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
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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
Hello,
Cisco & Dimension Data organize a Python Challenge on EDITx. It is a good
way to test your skills & have fun.
->
https://editx.eu/it-challenge/python-challenge-2018-cisco-and-dimension-data
Rules are simple: 15 minutes online, 30 questions & 3 jokers.
Everyone is allowed to participate b
> That's exactly the point.
> Very few people know about maketrans before they take the Python Challenge.
>
> But that's the whole point of the challenge, as you go through it you will
> discover new and powerful tools in the Python library that save you from
> having to invent your own. (Look out
On 23/12/11 16:58, Joaquim Santos wrote:
Thanks for all the tips so far. The maketrans like suggested probably
would be faster but I didn't knew about it
That's exactly the point.
Very few people know about maketrans before they take the Python Challenge.
But that's the whole point of the cha
Posting as HTML caused your indentation to be all wrong.
Try to post as plain text to remove those errors.
Thankfully your program is not very complicated.
import string
def decrypt(cypheredText, shiftedCypherNumber):
'''
This function will take two arguments. The first is the cyphered text,
Hi again list!
I've been trying to implement the feedback I got. So far, I removed the
print statements from the function, limited the range (just for the z at
the moment) and tried to get all printing in one or two lines... but
without success...
I don't know if I'm doing the join as it should...
On 12/21/2011 06:39 AM, Joaquim Santos wrote:
Hi List!
Thanks for all the input you guys gave me!
I'm trying to implement your ideas on the function and I've been getting
some parts right (the correct translation, still vertical and without
spaces) or the wrong translation but with spaces... My
Hi List!
Thanks for all the input you guys gave me!
I'm trying to implement your ideas on the function and I've been getting
some parts right (the correct translation, still vertical and without
spaces) or the wrong translation but with spaces... My problem is my range
check. I'm also getting a f
On 20 December 2011 03:00, Joaquim Santos wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> This is my first post here but I've been following the list for some time
> now! I know that recently there was a message about decryption and all. I
> think that was what made me go back into the Python challenge and try to
> solve s
Joaquim Santos wrote:
- How can I make this "Human readable"? ... Print the letters in just one
(or more) lines and maybe replace the " for spaces (This one I suppose it
could/should be done with whitespaces() or just making a loop to check and
change those for ' '.)
Firstly, you should not
Hi list!
My Python version is 2.7.1 and my OS is Linux Mint 11.
My code is this one:
def decrypt(cypheredText, shiftedCypherNumber):
'''
This function will take two arguments. The first is the cyphered text, the
second
is the number of characters we need to shift the text so we can decrypt it.
Hi list!
This is my first post here but I've been following the list for some time
now! I know that recently there was a message about decryption and all. I
think that was what made me go back into the Python challenge and try to
solve some of them...
For the second one, I first laid on paper my
>I did this and got this string :-
>
> "i hope you didnt translate it by hand. thats what computers are for.
> doing it in by hand is inefficient and that's why this text is so long.
> using string.maketrans() is recommended. now apply on the url"
> Is that the answer because it does not solve th
"David Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> "i hope you didnt translate it by hand. thats what computers are
> for.
> doing it in by hand is inefficient and that's why this text is so
> long.
> using string.maketrans() is recommended. now apply on the url"
>
> Is that the answer because it doe
I did this and got this string :-
"i hope you didnt translate it by hand. thats what computers are for. doing it
in by hand is inefficient and that's why this text is so long. using
string.maketrans() is recommended. now apply on the url"
Is that the answer because it does not solve the problem
Greetings:
Here's a fun site, though probably geared more for intermediate
Python programmers, than for beginners:
http://www.pythonchallenge.com/
It's 33 levels of riddles that can be solved with Python in some way
or another. =) So you have the site up in your browser, and your
Python interpre
devayani barve wrote:
> this is what i did for level 2 of python challenge:
Please don't publish challenge solutions. That defeats the purpose of
the challenge.
That said your program takes a very circuitous route to iterate thru a
string.
