Re: [Tutor] Python Challenge Online - 30 Questions

2018-03-01 Thread Tim Golden
On 01/03/2018 14:36, Julien Carlier wrote: Hi Tim, I didn't send this message to several groups. I sended this message to 20 people from the same group. I will take care to choose relevant groups. What is considered good form? Regards, Julien Replied off-list

Re: [Tutor] Python Challenge Online - 30 Questions

2018-03-01 Thread Tim Golden
On 01/03/2018 13:36, Julien Carlier wrote: Cisco & Dimension Data organize a Python Challenge on EDITx. It is a good way to test your skills & have fun. [... snip ...] You've just cross-posted this to several Python mailing lists / newsgroups, some of them certainly irrelevant. This is not co

[Tutor] Problem in python online class

2017-12-21 Thread Tim Cordsen via Tutor
er, so the basics of programming are known by me. Thank you in advance, Kind regards, Tim ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Difference between %f and %F string formatting?

2017-04-26 Thread Tim Peters
[boB Stepp , on %i/%d and %f/%F] > Hmm. I'm surprised this slight distinction was worth keeping two > format codes that otherwise do the same thing. Is there an actual > need for these due to Python being implemented behind the scenes in C? The implementation is irrelevant to this. What is rele

Re: [Tutor] Difference between %f and %F string formatting?

2017-04-26 Thread Tim Peters
[boB Stepp ] > My Google-fu must be weak tonight. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string > I cannot find any discernible > difference between '%f' % and '%F' % > . Is there any or do they duplicate > functionality? If the latter, why are there two ways of doing the

Re: [Tutor] Resources/Books for teaching OOP in Python and Tkinter

2017-02-20 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/02/2017 16:34, Marie Shaw via Tutor wrote: I am a teacher of 16-18 year olds. Since September, my classes have been learning to program in Python, using all of the basics in console mode. I now need to teach them OOP using Python, and GUI programming using Python. Please could someone one p

Re: [Tutor] Resending question with smaller file

2017-02-13 Thread Tim Golden
On 13/02/2017 16:06, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: Hello Python Tutor, We are trying to use the random function in the Tkinter module in PyCharmEDU 3.5. (on Macs running 10.11.6). However, we get a number of error messages: Here's the code: from tkinter import * import random tk = Tk() canvas = C

Re: [Tutor] Program won't print out in Windows 10

2016-07-24 Thread Tim Golden
On 24/07/2016 16:38, Ken G. wrote: While the following program prints out fine using Python 2.7.6 in Ubuntu 14.04.4 as developed using Geany 1.23.1, same program won't print out to printer under Windows 10 Pro (64 bit). Geany uses there is version 1.28 using Python 2.7.12. I can use CTRL-P t

Re: [Tutor] Urgent: unicode problems writing CSV file

2016-06-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/06/2016 14:54, Alex Hall wrote: > All, > I'm working on a project that writes CSV files, and I have to get it done > very soon. I've done this before, but I'm suddenly hitting a problem with > unicode conversions. I'm trying to write data, but getting the standard > cannot encode character: o

Re: [Tutor] Curses Module

2016-05-16 Thread Tim Golden
On 15/05/2016 22:45, Rosen, Brian - 2016 wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > > I am a high school student currently enrolled in an Intro to Computer > Programming Class. In my current assignment, I would like to import > the curses module into either Python 2.7 or Python 3.4. However, > whenever

Re: [Tutor] using a for loop in another method

2016-04-22 Thread Tim Golden
On 22/04/2016 17:08, Rene.Castillo wrote: Hi, this is my first post on this mailing list- I wanted to ask about this type of execution in python, expected output- reverse_words("This is an example!") # returns "sihT si na !elpmaxe" below is my execution, followed by another persons execution

Re: [Tutor] Help with python

2016-04-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/04/2016 10:03, Alan Gauld wrote: However, for now, you probably want to use IDLE which should come with Python. (It is sometimes called Python GUI on Windows too.) You should find it under Python in your All Programs view. In any recent version of Windows (ie Vista & later) the most comm

