Paul Hartley wrote:
[...]
When I was a member of the Forth Interest Group in the USA we learned
that Forth was used on the buggy that went to mars, that it started
life controlling huge radio telescopes which only had 4k (yes 4k) of
memory for both language and application.
Well, the rover used For
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
> BTW, it was a few months ago, not days... but the thought still counts.
> At least you remember.
Hi Jacob,
Wait, was it really a few months ago? Let me check the archive...
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-December/033728.html
You're ri
Eric Raymond's "Why Python?" essay is a classic:
http://pythonology.org/success&story=esr
Bruce Eckel's "Why I love Python" presentation is here:
http://64.78.49.204/pub/eckel/LovePython.zip
This page has lots of links you might be interested in:
http://www.ferg.org/python_presentations/index.html
Danny Yoo wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
### Pseudocode
commandDispatchTable = {'clear' : clearCommand
'quit' : quitCommand
'remove' : removeCommand
'return' : returnCommand
'gatl'
I need a favor.I play chess at a chess server with the name
ICC(www.chessclub.com). I want to write a plugin for their interface
using Python.
I don't have any idea about how to write a plugin but I found out
that the server administrator has written a Plugin Development Kit in
C++ for those who
> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/
That link seems to be dead. Pity. My whole programming experience is
comprised of Ah-Ha's followed by Um's...
--
'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please.
And with it comes the only basic human duty, to tak
Liam Clarke wrote:
>> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/
> That link seems to be dead. Pity. My whole programming experience is
> comprised of Ah-Ha's followed by Um's...
It worked here.
--
Godoy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:40:53 +0100, Johan Nilsson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> from scipy.signal.signaltools import *
>
> /Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 1, in -toplevel-
> from scipy.signal.signaltools import *
> ImportError: No module named signaltools/
>
> So I
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:01:59 -0600, Victor Rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I played around with this output issue and I love the way it works.
> Now, how do you do this in *nix? I tried the same approach and I get a
> blank line for 5 seconds (or whatever number of cycles you have on your
> examp
Test, please disregard.
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Michael Janssen wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:01:59 -0600, Victor Rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I played around with this output issue and I love the way it works.
Now, how do you do this in *nix? I tried the same approach and I get a
blank line for 5 seconds (or whatever number of cycles you h
I want to match a string which is preceeded by a space or occurs at the
beginning of the line. I also don't want to catch the preceeding
character as a group.
I have found both of the following to work
re.compile('(?:^|\s)string')
re.compile('(?:\A|\s)string')
But would prefer to
Hello,
I got some Tkinter questions that I need the answer for to complete a
little project of mine:
1. How can I make the program to open in a X*Y sized window ?
2. How can I open another window from the first one (without closing it) ?
3. How can I add a file browser for my app (like the one you
Smith, Jeff wrote:
I want to match a string which is preceeded by a space or occurs at the
beginning of the line. I also don't want to catch the preceeding
character as a group.
I have found both of the following to work
re.compile('(?:^|\s)string')
re.compile('(?:\A|\s)string')
H
Kent,
I think \b will work for me since I was really looking for [\A\W]
anyway.
That still doesn't answer the generalized question about something like
[\A\d] for instance.
Thanks,
Jeff
BTW, I was using raw strings although I forgot to put that in.
-Original Message-
From: Kent Johnson
Smith, Jeff wrote:
Kent,
I think \b will work for me since I was really looking for [\A\W]
anyway.
That still doesn't answer the generalized question about something like
[\A\d] for instance.
I know :-)
The docs say [] is "Used to indicate a set of characters." So it kind of makes sense that it wor
Alternatively, you could .split() your string and not invoke the
mechanisms dealing with regular expressions.
Is this considered stylistically sloppy in the event that the split
results in a very long array? Sloppier than REs are to begin with?
I think that the problem with [\A\d] is that \A is
Hi Danny:
I have ~50 files in this format:
File1:
680:209 3006.3
266:123 250.5
62:393 117.3
547:429 161.5
341:311 546.5
132:419 163.3
98:471 306.3
File 2:
266:123 168.0
62:393 119.3
547:429 131.0
341:311 162.3
132:419 149.5
98:471 85.0
289:215 207.0
75:553 517.0
I am generating these fi
> What, like
> global radiusaxis, radiusaxis2
exactly.
> > And since there is no input parameter and no return statement
> > and you only call start() once...
>
> Not true. If y == 'clear', then start is called to "redraw" the
window.
> Very important part.
OK, I missed that, but its still bette
> Any help I can get would be much appreciated - such as
> language comparisons, companies and systems that use python,
> debates about what python is good for
Most of that can be found under the General FAQ on
the python web site. And links to other similar material.
Alan G
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Hi Kent,
Thank you for your suggestion. I keep getting
IOError permission denied every time I try the tips
that you provided. I tried to lookup on this error and
did not get reasonable answer. Is this error something
to do with Windows OS?
Any suggestions.
Thank you
K
>>> allColumns = [readC
> ever get the chance, you may want to take a look at a book called
> Programming Pearls:
>
> http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/
>
I'll second that. Personally I try to read both books
(I have the original 2 volume version!) every couple of years
- they are that valuable. Most newbi
>I don't have any idea about how to write a plugin but I found out
> that the server administrator has written a Plugin Development Kit
in
> C++ for those who wish to write plugins for the interface.I don't
know
> C++ so I cannot convert this kit into python scripts.