Why not just:
dict = ...
s = ...
for c in s:
print
devayani barve wrote:
> this is what i did for level 2 of python challenge:
Please don't post verbatim solutions to the challenges, let's leave some
challenge in it for those who come after.
Kent
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devayani barve wrote:
> this is what i did for level 2 of python challenge:
>
>
> dict={'a':'c','b':'d','c':'e','d':'f','e':'g','f':'h','g':'i','h':'j','i':'k','j':'l','k':'m','l':'n','m':'o','n':'p','o':'q','p':'r','q':'s','r':'t','s':'u','t':'v','u':'w','v':'x','w':'y','x':'z','y':'a','z':'b','
this is what i did for level 2 of python challenge:
dict={'a':'c','b':'d','c':'e','d':'f','e':'g','f':'h','g':'i','h':'j','i':'k','j':'l','k':'m','l':'n','m':'o','n':'p','o':'q','p':'r','q':'s','r':'t','s':'u','t':'v','u':'w','v':'x','w':'y','x':'z','y':'a','z':'b','.':'.',"'":"'","(":"(",")":")
David Holland wrote:
> I looked at this and got stuck on the first one :-
Thanks for this. I missed it the first time it showed up on this list.
Kinda fun and reminds me why I love python. Four lines in the
interactive interpreter and most of the challenges are solved.
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Jason, Thanks that helped me work it out. David Jason Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David,What answer did you get? One of the things to rember on the challenge is to take your answer and put ".html" (no qutoes) on the end of it in the url.So for the first problem the url would be: http://ww
David,What answer did you get? One of the things to rember on the challenge is to take your answer and put ".html" (no qutoes) on the end of it in the url.So for the first problem the url would be:
http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/.htmlOn 5/4/06, David Holland <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I lo
I looked at this and got stuck on the first one :- http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/0.html It says try changing the url. I assumed that it either meant 2*38 or 2 to the power of 38 but I can't see how to put either of those in the url.What have I missed ?Thanks in advance.David
Kent Johnson wrote:
> I'm stuck on 6 too. I found the comments but I can't make any sense of them.
> Any hints?
I'm sorry, I can't make it any clearer without giving it away. Maybe you
can try to search the forum (http://www.pythonchallenge.com/forums) for
more clues.
>
> Kent
>
> Roel Schro
I'm stuck on 6 too. I found the comments but I can't make any sense of them.
Any hints?
Kent
Roel Schroeven wrote:
> Orri Ganel wrote:
>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>First and foremost, for those who don't know, www.pythonchallenge.com
>>is a set of python-related riddles. Now, for those who are past l
Orri Ganel wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> First and foremost, for those who don't know, www.pythonchallenge.com
> is a set of python-related riddles. Now, for those who are past level
> six, any sort of hint would be appreciated. Right now, all I know is
> what module to use (i think) and that I have t
Hello all,
First and foremost, for those who don't know, www.pythonchallenge.com
is a set of python-related riddles. Now, for those who are past level
six, any sort of hint would be appreciated. Right now, all I know is
what module to use (i think) and that I have to somehow use it on
channel.jpg
To all thanks I have got it now!!!
JC
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John Carmona wrote:
> This is what I did. I have tried the whole field, part of the URL (after the
> .com), etc.. I Just get the old 404 not found message.
You just need to apply it to the basename of the filename.
--
If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood
on the shoul
> ???trans function. But now "apply it to the URL", I am lost again.
Its not strictly accurate, it means apply it to a section
of the address...
Alan G.
(I'm catching up! All the previous posts help of course :-)
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copied the URL, paste it in my script in Python and run it (once) did not
get nowhere, then did it a second time, and again did not get nowhere.
JC
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This is what I did. I have tried the whole field, part of the URL (after the
.com), etc.. I Just get the old 404 not found message.
JC
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Alan Gauld wrote:
>>This matches '[A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}' 477 occurences...
>
>
> Doesn't the {3} mean a minimum of 3?
