Re: [Tutor] Converting a numerical variable into a string variable

2009-02-12 Thread Shawn Milochik
>>> for x in range(1,9): print("G%dBF" % (x,)) G1BF G2BF G3BF G4BF G5BF G6BF G7BF G8BF >>> ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Scrolling through output in shell

2008-11-17 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Mike Hoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a small program that writes to a text file. I want to be > able to view the contents of the text file inside of shell. But the > file is too large for a small shell window. Is there a way for the > user to 'scroll' t

Re: [Tutor] Running a script from another folder

2008-11-12 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:58 PM, greg whittier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> it looks like you're on linux - so at the beginning of your script put >> #!/usr/bin/env python (I believe) and then chmod +x myscript.py >> >> then you can call it from the command line. >> > > You'll also need to make s

Re: [Tutor] Building RSS reader with Python

2008-11-05 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:26 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to programming and am building a very basic rss reader for my first > major project with python and GUI. As it is, I have it set up so that if I > input an exact rss feed address (ex http://news.google.com/?outpu

Re: [Tutor] fast list traversal

2008-10-30 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:06 PM, wesley chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > based on the all the performance questions, i would say agree that > dictionary access is faster than lists (hashes exist cuz they're fast) > but they use up more memory, as shown in shawn's numbers. also, one of > the reason

Re: [Tutor] fast list traversal

2008-10-30 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Shawn Milochik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You might try using dictionaries instead. I've had phenomenal speed >> gains by switching lists to dic

Re: [Tutor] fast list traversal

2008-10-30 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:40 PM, bob gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dinesh B Vadhia wrote: >> >> I need to process a large number (> 20,000) of long and variable length >> lists (> 5,000 elements) ie. >> for element in long_list: >># the result of this operation is >> not a list >

Re: [Tutor] How to compare the first line from multiple files

2008-01-31 Thread Shawn Milochik
-Original Message- From: Sorghum Crow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] How to compare the first line from multiple files Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:19:55 -0500 How to compare the first line from multiple files Greetings, I'm new on the forum and relatively new t