Re: [Tutor] PLEASE I NEED HELP URGENTLY

2016-01-13 Thread Tim Golden
On 13/01/2016 20:51, Tim Golden wrote: Speaking as the list moderator in question over there: if I might moderate Mark's well-known zeal... (Absolutely no pun intended!) TJG ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or c

Re: [Tutor] PLEASE I NEED HELP URGENTLY

2016-01-13 Thread Tim Golden
On 13/01/2016 20:44, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 13/01/2016 18:13, Alan Gauld wrote: On 13/01/16 17:53, Mark Lawrence wrote: This is beyond a joke. The main mailing list is all ready being moderated because of the constant messages asking for help on this presumably homework question. Can these b

Re: [Tutor] Question about the memory manager

2016-01-10 Thread Tim Peters
[Albert-Jan Roskam ] > I just found a neat trick to free up an emergency stash of memory in > a funtion that overrides sys.excepthook. The rationale is that all > exceptions, including MemoryErrors will be logged. > The code is below. My question: is that memory *guaranteed* to be > freed right aft

Re: [Tutor] indent error on if/elif/else

2015-09-10 Thread Tim Golden
On 10/09/2015 16:38, richard kappler wrote: > Here's my code, no tabs were used, all whitespace verified made with > spacebar: > > print("Please enter a number for feed speed...") > print("1 - Batch") > print("2 - 2 per second") > print("3 - Real Time") > print("4 - Exit") > > if x == ord('1'): >

[Tutor] testing, please disregard

2015-08-18 Thread Tim Johnson
I have had some problems with another python.org ML. I am sending this to see if it is received. Please disregard. thanks -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: [Tutor] Functional Programming in Python

2015-04-02 Thread Tim Johnson
* WolfRage [150402 11:45]: > On 04/02/2015 03:08 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > You have already received valuable replies from two advanced > > python experts. > > If you are looking for a book (available digitally for kindle) > > I would recommend >

Re: [Tutor] Functional Programming in Python

2015-04-02 Thread Tim Johnson
ced python experts. If you are looking for a book (available digitally for kindle) I would recommend Guide To: Functional Python & Comprehension Constructs by Matt Harrison -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 132, Issue 51

2015-02-21 Thread Tim Johnson
Hi Guys, Very simple question, I imagine. this code throws of off a "counter not defined error". Can you help? *def word_counter(word, string):* *counter = 0* *for item in string:* *if item == word:* *counter = counter + 1* *print counter* Thanks, Ti

Re: [Tutor] Real world experience

2014-05-11 Thread Tim Krupinski
you want to pursue a career in IT, you need to finish high school. You would be wise to get a degree. My $0.02. Tim On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:12 PM, C Smith wrote: > I have never known anyone that works in this industry. I got one job > transforming xml (should have used xslt, ended up us

Re: [Tutor] how do i delete the questions that i asked and it has been shared in web

2014-03-12 Thread Tim Krupinski
No. On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:33 PM, S Tareq wrote: > so you can't delete the question that i have asked long time ago > > > On Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 18:03, Zachary Ware > wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:46 PM, S Tareq wrote: > >> this one http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-tutor

Re: [Tutor] educational

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Golden
On 09/03/2014 17:06, Alan Gauld wrote: On 09/03/14 10:37, Peter Otten wrote: In this case, I'm fairly sure the line producing this error is:: image = Image.open("logo.jpg") And Python is correct, the ‘Image’ type has no ‘open’ attribute. What There are a few things around called `Image

Re: [Tutor] Which computer operating system is best for Python

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Krupinski
I would agree with David and others. For programming, a chromebook would not be a good choice because you can't install any type of development environment onto the machine itself. Get something with a big screen and, preferably a full keyboard - I'm talking full size in the sense that you have t

Re: [Tutor] Advice on Python codes - A recursive function to output entire directory subkeys of Windows Registry