It's exactlu equivalent to [A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]
> I may be wrong, its not a feature I use much but I thought there was a
> gotcha with the {} notation that meant you had to provi
At 10:52 AM 5/10/2005, John Carmona wrote:
Hey Liam thanks again for the
hint. I have finally managed to use the
???trans function. But now "apply it to the URL", I am lost
again. (I did
apply it to the URL-twice) but nope, nothing is happening. One more hint
if
possible.
How did you apply the
Hey Liam thanks again for the hint. I have finally managed to use the
???trans function. But now "apply it to the URL", I am lost again. (I did
apply it to the URL-twice) but nope, nothing is happening. One more hint if
possible.
Thanks
JC
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> This matches '[A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}' 477 occurences...
Doesn't the {3} mean a minimum of 3?
I may be wrong, its not a feature I use much but I thought there was a
gotcha with the {} notation that meant you had to provide a
terminating
character too?
Alan G.
(Who has only just started on the
Hi,
So... the [^A-Z] limits the [A-Z]{3}?... /me picks at IDLE. Dang, it does.
Thanks a bundle, Roel! And I learn a little more about regexes :Z
Cheers,
Liam Clarke
On 5/10/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Liam Clarke wrote:> This matches '[A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}' 477 occ
Liam Clarke wrote:
> This matches '[A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}' 477 occurences... so I hope
> that it's all the same letter.
You have to many occurences because that regex matches XXXxXXX, but also
XXxXX. You should only match exactly 3 guards on each side. IIRC
I used something like (sa
> Am I looking for something like this -
>
> XXXjXXX? or something like XjXX or XXjX?
The former: 3 on each side. Exactly 3.
BTW , you can check your understanding by saving the image you
get from riddle 6, compressing it with zlib, filtering out all but
string.letters and looking for the same
Hi all,
>
Hint: the hint on the screen says "exactly three."
-Arcege
Hah, yeah, but it also says 'all sides' and that had me following a
dead-end for awhile, and something in the challenge hint forums made me
think it might be exactly three in total, but surrounding the lowercase
letter. i.e
> Am I looking for something like this -
> XXXjXXX? or something like XjXX or XXjX? I've also looked for -
Take the challenge's hint a little more literally, it's quite
specific. This one had me stumped for a little while until I realized
my mistake.
Alan
Hmmm... the forums don't overly explain level 3.
Am I looking for something like this -
XXXjXXX? or something like XjXX or XXjX? I've also looked for -
ooXXXoo
XXXjXXXooXXXoo
and
oooXooo
oooXooo
oooXooo
XXXjXXX
oooXooo
oooXooo
oooXooo
Argh. My head is going to explode.
On 5/10/05, Roel S
Yeah, I was going that way, got a half translation, saw the word 'trans' in the text, went from there.
On 5/10/05, R. Alan Monroe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi John, took me awhile to solve this one too, it's quite good, teaches you> about a part of Python that you wouldn't normally use.> Do you
> Hi John, took me awhile to solve this one too, it's quite good, teaches you
> about a part of Python that you wouldn't normally use.
> Do you want hints or spoilers?
> I've give hints for now, search the Python docus for 'trans', check the
> string methods.
You can also do it with a convolut
John Carmona wrote:
> OK I am stuck on this one. I see what I need to do (correct me if I am
> wrong). But I need to write a script that will replace each letter by
> another one (In this case a --> c etc.). I look at String, List and
> Dictionary. I thought I could use the text.replace option
Thanks Liam, I will start checking this afternoon.
Regards
JC
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Hi John, took me awhile to solve this one too, it's quite good,
teaches you about a part of Python that you wouldn't normally use.
Do you want hints or spoilers?
I've give hints for now, search the Python docus for 'trans', check the string methods.
Hope that didn't make it too obvious.
Now, if
OK I am stuck on this one. I see what I need to do (correct me if I am
wrong). But I need to write a script that will replace each letter by
another one (In this case a --> c etc.). I look at String, List and
Dictionary. I thought I could use the text.replace option but I am not sure.
Anybody t
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