Re: [Tutor] Enumerate vs DictReader object manipulation:

2016-02-04 Thread Matt Williams
Just as a note - you are not the only person caught out by this - it is a very common slip. I wonder whether it would be worth adding a more explicit line about this in the Python Docs? Matt On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 16:13 Ek Esawi wrote: > Hi All > > > > > > I have a code that reads a csv file via D

Re: [Tutor] Enumerate vs DictReader object manipulation:

2016-02-04 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 4 February 2016 at 06:45, Matt Williams wrote: > > Just as a note - you are not the only person caught out by this - it is a > very common slip. > > I wonder whether it would be worth adding a more explicit line about this > in the Python Docs? Where in the docs would you put it and what would

Re: [Tutor] Enumerate vs DictReader object manipulation:

2016-02-04 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 4 February 2016 at 03:21, Ben Finney wrote: > Alex Kleider writes: > >> How does a dict fit into this scheme? >> Is it a sequence? > > No, a dict is not a sequence. But it is a container: all its items > remain available and can be retrieved again and again, and you can > interrogate whether a

[Tutor] Hi Dear!

2016-02-04 Thread Alexa kun
Hi Dear! I newbie and read 2.1.2. Interactive Mode https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html but when I type >>> the_world_is_flat = True >>> if the_world_is_flat: ... print("Be careful not to fall off!") I got answer IndentationError: expected an indented block [root@localhost /

Re: [Tutor] Hi Dear!

2016-02-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Hello Alexander, and welcome! My answers are below, between your questions (starting with > quote marks). On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 02:49:39PM +0200, Alexa kun wrote: > Hi Dear! > I newbie and read 2.1.2. Interactive Mode > https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html > > but when I type

Re: [Tutor] Hi Dear!

2016-02-04 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Alexa kun wrote: > Hi Dear! > I newbie and read 2.1.2. Interactive Mode > https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html > > but when I type > > >>> the_world_is_flat = True > >>> if the_world_is_flat: > ... print("Be careful not to fall off!") > > I got a

Re: [Tutor] Hi Dear!

2016-02-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 04/02/16 12:49, Alexa kun wrote: > Hi Dear! Hi. Can I ask that in future you choose a subject line that reflects your question? For this case it might be "IndentationError" say. > but when I type > the_world_is_flat = True if the_world_is_flat: > ... print("Be careful not to fal

Re: [Tutor] Hi Dear!

2016-02-04 Thread Emil Natan
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Alexa kun wrote: > Hi Dear! > I newbie and read 2.1.2. Interactive Mode > https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html > > but when I type > > >>> the_world_is_flat = True > >>> if the_world_is_flat: > ... print("Be careful not to fall off!") > > I got a

Re: [Tutor] Enumerate vs DictReader object manipulation:

2016-02-04 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2016-02-04 01:46, Oscar Benjamin wrote: You can see an explanation of the different collection terminology here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections-abstract-base-classes A dict is a Mapping and a set is a Set. Both also comes under the categories Sized, Iterable

[Tutor] Help needed

2016-02-04 Thread Tom Brodle
I am very new to Python. I am just practicing code using a simple plug board. The code is working as I want it to but the last message and the original looping makes me have questions. Because the main code works I will just abbreviate it. import GPIO import time Gpio setmode (BCM) led_pin

Re: [Tutor] Help needed

2016-02-04 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Tom Brodle wrote: > I am very new to Python. I am just practicing code using a simple plug > board. The code is working as I want it to but the last message and the > original looping makes me have questions. Because the main code works I > will just abbreviate

Re: [Tutor] Help needed

2016-02-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 04/02/16 23:26, Tom Brodle wrote: > While true: > Turn LED on > sleep 5 seconds > Turn LED off > sleep .5 seconds > # Coming from the world of Basic I did/do not understand what made the > program loop > # back to while True: line of c