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Golden
On 05/02/2014 15:30, Alan Ho wrote: Hi, I am a novice in Python, having attended a course few weeks ago and I'm working on my assignment now, and I encounter this issue when I was trying to print the entire Windows Registry (WR) sub-keys directories (trying that first with the below codes with a

Re: [Tutor] my modules idle doesn't list functions python3.3

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Golden
On 05/02/2014 11:53, Ian D wrote: > Hi > > In Python 2.7 > > If I create my own modules and call them with > > import sys > sys.path.append("d:\modules") > > import myMod > > and use tab to autocomplete I get a list functions. > myMod.< if I tab this I get a list of my functions >

Re: [Tutor] sys.path.append import python3 not working

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Golden
On 05/02/2014 11:55, Ian D wrote: > The network dictates that it is the only way I can really do it as I > cannot edit any files directly. I have to append the path on the fly Ok; just wanted to make sure you weren't making life more difficult for yourself than needs be. TJG

Re: [Tutor] sys.path.append import python3 not working

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Golden
On 05/02/2014 11:58, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > Another option is to place it in site-packages. If you don't want to > use the system site packages you can always use the one in your user > directory. In my case on Ubuntu that's in > ~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/ Good point: I always forget t

Re: [Tutor] sys.path.append import python3 not working

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Golden
On 05/02/2014 11:46, Ian D wrote: > Ok even more strangely it is working in the original location. > > Am now not 100% sure that I have the folder structure correct. > > I will keep a eye on it. You might want to consider whether your approach is the best. One usually appends to sys.path when

Re: [Tutor] getUncPath(mappedDrive)

2014-01-30 Thread Tim Golden
On 30/01/2014 11:39, Tim Golden wrote: > On 29/01/2014 21:58, danz wrote: >> Tim. >> >> I came across your code while searching for a similar need. Your post was >> the best I could find on the subject. Perhaps more importantly, you showed >> me that going down t

Re: [Tutor] getUncPath(mappedDrive)

2014-01-30 Thread Tim Golden
On 29/01/2014 21:58, danz wrote: > Tim. > > I came across your code while searching for a similar need. Your post was > the best I could find on the subject. Perhaps more importantly, you showed > me that going down the ctypes rabbit hole can be less intimidating than I >

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Re: How to post: Was Re: The Charms of Gmail

2013-12-23 Thread Tim Johnson
uld go far to repesent what the poster might be as a prospective employee, mate, president, chairman of the Fed or whatever :) I hope that you all have the best holiday season possible and that you have a great New Year. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com h

Re: [Tutor] Expenses

2013-12-02 Thread Tim Golden
On 02/12/2013 14:49, Alan Gauld wrote: > Is there any point to this random set of data? > Do you have a question for us? I assumed it was a mis-posted email that should have gone to some house-share group email but instead went to python-tutor. The OP's probably lying low out of embarrassment :)

Re: [Tutor] keyboard interrupt

2013-10-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/10/2013 16:36, Bill wrote: > > I know, way late to the party... > > Did you try Ctrl-Break? In Windows that is usually how you interrupt a > program... Take consolation from the fact that your five-month delay in replying isn't even close to the longest delay I've seen on a Python list. S

Re: [Tutor] Which Python should a beginner learn?

2013-10-03 Thread Tim Krupinski
I think it really depends on why you are learning python. For me, I'm using it primarily to supplement my tools as a system engineer. The standard version of Python that installs with nearly every server I manage is 2.7, so I decided to focus on learning 2.7 because I didn't want to be in a posit

Re: [Tutor] sqlite3 COMMIT directive

2013-10-01 Thread Tim Golden
On 01/10/2013 11:41, Tim Golden wrote: > You're sort-of correct. What happens is that the database doesn't enter > autocommit mode (you'll still need to specify the right isolation level > on the .connect for that). Rather, the __exit__ method of the > connection-as

Re: [Tutor] sqlite3 COMMIT directive

2013-10-01 Thread Tim Golden
On 01/10/2013 11:28, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 01/10/13 09:25, Tim Golden wrote: >> On 01/10/2013 09:03, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> You don't normally need to use COMMIT when programming SQLite from >>> Python, the database starts and ends transactions automatically from &

Re: [Tutor] sqlite3 COMMIT directive

2013-10-01 Thread Tim Golden
On 01/10/2013 09:03, Alan Gauld wrote: > You don't normally need to use COMMIT when programming SQLite from > Python, the database starts and ends transactions automatically from > within the execute() function. You only need to manually commit if you > manually create the transaction using BEGIN..

