (1): buffer = Data.IRC.recv(1024) msg = string.split(buffer) Just a warning, the string module will be removed/deprecated come Py3K. Better to use - buffer.split() nick_name = msg[0][:msg[0].find("!")] filetxt.w

[Tutor] IRC Client Trouble -- too many new lines

Hi, My IRC Client can't print the IRC server messages without a newline for each message in a giant list that I recieve... here's my code: import socket, string, sys #some user data, change as per your taste class Data: SERVER = 'irc.freenode.net' CHANNEL = "#python" NICKNAME = "Pyth

Re: [Tutor] GetGarf (sorry, this time with attachment)

Ismael wrote: >Do you know about Dosage? It downloads lots of comics (around 500 - of >course, you choose which ones). Among those, there's Garfield. It's >"catchup" option will download past comics for you, and even generate >RSS feeds and html pages if you wish to. > >http://slipgate.za.net/d

Re: [Tutor] Getting rid of the newline in file

Alan G wrote: >> f = file("foo", 'w') > > > Using 'w' will destroy the contents of the file, I assume you are > really using 'r'? Ah yes.. sorry. > > Each line will be terminated by a newline, you can use rstrip() to > remove it: > >> print fileContents[0].rstrip() + "Hi!" > Thanks a lot! This

[Tutor] Getting rid of the newline in file

Hi. I'm using f = file("foo", 'w') fileContents = f.readlines() print fileContents[0] + "Hi!" and I get: Foo Hi! How can I get rid of that new line? fileContents[1] has Bar. I wrote the file using Joe (a *nix test editor) and for the new line I pressed Enter to add Bar. This is a pain as I don't

Re: [Tutor] IRC Client documentation

Poor Yorick wrote: > Joseph Quigley wrote: > > You might want to look into Twisted at http://twistedmatrix.com/ > > A quick google for "python twisted irc" turned up this: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pynfo/ > Thanks, but as I forgot to mention, I c

[Tutor] GetGarf (sorry, this time with attachment)

/bin/env python ## # Created by Joseph Quigley # # This program is under the GNU GPL Licence # # Either version 2 or any higher version. # # Garfield and the Garfield trade mark are # # Copyrigh

[Tutor] IRC Client documentation

Hi, I've googled, checked out the Python Cookbook but still can't find anything usefull. I need to make python IRC client or find one written in python to start off with. DO you know of anything? thanks, Joseph ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@pytho

[Tutor] GetGarf

Ok... more probs with my GetGarf program... First I acidently and permanently deleted all versions and now I've improved it but it won't download new images Here's the code (attached... sorry :-( ) More Questions to come later. Thanks, Joe ___ Tut

Re: [Tutor] (no subject)

> > >> And also, is Python capable of writing an OS? > > Actually, yes. Google for "Python OS" and look for Unununium (or something like that. I can never remember). It has no kernel and to booting process may not exactly be in Python... but they say it's an OS written in Python and that it bo

Re: [Tutor] Download an image of a site?

Kent Johnson wrote: > I don't think the object returned from urllib2.urlopen() has save() and get() > > methods. According to the docs urlopen() "returns a file-like object > with two > additional methods: > >* geturl() -- return the URL of the resource retrieved >* info() -- return

Re: [Tutor] Download an image of a site?

ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote: >Since you're running some kind of Unix (maybe Linux or FreeBSD), all >these command are available for you. By commands I mean: "cron", >"wget", and "date". > > > Wow. That's a good idea.. however this is a "gift" for someone who wants me to make a program to do it

Re: [Tutor] Download an image of a site?

ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote: >Since you're running some kind of Unix (maybe Linux or FreeBSD), all >these command are available for you. By commands I mean: "cron", >"wget", and "date". > > > Wow. That's a good idea.. however this is a "gift" for someone who wants me to make a program to do it

[Tutor] Download an image of a site?

Hi, I'm a Garfield fan and I thought that I'd make a program that would enable me to read the online comics without opening firefox and typing the url and waiting for all the other junk to load. Here's my code: # import modules import time import urllib2 class data: # Define time and date

Re: [Tutor] Game Engine HowTos?

