Re: [Tutor] Logical Sorting [Off-Topic]

2006-07-08 Thread Rinzwind
Ubuntu Linux does: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -v Desktop   GDM-DarkGno.tar.gz  foktopicstart   test.py~ Examples  Muziek  foktopicstart~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$Here's a copy of a complete ls http://www.mediacollege.com/cgi-bin/man/page.cgi?topic=lsOn my system it's also included in both the

Re: [Tutor] IDE - Editors - Python

2006-02-06 Thread Rinzwind
When you code with Python there's only 1 editor Boa Constructor Even the name owns any other editor :-)http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] A question

2006-02-05 Thread Rinzwind
On 2/5/06, Bian Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can I get a string from a random file. For Example: Del    ete On   :   CopyOwner   :  BnPersonalized: 5PersonalizedName    :  My    Documents   I want to get the string after 'Owner' ( In example is 'Bn')   'import re' ?   Pls help.h

Re: [Tutor] list method help

2006-02-03 Thread Rinzwind
On 2/3/06, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/3/06, Chris or Leslie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>Others could give you a really good answer. I am a BASIC/FORTRAN writer >>myself, and getting used to the *object* orientation of python took a little >>while, but after you get the ha

Re: [Tutor] list method help

2006-02-03 Thread Rinzwind
On 2/3/06, Chris or Leslie Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rinzwind wrote: > | Well Chris or Leslie Smith. > | > | This bit l[:]=l[-1:]+l[0:-1] I think is VERY elegant. When I saw this > | in your post I tought: DUH. > | I did the same with 1 line more but

[Tutor] Fwd: list method help

2006-02-03 Thread Rinzwind
Chris or Leslie Smith: sorry wrong addess :*( This bit l[:]=l[-1:]+l[0:-1] I think is VERY elegant. When I saw this in your post I tought: DUH. I did the same with 1 line more but I am still new to python ;) Regarding the rest of the 'aside'. What is the reasoning behind this: ### >>> l=range(

Re: [Tutor] need to get unique elements out of a 2.5Gb file

2006-02-02 Thread Rinzwind
I'd use a database if I was you. Install for instance MYSQL or MudBase or something like that and (if need be use Python) to insert the lines into the database. Only storing unique lines would be failry easy. Other sollution (with the usage of Python): If you must use Python I'd suggest making new

Re: [Tutor] Getting Running File's Name

2006-01-31 Thread Rinzwind
Why would that be any different under Linux? sys.argv[0] Wim On 1/31/06, Hans Dushanthakumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under WinXP, the variable > sys.argv[0] holds the script file name (including the path). Not sure, > but it may work the same under Linux as well. > > > -Original Message

Re: [Tutor] why can't I find a function that gives me the sign of an integer?

2006-01-27 Thread Rinzwind
On 1/27/06, Wolfram Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rinzwind wrote: > > In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0, +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0. > > I searched on the web for a bit but sgn and sign give me way too many > > discussions about Decimals. py

Re: [Tutor] why can't I find a function that givesme the sign of aninteger?

2006-01-27 Thread Rinzwind
On 1/27/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Orri, > > > Eh you mean to say that in next Python versions someone could decide > > to change cmp(x,0) to another meaning? I bet my countryman (I'm from > > Holland too ;-) ) will veto that! Or else I'll pay him a visit :D > > Its not another mea

Re: [Tutor] why can't I find a function that givesme the sign of an integer?

2006-01-26 Thread Rinzwind
at one :-) > > Alan G. Glad I could help :=) On 1/26/06, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Orri Ganel wrote: > > Rinzwind wrote: > > > >> In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0, +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0. > > Well, the cmp() function does th

[Tutor] [newbie alert] why can't I find a function that gives me the sign of an integer?

2006-01-26 Thread Rinzwind
In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0,  +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0.I searched on  the web for a bit but sgn and sign give me way too many discussions about Decimals. python.org with numbers/digits doesn't tell about a function.Maybe Python uses a different name for it so I am not looking for t

Re: [Tutor] [newbie alert] why can't I find a function that gives me the sign of an integer?