[Tutor] a little loop

2013-05-27 Thread Tim Hanson
Okay, so I made it to FOR loops in the Lutz book. A couple of days ago I was helped here with the .join method for creating strings from lists or tuples of strings. I got to wondering if I could just, for the sake of learning, do the same thing in a FOR loop, since that's today's chapter: x=0

Re: [Tutor] making a string

2013-05-25 Thread Tim Hanson
On Saturday, May 25, 2013 09:10:00 pm Jim Mooney wrote: > On 25 May 2013 20:49, Tim Hanson wrote: > > A lot of people tend to be intimidated by Mark Lutz, and so am I, I > > guess. > > Interesting coincidence. This is a retirement project and I just > decided on the

Re: [Tutor] making a string

2013-05-25 Thread Tim Hanson
On Saturday, May 25, 2013 08:31:49 pm Martin A. Brown wrote: > Greetings Tim, > > : I'm new to this, just getting through the first Mark Lutz book. > > Python objects, either variables your ham below or the string 'spam' > you entered manually have a specific ty

[Tutor] making a string

2013-05-25 Thread Tim Hanson
I'm new to this, just getting through the first Mark Lutz book. If I start out with : ham=list('spam');ham ['s','p','a','m'] How do I get a string back? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mai

Re: [Tutor] hard time importing a module

2013-04-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/04/2013 17:12, eryksun wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Tim Golden wrote: >> As usual, the excellent Christoph Gohlke has provided binaries for a >> range of targets: >> >> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ > > Maybe you missed th

Re: [Tutor] hard time importing a module

2013-04-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/04/2013 16:39, eryksun wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Oscar Benjamin > wrote: >> Did these files also come with a file called setup.py? >> >> Normally, a Python module is not installed by manually copying the >> files to the appropriate places but by running 'python setup.py >> i

Re: [Tutor] Need help on win32 application error

2013-04-02 Thread Tim Golden
On 02/04/2013 19:19, ankesh.pra...@cognizant.com wrote: I am facing folowing erro while executing python code: Win32 exception occurred releasing IUnknown at 0x03210eb8 You need to give us a bit more of a clue as to what your code does. My guess is that you're using the p

Re: [Tutor] There's a Programmer in Me

2013-02-26 Thread Tim Golden
On 26/02/2013 13:54, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 26/02/2013 13:02, Khalid Al-Ghamdi wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm not a programmer by profession, but I want to learn python. I've got >> lots of Ideas that want to realize, but I always run into these >> stupid hiccups where I follow the tutorials and so

Re: [Tutor] ImportError

2012-07-31 Thread Tim Golden
On 31/07/2012 15:32, Tino Dai wrote: > Hi All, > >I have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure it > out. I'm getting a ImportError on a > class that I know exists. I'm wondering if there is some dark corner of > the import mechanism that Try running python with the -v para

Re: [Tutor] Opening filenames with unicode characters

2012-06-28 Thread Tim Golden
On 28/06/2012 20:48, James Chapman wrote: The name of the file I'm trying to open comes from a UTF-16 encoded text file, I'm then using regex to extract the string (filename) I need to open. OK. Let's focus on that. For the moment -- although it might well be very relevant -- I'm going to igno