Byron Wrote: >I believe this is what you are looking for: >http://www.pygame.org/ > >Byron >--- > > Pygame? Well I'll take a look... do they have documentation for Game Engine writing? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/ma

[Tutor] Game Engine HowTos?

Are there any Game engine tutorials or howto's for Python? Because I googled and can't find any? I'm considering making my own game engine in Python with some C/C++ as well. Or does anyone know of a good Game Engine writing tutorial in another language?

Re: [Tutor] Need directions toward programming...

Hi, I sympathize (is that right?) I live in guatemala and the education system here sucks (luckily I'm homeschooled). I picked up Python after a year with Quick BASIC and 5 months later made my own GUI (Graphical User Interface if you don't know already...) program. First off you'll need the p

Re: [Tutor] IP Address from Python module?

Danny Yoo wrote: Hi Joe, That actually sounds right in a sense. Any internet address with '192.168.x.x' is a "local" IP address, and is commonly allocated to folks on an internal network. For the really dull details about this, see RFC 1918 on "Private Address Space": http://www.faqs

Re: [Tutor] IP Address from Python module?

Danny Yoo wrote: >On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Joseph Quigley wrote: > > > >>Is it possible to get my internet and/or network IP address from Python? >>Is there any other way to get it? >> >> > >Hi Joe, > >I think you're looking for socket.gethost

Re: [Tutor] Guess my number?

Hi. > I want the program to say "You're stupid!" When a player fails to guess in > 10 tries. > But, it's not working.. Very simple fix for bug: > elif (guess < number): > print "Higher...\n" > elif (tires > 10): > print "You're stupid!" > else: > print "Error!

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 18, Issue 37

Hi. > I want the program to say "You're stupid!" When a player fails to guess in > 10 tries. > But, it's not working.. Very simple fix for bug: > elif (guess < number): > print "Higher...\n" > elif (tires > 10): > print "You're stupid!" > else: > print "Error!

[Tutor] XMMS song search

Hi. I have 7.8 GB of music (1808 songs) and I use XMMS to play them. However I can't find some songs. Apparently there is no song search feature in XMMS (something I plan to add whenever I learn C or can incorporate Python into C.. unless someone else has already done this) so I have a hard tim

Re: [Tutor] IP Address from Python module?

Thanks.. I hoped python had something like that!!! ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] IP Address from Python module?

Is it possible to get my internet and/or network IP address from Python? Is there any other way to get it? Oh. If you're wondering what I mean by Internet and/or network IP I'm talking about the 4 sequence IP (IPv4) (used primarily in small networks) and the 6 sequence IP (IPv6) found on the inte

[Tutor] More Q's on Socket Programming

Hi, I changed my mind. After I got interested in socket programming I decided to make a bot. But then I got an idea to make a chatting program. It worked nicely on our home network but it had a small problem you can't type anything and send it to the person you are chatting with untill the

Re: [Tutor] Socket Programming

Hi, Ok. But what if I wanted to send a 1 mb message? Could I leave .recv(1) in and send 'Hi!' as well or would I have to change it? Thanks, JQ Adam Bark wrote: > You have to put in how many bytes of data you want to recieve in > clientsocket.recv() eg. clientsocket.recv(1024) for 1kB.

Re: [Tutor] Socket Programming

Hi Johan, Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > I have more advanced examples if you want them, but start here and > look at the socket lib and you can start using select if you want to > wait for stuff from the server or client. > > Johan I'd love to see your examples. Could you send them directly to m

[Tutor] Re; Socket Programming

Hi Kent, I have Python in a nutshell but I haven't read much. Thanks for tellling me. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Socket Programming

Hi Dan, Danny Yoo wrote: >## >clientsocket.recv() >## > >should work better. > > Ok well I tried your examples but they didn't work. I still get: TypeError: recv() takes at least 1 argument (0 given) How can I fix this? ___ Tutor maillist -

[Tutor] Socket Programming

I've got a little problem with my socket program(s): #Client import socket #create an INET, STREAMing socket s = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect(("localhost", 2000)) s.send('hello!'[totalsent:]) #Server import socket #create an INET, STREAMing socket serversocket

Re: [Tutor] How do I add an argument too...

optparse.. Can I download that as a module or do I have to download epython? Thanks, JQ Hugo González Monteverde wrote: > I use optparse wich can take some getting used to in the beginnning, > but it help you easily create very powerful command line options. I is > shipped with th epython

[Tutor] How do I add an argument too...

