Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread eryksun
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > As c smith points out, Python lists have a pop/push mechanism as standard > which makes implementing a stack in Python fairly trivial. > > To expand on how reversing works consider pushing the string foo onto the > stack then popping it off aga

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Alan Gauld
On 01/10/12 20:59, Matthew Dalrymple wrote: i don't really understand the pop and push or even stacks for that matter...the professor i have isn't really the best at teaching...so if anyone could give me a hand with any of this that would be appreciated The Raw materials topic in my tutor has

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread eryksun
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:23 PM, eryksun wrote: > > Finally: > > > print(s1) > > > If s1 is an iterable sequence, you can print the string using either > "print(''.join(s1))" or "print(*s1, sep='')". Also, at this point > should s1 be emptied? Sorry, that last statement was wrong. I was th

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread eryksun
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Matthew Dalrymple wrote: > > Im trying to write an html syntax checker...pretty much read an imported > file, if it has all the opening and closing "<" and ">" it will return True > and if it doesn't it will return False. It's just this htmlChecker function that y

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Joel Goldstick
> i don't really understand the pop and push or even stacks for that > matter...the professor i have isn't really the best at teaching...so if > anyone could give me a hand with any of this that would be appreciated The way I was taught about pop and push: Think of a stack of dishes. Each time y

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread c smith
yourlisthere.pop() will return the last element in the list and change the list so it no longer contains the element. yourlisthere.push(x) will add x to the end of the list. Works on more than just lists ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscr

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Matthew Dalrymple
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] html checker > From: walksl...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:38:07 -0700 > CC: tutor@python.org > To: computer_dud...@hotmail.com > > Dear Matthew, > > > I don't need to hear how bad my programs are...either you are gonna

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Brian van den Broek
On 1 Oct 2012 15:28, "Matthew Dalrymple" wrote: > > I don't need to hear how bad my programs are...either you are gonna help or your not...if Matthew, Bob didn't cuddle you and he may have been a bit more brusque than you'd have liked. However, his response to you was intended as help, it provid

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread c smith
You will not find much help in getting a program to 'just work' regardless of your own experience. My advice would be to try and run small parts at a time to pinpoint where the problem is. Are you opening and reading the file properly? Are you iterating over the read file properly? Does your html c

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Andre' Walker-Loud
Dear Matthew, > I don't need to hear how bad my programs are...either you are gonna help or > your not...if you have questions about what i have wrote or why i wrote > something someway ask...dont just jump to conclusions > > I forgot to include that i had to write a "stack" function in a "pyt

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread Matthew Dalrymple
400 From: bgai...@gmail.com To: computer_dud...@hotmail.com CC: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] html checker On 10/1/2012 11:45 AM, Matthew Dalrymple wrote: Im trying to write an html syntax checker...pretty much read an imported file,

Re: [Tutor] html checker

2012-10-01 Thread bob gailer
On 10/1/2012 11:45 AM, Matthew Dalrymple wrote: Im trying to write an html syntax checker...pretty much read an imported file, if it has all the opening and closing "<" and ">" it will return True and if it doesn't it will return False. this is what i have so far http://pastie.org/4891833 how