Re: [Tutor] Opening filenames with unicode characters

2012-06-28 Thread Tim Golden
On 28/06/2012 18:19, James Chapman wrote: Hi there python list. I'm trying to open a text file named "This is_a-test'FILE to Ensure$ that£ stuff^ works.txt" (without the quotes) but I'm struggling to find a way to open it. Happily, you're using Windows, which makes this very much easier. Shor

Re: [Tutor] Writing to Windows 64-bit event log

2012-06-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/06/2012 06:37, Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > I've looked all over, but couldn't find any help as far as an API goes > to log to a 64-bit Windows7 machine event log. There are functions available in the pywin32 package under the win32evtlog module. I have wrapped some of them in my winsys packag

Re: [Tutor] Opensource projects / Subversion

2012-04-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/04/2012 16:07, Steven D'Aprano wrote: mjole...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, I finally made my way into working on Opensource projects. I installed tortoisesvn. I included command line tools when running the installer. However when I invoke svn at command line, I get the following error:

[Tutor] __class__.__name__ for literal integer causes SyntaxError

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Johnson
;> "me".__class__.__name__ 'str' I note that the reference to '__class__.__name__' for string and float literals is executed, but that there is a SyntaxError for that same reference of a 'int' literal. I'd welcome comments, explanations

Re: [Tutor] What to call a string with embedded descriptor?

2012-03-30 Thread Tim Johnson
ack in the day when I worked in C and did a bit of reconstructing proprietory database schemes in legacy systems, it was common for a binary file to start with a "map" which defined how to search the subsequent content. I never did know if there was a formal terminology for such a

[Tutor] What to call a string with embedded descriptor?

2012-03-30 Thread Tim Johnson
which can be decomposed into a nested list of integers which can then be used to parse the 'rightmost' string into a dictionary. What would be a generic term or a pythonist term for such a string? Thanks -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or ak

Re: [Tutor] Permissions Error

2012-03-27 Thread Tim Golden
On 27/03/2012 05:00, Michael Lewis wrote: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\Utilities\copyfiles.py", line 47, in copyfiles(srcdir, dstdir) File "C:\Python27\Utilities\copyfiles.py", line 42, in copyfiles shutil.copy(srcfile, dstfile) File "C:\Python27\lib\sh

Re: [Tutor] getUncPath(mappedDrive)

2012-03-25 Thread Tim Golden
On 25/03/2012 09:12, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Thank you so much for this! I think this would also be a valuable addition to os.path (where I'd expect it to be). You call WNetGetConnection twice: one time with a 'dummy' string buffer, and one time with a buffer of the exact require

Re: [Tutor] getUncPath(mappedDrive)

2012-03-24 Thread Tim Golden
On 24/03/2012 21:29, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Thanks! This seems a feasible approach. I have found this Python project that exposes some of the functions of mpr.dll: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wnetconnect/ WNetGetConnection is not among the functions, but the code will help.

Re: [Tutor] getUncPath(mappedDrive)

2012-03-24 Thread Tim Golden
On 24/03/2012 20:13, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Hi, Is there a function that takes a file path with a mapped drive (z:\blah) and returns the associated UNC path (\\server\share\ding\dang\dong\blah)? I looked in os.path, but it doesn't seem to have this. The link below seems to be a solution (code

Re: [Tutor] Which computer operating system is best for Python developers?

2012-02-23 Thread Tim Golden
On 23/02/2012 09:00, Alan Gauld wrote: By no means, one of Pythons strengths is that the same code can run on many OS. But as Steven has mentioned many developers use Linux because GNU/Linux is designed as a developer's OS and comes with oodles of tools. Most of those are available for Windows to

Re: [Tutor] how to find index of list with its value

2011-12-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/12/2011 15:28, surya k wrote: Well, we all know to know the value when we have the index of a list. But how can we find it in the reverse way... say a listl=[1,2,3,4] l[0]=1.but how can I find its address with its value 1 ?? help ([]) ... index(...) L.index(value, [start, [stop]])