How do I add an argument too my program (with sys.argv) so that at a console I can type: python foo.py -info or python foo.py open /home/joe/foo.txt Thanks, Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Q's

Hi, what's the **kw stand for, used for? What does it mean? > Some comments --- > > You create a Frame, but you never use it. > > You've put a whole lot of code in a class, but it's not in a class method. > This > is kinda missing the point of using classes in the first place (and it j

[Tutor] Tkinter Q's

Hi first off, here's my code: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- from Tkinter import * import random import time import about import quotes def closeprog():     raise SystemExit class main:     root = Tk()     frame = Frame()     root.title("Quoter %s" % (about.ver))     root.minsize(300, 50)     sho

Re: [Tutor] Jimage reader. How to find the pixels?

I've been looking a lot for a mod that will automatically find the pixels in an image but I can't find one. Do you know of one? imageop and imghdr don't have anything like that. Thanks, Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.

[Tutor] Jimage reader. How to find the pixels?

I have finally made my very first GUI program!! It needs some work before I would ever consider putting it on sourceforge (ha ha ha). I have a problem though. I can't find an image lib that will detect the picture's height and width automatically. I can use wave to detect mono or stereo but tha

Re: [Tutor] Py2exe Problem

Traceback (most recent call last): > File "NovusExtension.pyw", line 8, in ? > File "Pmw\__init__.pyc", line 28, in ? > WindowsError: [Errno 3] El sistema no puede hallar la ruta especificada: this: > WindowsError: [Errno 3] El sistema no puede hallar la ruta especificada: is spanish for:

[Tutor] Looking for HOWTO's

Hi, I could use some howto's or tutorials in python, on how to build an image reader (like: Kview, or Kodak's Easy Share Software). I searched Google but can't find anything (I also have pay-by-the-minute dial up so I don't surf much) I know it's reinventing the wheel, but, I just want to learn

Re: [Tutor] Python won't play .wav file

Hi, I'm replying to you both... At 03:16 PM 5/24/2005, you wrote: >Strangely... I do not believe the wave module is meant to actually >_play_ a wav file. It looks to me like it is only intended to read and >parse the file for meta information. > >You could try passing the name of the file to anoth

[Tutor] Python won't play wav file

I can't get: import wave as w def manipulate(): manipulate = raw_input("Type 'help' for help\nManipulate>> ") if manipulate == "play": w.tell() elif manipulate == "back()": main_menu() def open(): while True: file_name = raw_input("Open: ")

Re: [Tutor] __init__.py

>__init__.py will be executed when a package is imported. Oh. So it will (for instance) compile .py to .pyc after the installation is finished. Nice. Thanks, JQ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

[Tutor] __init__.py

I've seen many (python) "plugins" (some located in site-packages [windows here]) with the name __init__.py. What's their use? class foo: def __init__: print "this starts first" def foo1(): print "this comes later. Init initializes the chain of funct

Re: [Tutor] Finding word in file

>What are you trying? >You could simply read through the file line by line using the string >search methods. Store the previous 2 lines then when found print the >previous two lines, the current line and then read and print the next >two lines. There are more sophisticated methods but that should

[Tutor] Finding word in file

I'm making a program that opens a file and tries to find the word you specify. I can't get it to find the word! I also would like to know how I can get it to print 2 lines above and 2 lines below the line with the word specified. One more thing, the try: IOError won't work... I type the name of a

Re: [Tutor] YATENJoe

If you intend to make a text editor (something which allows the user to browse through the text and manipulate it at will) using just raw_input and print, I think you've set yourself an impossible task. For a console editor you should probably look at curses (http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/curses

[Tutor] YATENJoe

YATENJoe (Yet Another Text Editor, Named Joe) First off, If this isn't the right place to ask, tell me so. That way I won't make this mistake again :-) I want to make a text editor. I know that there are hundreds out there, but practice makes perfect, and I need the practice. My problem is that I

Re: [Tutor] No Need To Press Enter

#x27;t mind. Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:33:53 -0700 From: "D. Hartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Tutor] Fwd: No Need to press Enter (Joseph Quigley) To: Python tutor Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I don't know if t

[Tutor] How do I squish this bug?