2006-01-26 Thread Rinzwind
Thank you!*opens manual again*WimOn 1/26/06, Orri Ganel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rinzwind wrote: In basic I can use SGN to get back -1, 0,  +1 if a number is <0, 0, >0. I searched on  the web for a bit but sgn and sign give me way too many discussions about Decimals. pyt

Re: [Tutor] Totorial announcement

2006-01-23 Thread Rinzwind
LOL! Did you know I actually thought "wtf and a book about coding and a book about hypnotism? WOW". :D :D :D Well I like books cuz it's easier to carry around inside trains and busses ;) Wim On 1/23/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Saves me ordering the book :-) > > I saw it on b

Re: [Tutor] Totorial announcement

2006-01-23 Thread Rinzwind
Saves me ordering the book :-) I saw it on bol.com together with another of your books. Those hours is too much for me otherwise you'd have a Dutch version too :-) ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Totorial announcement

2006-01-22 Thread Rinzwind
Excellent guide. I bookmarked it :-) because I plan to use it alot.Oh, how much work (in hours) did it take it to translate your website? WimOn 1/22/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just uploaded the completed tutoroial topic on OS access.It covers most of the common questions asked

Re: [Tutor] webcam secrets?

2006-01-22 Thread Rinzwind
That (mosttimes) is a setting in your webcamsoftware and doesn't require coding.WimOn 1/22/06, johnny` walker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:i was wondering if there was a way to automatically take a picture from my webcam every oh say 5 minutes?   is there anyway of doing this (im very new to progr

[Tutor] [webbrowser] some help on an error running mozilla firefox

2006-01-22 Thread Rinzwind
Why does this: >>> import webbrowser >>> webbrowser.open('http://www.google.com")give me this: run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute /opt/firefox/mozilla-firefox-bin. Is this bacause 'webbrowser' does not know about the identification of 1.5?(I do not want to do it like this: >>> import os

[Tutor] escaping spaces in a directoryname

2006-01-19 Thread Rinzwind
Hmm, a very newby question but I never had to deal with escaping spaces etc.I want to read a directory with spaces in it and it errors out (because of the space).I need to escape it with a \ I guess. I saw alot about that on some websites but they all talk about why and how you escape and not what

Re: [Tutor] Guess Your Number Game

2006-01-17 Thread Rinzwind
On 1/17/06, Jon Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I hope someone can help me! > > I am currently learning Python using a book by Michael Dawson. In one of the > exercises I have to right a program that will guess a number chosen by the > user. > > It is partly working, however it does not s

Re: [Tutor] __iter__

2006-01-17 Thread Rinzwind
danny: my apologies for sending this to your email instead of the list!! (There I was looking at the list going: WTF DOES IT TAKE SO LONG when it hit me...). *cuts in* No I don't :-) With this: class MyListOfNumbers: def __init__(self, data): self.data = data def __iter__(self):

[Tutor] PIL, fonts and making images

2006-01-16 Thread Rinzwind
I've been using python wih PIL to create some buttons (automatically inside my program). The following code works and creates a PNG 70x70 with the letter 'p' inside.#!/usr/bin/pythonimport os, sysimport Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw image = Image.new('RGBA',(70,70),(0,0,0))ifo = ImageFont.truetype("a

Re: [Tutor] timeout

2006-01-16 Thread Rinzwind
Hello,With the time module and sleep(60)?http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/module-datetime.html sleep( secs) Suspend execution for the given number of seconds. The argument may be a floating point number to indicate a more precise sleep time. The actual suspension time may be less than that re

[Tutor] Learning to use pygame but running into errors when using examples from websites

2006-01-14 Thread Rinzwind
Hello,I've been trying to get myself to learn using pygame. I have created some things but I still need help of examples before I can do it myself but I always run  into trouble.On this website I saw a lot of great info regarding pygame: http://www.ida.liu.se/~ETE257/timetable/LecturePythonPygame.h