[Tutor] Fwd: Re: [python-win32] Handling a Unicode Return using Pyodbc

2011-11-15 Thread Tim Golden
[cc-ing back to the *correct* list in case other readers find it helpful...] On 15/11/2011 15:16, Tony Pelletier wrote: Thanks, Tim! This is working brilliantly Slow, but working..:) I can go from here and see if there's a way to speed it up. Well you've got a few options, a

Re: [Tutor] Handling a Unicode Return using Pyodbc

2011-11-15 Thread Tim Golden
On 14/11/2011 21:43, Tony Pelletier wrote: Good Afternoon, I'm writing a program that is essentially connecting to MS SQL Server and dumping all the contents of the tables to separate csv's. I'm almost complete, but now I'm running into a Unicode issue and I'm not sure how to resolve it. I hav

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Tim Johnson
is a learning curve. One may find a learning curve with > everything in existence, whereas I repudiate one discouraging > another for the aforementioned. Yup. Bigtime. > Those who desire the power of emacs seek it. > Tim, do you use GNU Emacs? I did use GNU emacs. I also used Xema

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 92, Issue 123

2011-10-31 Thread Tim Johnson
o longer use emacs, but have great respect for it. I use vim linked against the python binary so that I can use python code to enhance my (hand-rolled) "IDE". I much prefer python code to elisp code. I hope my comments are of some help. I'm sure that you have been well inf

Re: [Tutor] Setting Up Emacs

2011-10-30 Thread Tim Johnson
you are not using Windows) IDLE came pre-installed on my mac. I believe that I had to add it on my ubuntu PC. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubsc

Re: [Tutor] Setting Up Emacs

2011-10-30 Thread Tim Johnson
any people > struggling because their IDE changes the way their code works. I > recommend you keep your code open in an editor, an interactive session > open in a good xterm, and a second xterm tab open for running your > script. That's my preferen

Re: [Tutor] Mac IDE

2011-09-29 Thread Tim Johnson
up until tomorrow at the soonest, but I will report back on emacs and vim as defaults. A distribution call macvim is available and vim can also be custom built. cheers -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com

Re: [Tutor] Mac IDE

2011-09-29 Thread Tim Johnson
style of editing. Neither are arcane, they are very up to date and are a parallel way of doing things. vim modal editing is a thing of beauty. Watching a adept vim user work can be breathtaking to observe. The corollary would be that s

Re: [Tutor] a quick Q: how to use for loop to read a series of files with .doc end

2011-09-29 Thread Tim Golden
On 29/09/2011 15:22, lina wrote: I want to read a bunch of *.doc file in present working directory, how can I use for to read one by one and do further work, sorry, what's the best reference webpage I can use? I googled, lots of distracting info, and I barely can understand how they think.

Re: [Tutor] Using xml.etree

2011-09-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/09/2011 11:01, Tim Golden wrote: you're more likely to find people familiar with the package (including its maintainer in fact...) Sorry, I misread your post and thought you were referring lxml.etree (which is a 3rd-party lib). My basic point still stands, though: you'll get mo

Re: [Tutor] Using xml.etree

2011-09-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/09/2011 10:46, lists wrote: Hello again. So, any xml.etree experts out there who might have missed this over the weekend? Not me, I'm afraid, but might I suggest that you ask on the mail Python list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list There's nothing wrong with askin

Re: [Tutor] Converting from a single module to a package

2011-08-05 Thread Tim Johnson
* Emile van Sebille [110805 15:51]: > On 8/5/2011 4:22 PM Tim Johnson said... > >* Christopher King [110805 12:03]: > >>To make a package, you make a folder named what you want to name the > >>package, for example: virus_toolkit. Then you make a file in it called &g

Re: [Tutor] Converting from a single module to a package

2011-08-05 Thread Tim Johnson
to leave the original as is, for backwards compatibility. cheers -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Converting from a single module to a package

2011-08-05 Thread Tim Johnson
I would like to do this without a lot of code revisions. I would welcome references to URLs on this topic. thanks -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubs

Re: [Tutor] python Module for Windows Active Directory

2011-07-28 Thread Tim Golden
On 28/07/2011 07:28, qbits...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Which is the best package/module in Python to work with Windows Active Directory? I may need to create multiple OUs, set different users and computers and fill their individual attributes. Later i may need to modify/delete and then may need to

[Tutor] dummy, underscore and unused local variables

2011-06-11 Thread Tim Johnson
object: class bool(int) | bool(x) -> bool .. I'd welcome comments on this as well. :) I expect to be edified is so many ways, some of them unexpected. thanks -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com __

Re: [Tutor] cpython

2011-05-12 Thread Tim Golden
On 12/05/2011 14:10, tee chwee liong wrote: hi all, i just started python but i'm hearing there is cpython. what is it different from python? is there any tutorials i can refer. CPython is just the most common version of Python, so-called because it's written in C: the one you download from py

Re: [Tutor] create an xls file using data from a txt file

2011-05-12 Thread Tim Golden
To confirm: Python does *nothing* to convert automatically from one form of path separator to another. Windows from very early on, has accepted /-slashes as path separators to API calls. Where they don't work is: at the command shell itself presumably since slashes are commonly used to introduce o

Re: [Tutor] Alternate credentials

2011-05-04 Thread Tim Golden
On 04/05/2011 00:18, Alan Gauld wrote: Since its more a Windows question than a Python one I suggest you try a Windows forum. comp.python.windows might be worth a try? Or even the ctypes group? While we do have some Windows users here its not really a python nwewbie type question. True enough.

Re: [Tutor] Alternate credentials

2011-05-03 Thread Tim Golden
On 03/05/2011 5:35 PM, Bill Allen wrote: I am needing to run a Python networked application with a specific set of credentials, Windows AD, rather than the user's own so that the app can access the needed CIFS shares. Where should I start? By saying what operating system you're running on, whi

Re: [Tutor] win32com and python

2011-04-19 Thread Tim Golden
On 19/04/2011 15:53, Pierre Barthelemy wrote: The problem i have is that, often, while the script is running, the powerpoint file would already be open. In this case, my script would open it anew, and make the modifications in the newly opened file. To prevent that problem, i need to be able to l

Re: [Tutor] Problem recognizing '{' character?

2011-03-29 Thread Tim Golden
On 29/03/2011 09:41, Peter Otten wrote: Ben Hunter wrote: Hi, I'm completing the Python lessons on YouTube that Google posted. At the end of section 2 of day 2, there is a task to identify files then put them in a zip file in any directory. The code is from the 'solution' folder, so it's not s

Re: [Tutor] Replying

2011-03-29 Thread Tim Golden
On 28/03/2011 23:17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Corey Richardson wrote: Thunderbird has a "reply list" button that I use. It does? What version are you using? Also, if you're a keyboard person, Ctrl-Shift-L (Win7, TB 3.1.9) TJG ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] CSV Ouptut concern...

2011-03-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/03/2011 11:56, Dipo Elegbede wrote: i wrote a code for extracting information from a csv file into another csv file. it worked well but i have an immediate challenge i can't seem to fix. the new file that is created has an row and then an empty row and then a row all through the file. how c

Re: [Tutor] CSV to Excel

2011-03-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 16/03/2011 17:12, Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez wrote: Thank you for your help! Once I read your comments I tried both corrections in my code, but none of them we're sucessful. Ok, Susana, your problem (here) is the use of the csv module so can I suggest we back away from your wider progr

Re: [Tutor] atr in dir Vs. hasattr

2011-03-16 Thread Tim Johnson
* Steven D'Aprano [110316 05:26]: > Tim Johnson wrote: > > What is the difference between using > > hasattr(object, name) > > and > > name in dir(object) > > ? > > Did you read the Fine Manual? No but I will :) > http://docs.python.org/l

[Tutor] atr in dir Vs. hasattr

2011-03-15 Thread Tim Johnson
This following post was originally posted to the wrong thread. I am reposting (hopefully correctly) with the first and very succint response. I thing the answer is a revealation to be noted: ## On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Tim Johnson