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python24\saved\Geek Dictionary\jargon_file.py", line 39, in -toplevel- main() File "C:\Python24\saved\Geek Dictionary\jargon_file.py", line 26, in main lobby.lobby() File "C:/Python24/saved/Geek Dictionary\lobby.py", line 51, in lobby

Re: [Tutor] No Need to Press Enter

ect: [Tutor] Fwd:  No Need to press Enter (Joseph Quigley) To: Python tutor Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but in my game I set Running = 1, and then had:     if event.key ==

[Tutor] Psyco (Joseph Quigley)

For those who use Psyco: Is it any good? I'm searching for instructions on how to use it, should I stop? For those who don't know about Psyco: It is supposed to be a Python Compiler. The programs are said to run faster than normal Python and they almost run as fast as C. __

[Tutor] No Need to press Enter (Joseph Quigley)

What is the secret to have the user press the "Q" key, and the program exits without pressing the "Enter" key? Or the "Control" and "Q" keys to exit? For the Macintosh, would the same command/s for "Control Q" keys be the same as the "Apple Q" key? Thanks, JQ ___

[Tutor] cPickle (Joseph Q.)

Hi all, How could I have the user name his file? I learned that I type file_name = "foo.bar" How could I make it that the use could name it "hello.hi"? Thanks, Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

[Tutor] Re: Installation Routines (Joseph Quigley) (Jay Loden)

Interesting. So several distros use rpms? I though only red hat used 'em. Rpm does in fact have dependency resolution, and rpm-based distributions use a package manager that can download the dependencies and install them for you - urpmi on mandrake, yum or apt4rpm on Fedora and Redhat, Yast on Su

[Tutor] CLS? (Joseph Quigley)

In QBASIC there was the command "CLS" this wiped the screen and "started printing letters to the screen at the top " of the console window. Is there any such command in Python? Would a Python cook book have this (I have pay-by-the-minute dial-up Internet so I can't go online for long)? Thanks i

[Tutor] Re: Error Raising

Ahh. I really like the ability to make my own exceptions. This info will help alot. Thanks, Joe PS. Would the Tutorial included with IDLE be the same as the site's docs? The standard (built-in) exceptions are documented here: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-exceptions.html If you don't

[Tutor] Error Raising (Joseph Q.)

(here I go again?) Where could I find a nice long list of the errors I can raise? (I mean like EOF errors when some one doesn't fill in their name when they're supposed to). Thanks, Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/ma

Re: [Tutor] Installation Routines (Joseph Quigley)

Its not hard, but its not easy either to do it right. And given the profusion of installers already available ranging from free to expensive there really is little point in writing something that probably won't be as good as the already available alternative. Remember user expectation, if you writ

[Tutor] Installation Routines (Joseph Quigley)

Here I go, hogging the Tutor list again :) I have a friend who recently got a hush-hush contract. He told me that it was for writing an installation program for Windows and that he considered python and Tkinter as an option. I know there are installers written in python for Linux. I suppose they

[Tutor] More Function Questions (Joseph Q.)

Hi all, Another function question. def bar(x, y): return x + y bar(4, 5) So I can put anything I want in there. What good is a function like that? Of course I know about. def foo(): print "Hello all you who subscribe to the Python Tutor mailing list!" So what do you use the def

RE: [Tutor] Craps, eternal loop (Joseph Q.)

Thanks a lot. Now I need to find the rules. BTW. What about the counter? If I win I get 110 dollars. On the next round I start out with 100 dollars again, when I should have 110! Joe ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: [Tutor] New to programming question (Ben M.) (Joseph Q.)

if letter == 'O': >print letter + 'u' + suffix >elif 'Q': >print letter + 'u' + suffic >else: >print letter + suffix > >Do you see? The == "binds more tightly" than the or. And, in python, 'Q' is >considered True for the purposes of tests. > >So this is what happens: > prefix

[Tutor] Craps, eternal loop (Joseph Q.)