Caveat: I've never done th
-Original message-
From: "Alan Gauld" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:15:14 -0500
To: "jhomme" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Dictionary Nesting
> > Um, thanks for reminding me about the prompt.
> > work my way through some other stuff before wasting people's
> tim
You seem to be giving a path to a directory rather than a single file. Also you are putting it in
the wrong place, you should edit the allFiles list.
Kent
kumar s wrote:
Hi Kent,
Thank you for your suggestion. I keep getting
IOError permission denied every time I try the tips
that you provided
jhomme said unto the world upon 2005-02-01 17:15:
Hi, Is it possible to get a copy of the message sent to us when we
first join? I want to follow the links in it so I can learn how to
do the research and ask questions on the list.
Thanks.
Jim
Hi Jim,
I don't still have a copy of my Welcome msg. Bu
> > Then if you do send a mail you can be much more specific too,
> > because you know what doesn't work! :-)
> >
> Is it possible to get a copy of the message sent to us when we first
join?
>I want to follow the links in it so I can learn how to do the
research
> and ask questions on the list.
I'
Hello.
I was just wondering, what magic can you do with classes? I mean, things
like "class Name(Exception)" or "class Name(threading.Thread), which
other classes are interesting to subclass? I've seen Object too, but I
don't understand what it does.
Thanks
Ismael
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On Feb 1, 2005, at 23:08, Ismael Garrido wrote:
Hello.
I was just wondering, what magic can you do with classes? I mean,
things like "class Name(Exception)" or "class Name(threading.Thread),
which other classes are interesting to subclass? I've seen Object too,
but I don't understand what it doe
Greetings,
I am working on a program to produce patterns. What would like is for
it to exhaustively produce all possible permutations of a sequence of
items but for each permutation produce variations, and also a sort of
stutter based on probability / weighted randomess.
Let us say we have til
This is a great series of links. I found the following on Pythology too:
Python Spotting
http://pythonology.org/spotting
Best of luck.
Kent Johnson wrote:
Eric Raymond's "Why Python?" essay is a classic:
http://pythonology.org/success&story=esr
Bruce Eckel's "Why I love Python" presentation is her
kevin parks wrote:
Greetings,
I am working on a program to produce patterns. What would like is for it
to exhaustively produce all possible permutations of a sequence of
items but for each permutation produce variations, and also a sort of
stutter based on probability / weighted randomess.
Let
> I played around with this output issue and I love the way it works.
> Now, how do you do this in *nix? I tried the same approach and I get
a
> blank line for 5 seconds (or whatever number of cycles you have on
your
> example) and the a final line with the last value of the iterable.
On Unix it i
I don't know who's going crazy here... but I checked that straight from the
python 2.4 interpreter...
Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
a = "go on long buddy"
a.lstrip("gonl")
' on lo
I suggest looking at Introduction to Tkinter.
http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/index.htm
HTH,
Jacob
Hello,
I got some Tkinter questions that I need the answer for to complete a
little project of mine:
1. How can I make the program to open in a X*Y sized window ?
2. How can I o
Jacob S. wrote:
I don't know who's going crazy here... but I checked that straight from
the python 2.4 interpreter...
>>> a = "go on long buddy"
>>> a.lstrip('gonl')
' on long buddy'
>>> a.lstrip('gonl ')
'buddy'
>>>
Note that in the second case, I've included a space in the lstrip()
parameter.
So, how would one go about this in a non broken code way? Don't they have
something like what I'm requesting.
It seems to me that a few things are flawed in the standard distribution.
Little things like the overlooking of adding a method or function to decimal
for returning an instance with x pl
Jacob S. wrote:
So, how would one go about this in a non broken code way? Don't they
have something like what I'm requesting.
No, but it's pretty easy to do:
def exact_lstrip(astring, stripstring):
if astring.startswith(stripstring):
astring = astring[len(stripstring):]
return astr
Tremendously helpful One question though. How can i pluck a unique
item from my exhaustive list of permutations without repeats making
sure that each one is used once? Like filling a bag, shaking it, and
then picking from the bag and removing that item from the bag so it
isn't used again...
Thank you for all your feedback on this -
powerpoint presentations and all!!
Not only is the language amazing but the community
is fantastic!!
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Paul Hartley wrote:
> Not only is the language amazing but the community is fantastic!!
The community is one of the things I particularly like about Python. I
always hated asking a question in the Perl newsgroups; although you
usually got an answer, you were almost certain to
kevin parks wrote:
Tremendously helpful One question though. How can i pluck a unique
item from my exhaustive list of permutations without repeats making sure
that each one is used once? Like filling a bag, shaking it, and then
picking from the bag and removing that item from the bag so it i
i have a 4 digit hex number (2 bytes) and i want to separate it into 2
digit hex (1 byte each) meaning i want to get the upper byte and the
lower byte since i am going to add this two.
how am i going to do this?
should i treat it just like a normal string?
please help, thanks.
ex. hexa = '0x87BE"
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