Re: [Tutor] atr in dir Vs. hasattr

2011-03-15 Thread Tim Johnson
* Wayne Werner [110315 17:29]: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > What is the difference between using > > hasattr(object, name) > > and > > name in dir(object) > > > > hasattr is basically > > try: > ob

[Tutor] atr in dir Vs. hasattr

2011-03-15 Thread Tim Johnson
What is the difference between using hasattr(object, name) and name in dir(object) ? TIA -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: [Tutor] CSV to Excel

2011-03-11 Thread Tim Golden
On 11/03/2011 8:59 PM, Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez wrote: Hello list!! I'm trying to write a CSV file to work it with Excel. My python script is working, the issue is: when I import the file from excel the data comes with quotes at the beginnig and ending of the row. I don't want to have the

Re: [Tutor] Using the console module.

2011-03-11 Thread Tim Golden
On 11/03/2011 08:12, DistortGiygas wrote: Python users, what's the best option for someone trying to emulate or use the curses module on the Windows platform? I've been fooling around with the console module: effbot.org/zone/console-handbook.htm But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to

Re: [Tutor] Alternatives to pymssql to work with MS SQL Server

2011-03-02 Thread Tim Golden
On 02/03/2011 09:22, Emmanuel Ruellan wrote: I installed Python 2.6 and pymssql on a machine, but as soon as I import pymssql, it crashes. It looks like this is a known problem: http://code.google.com/p/pymssql/issues/detail?id=2 What alternatives to pymssql do you recommend? I just want to be

Re: [Tutor] Namespace variables vs. instantiation keywords - best practices

2011-02-03 Thread Tim Johnson
* Tim Johnson [110203 10:34]: > # OR (project config file) > kws = load.config("myconfig","tmpl_kws") > kws.update({"prj":"myproject","templatepath":"views"}) #Grr! The following line is wrong .. > kws = {"prj":&quo

[Tutor] Namespace variables vs. instantiation keywords - best practices

2011-02-03 Thread Tim Johnson
odule containing the `LoadView' class import tmpl ## set the module namespace variables. tmpl.projectname = MyProject tmpl.templatepath = TemplatePath ## Calling module settings follow. I've received some very helpful comments in the past by senior members of this ML and perhaps

Re: [Tutor] pywin32 help

2011-01-30 Thread Tim Golden
On 30/01/2011 6:42 AM, walter weston wrote: hello I am running python 2.7 , I am trying to install pywin32 version 2.7 when I run the setup.py file a black console windows pops up displays some text and dissappears before I can read any of the text . I dont know what says so I cant give details

Re: [Tutor] Class Docs - how much is too much?

2011-01-26 Thread Tim Johnson
* Emile van Sebille [110126 12:30]: > On 1/26/2011 11:03 AM Tim Johnson said... >> >> I've developed a module which necessitates a very large amount of >> documentation. At this point all of the documentation is in the >> class docstring. I'm thinkin

Re: [Tutor] Print to std output with color

2011-01-26 Thread Tim Golden
On 26/01/2011 6:10 PM, Scott Nelson wrote: Curses is one way to go. Another is to use the PyWin32 module discussed in this thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.tutor/58450/focus=58454 Basically, here's a snippet of code that can get you started. This requires that you have the Py

[Tutor] Class Docs - how much is too much?

2011-01-26 Thread Tim Johnson
this and a link to such a PEP would suffice. thanks -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Writing Python Script to read battery level

2011-01-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/01/2011 18:35, Bill Allen wrote: Tim, Thanks for posting this. I have several uses for this WMI module at my work. Glad it's useful... TJG ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: [Tutor] Writing Python Script to read battery level

2011-01-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/01/2011 03:01, FT wrote: Is there a way to read the battery level using Python? I am totally blind and want to write a script to capture the battery level and send it through the voice activeX so I can speak it... WMI should be able to query the battery information: import wmi c = wmi

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