I get an eternal loop on this game that I don't want and can't figure out how to fix. BTW any of you know the rules to craps? I don't remember them all so this game may be different than the casino version. Here's my code: import random # generate random numbers 1 - 6 loop = True def play_again(

Re: [Tutor] New to programming question (Ben M.) (Joseph Q.)

>Well you did come up with a way that would work sort of and you seem to be >ont eh right track. I would make 1 small change if using your approach. > >prefixes = 'JKLMNOPQ' >suffix = 'ack' > >for letter in prefixes: > if letter == 'O' or letter == 'Q': print letter + 'u' + suffix > else: print l

Re: [Tutor] Cell Bio Newbie Here (Gary L) (Joseph Q.)

At 02:02 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote: Send Tutor mailing list submissions to tutor@python.org Hey all, Sorry for the bother, thanks for the help #first of all, why does this have to be here? password="foobar" count=3 current_count=0 while password !="unicorn": if current_count print "

Re: [Tutor] Defining a function (Joseph Q.)

Oh, now I understand def silly(a_name_I_picked_at_random):   # well, not quite ... print a_name_I_picked_at_random # at random ;-) ... silly(42) 42 The name a_name_I_picked_at_random is like a "placeholder" inside the function for whatever input we gave to the function. And *th

Re: [Tutor] Tk code problem (Joseph Q.)

It works if you run from the command line instead of inside IDLE. I thought IDLE was supposed to be able to run Tkinter programs since Python 2.3 but it doesn't seem to work? AFAIK IDLE runs on Linux. There are many other possibilities listed here: http://www.python.org/moin/IntegratedDeve

[Tutor] Defining a function (Joseph Q.)

Well, now I've learned what def is good for. But what could I put in the parenthesis of  def foo():? Of course self is always available, but what would maybe def foo(number1): do? An error right? So I now repeat my self, what else besides self could I put in there? Thanks, Joseph __

[Tutor] Tk code problem (Joseph Q.)

Hi, It seems that whenever I click the QUIT button the TK windows freezes, then I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to be able to shut it down. Here's the code (its not mine though): from Tkinter import * class App:     def __init__(self, master):     frame = Frame(master)     frame.pack()  

[Tutor] Re: import.... (Joseph Q.)

Joseph Quigley wrote on Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:58:37 -0600: > import is handy. But my questions are: > is there a type of unimport or something to unload a module? Things which are not used are cleaned up automatically at some point. What would you like to do do that this mechanism doesn

[Tutor] Re: Help with classes (Joseph Q.)

class Message: def init(self, p = 'Hello world'): self.text = p def sayIt(self): print self.text m = Message() m.init() m.sayIt() m.init('Hiya fred!') m.sayIt() > Well this OOP stuff is realy hard for me as I have never even > programmed it took me a while just to understand defs. Th

[Tutor] import.... (Joseph Q.)

I don't think I have said it already, but I'll say it again just incase :-), I'm new to python. I started Feb. this year. import is handy. But my questions are: is there a type of unimport or something to unload a module? Foo: What's it good for? ___

[Tutor] Py2exe (Joseph Q.)

Joseph Q. (Uspantan, Guatemala) Using Python 2.4 I downloaded py2exe and can't get it to make exe's of my python files. There are a list of instructions: # A very simple setup script to create 2 executables. # # hello.py is a simple "hello, world" type program, which alse allows # to explore the

[Tutor] Py2exe (Joseph Q.)

Maybe I shouldn't be posting this... I downloaded py2exe and can't get it to make exe's of my python files. There are a list of instructions: # A very simple setup script to create 2 executables. # # hello.py is a simple "hello, world" type program, which alse allows # to explore the environment

[Tutor] Module Loop doesn't work (Joseph Q.)

Hi,  I have some code on a geek dictionary that I'm making where the command geeker() opens a module for the "real" geek dictionary (where you can type a word to see what it is geekified). Supposedly, you type lobby() to go back to what I call  the lobby (where you can get info on the web site an

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