[Tutor] Issue with set_value function

2017-02-13 Thread Yap Gerald
Hi Tutors, I have a problem with the functions set_value which I could not find a solution on the net. In my output below, I was able to set_value at the first loop but not the second loop. The different check using print could not identify what was the problem. I have attached my testset, functio

[Tutor] Can we talk with a Real Time Clock hardware by Python?

2017-02-13 Thread Thanh Tuan Le
Dear Mr, Mrs, During working with Python, I have a matter that I am finding a solution. I am not an experience programmer in Python, so may I raise this question to you? I really appreciate for any help. I have a board that have a Real Time Clock (RTC) chip on that board. I need to communicate wi

[Tutor] GUI for ANSI colors

2017-02-13 Thread Freedom Peacemaker
Hi tutor, I'm trying to put my script with randomly colored letters (ANSI escape code) into GUI but cant find any. I've tried tkinter but it isn't good choice. Then i was searching for capabilities of PyQt4 again without success. Thats why im writing this message. Is there any GUI that can print wo

Re: [Tutor] Can we talk with a Real Time Clock hardware by Python?

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 06:44, Thanh Tuan Le wrote: > I have a board that have a Real Time Clock (RTC) chip on that board. I need > to communicate with that RTC chip by Python. > > Following is my hardware info. > - Board from Variscite: > http://www.variscite.com/products/single-board-computers/dt6customboar

Re: [Tutor] Issue with set_value function

2017-02-13 Thread Peter Otten
Yap Gerald wrote: > I have a problem with the functions set_value which I could not find a > solution on the net. In my output below, I was able to set_value at the > first loop but not the second loop. The different check using print could > not identify what was the problem. I have attached my t

Re: [Tutor] Issue with set_value function

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 07:23, Yap Gerald wrote: > I have a problem with the functions set_value which I could not find a > solution on the net. This is very confusing. You don't use set_value() anywhere in the code you posted? You don't describe what the actual problem with set_ value() is. And most of all

Re: [Tutor] GUI for ANSI colors

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 09:40, Freedom Peacemaker wrote: > I'm trying to put my script with randomly colored letters (ANSI escape > code) into GUI but cant find any. I've tried tkinter but it isn't good > choice. Why not? It can certainly do what you want. As can virtually any other GUI toolkit. But program

[Tutor] Resending question with smaller file

2017-02-13 Thread Lisa Hasler Waters
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 = Canvas(tk, width=400, height=400) canvas.pack()

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

[Tutor] Help with random in Tkinter

2017-02-13 Thread Lisa Hasler Waters
Hello Python Tutor, We are trying to use the random function in the Tkinter module in PyCharmEDU 3.5. However, we get a number of error messages (see screen shot): [image: Inline image 1] It runs fine when we use IDLE. But, we love PyCharmEDU as it is much more user-friendly and so we hope to r

Re: [Tutor] Resending question with smaller file

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 16:06, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: > We are trying to use the random function in the Tkinter module > from tkinter import * > import random This looks for the random module and tries your local folder first. If you have a file called random.py it tries to import that. Based on your e

Re: [Tutor] Help with random in Tkinter

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 13:30, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: > It runs fine when we use IDLE. But, we love PyCharmEDU as it is much more > user-friendly and so we hope to run the same programs in it as we can in > IDLE. That shouldn't make much difference unless PyCharm sets its default folders differently? BTW

[Tutor] Access a .tcl file in python

2017-02-13 Thread Lily ANTONY
Hi, I have a .tcl file.Does anyone know how to load a .tcl file in to python?I need to call the .tcl file in a python program..Thanks! Lily. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/ma

[Tutor] Fwd: Re: GUI for ANSI colors

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
Forwarding to list. --- Ive tried your suggestion but didnt work. Look this is my code and i need to print final_word into GUI. Im working on Ubuntu 16.04 #! usr/bin/python3 from random import choice from string import ascii_letters, digits chars = ascii_

[Tutor] Q about .join() Thanks!

2017-02-13 Thread SIJIA CHEN
Dear, all, I am a python novice and I am wondering if someone in the group could help me with a easy question about .join() method! I find out that the outcome for using .join() on a dictionary is totally different than it using on list or string. for example, >>> seq4 = {'he

Re: [Tutor] Access a .tcl file in python

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 19:37, Lily ANTONY wrote: > I have a .tcl file.Does anyone know how to load a .tcl file in to python?I > need to call the .tcl file in > a python program..Thanks! In general you can't run code for one language in a program written in another language. (There are a few exceptions, usua

Re: [Tutor] Q about .join() Thanks!

2017-02-13 Thread David Rock
> On Feb 13, 2017, at 12:34, SIJIA CHEN wrote: > > I find out that the outcome for using .join() on a dictionary is totally > different than it using on list or string. for example, > seq4 = {'hello':1,'good':2,'boy':3,'doiido':4} print ':'.join(seq4) > boy:good:doii

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Re: GUI for ANSI colors

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 14/02/17 00:58, Alan Gauld forwarded: > red = '\033[91m' > yel = '\033[93m' > blu = '\033[34m' > grn = '\033[32m' These are indeed the ANSI codes for the colours but ANSI codes only work in an ANSI terminal and GUIs are not ANSI terminals. Instead they have their own ideas on colours and you n

Re: [Tutor] Q about .join() Thanks!

2017-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 13/02/17 18:34, SIJIA CHEN wrote: > I find out that the outcome for using .join() on a dictionary is > totally different than it using on list or string. Not really, it just looks like that :-) > > >>> seq4 = {'hello':1,'good':2,'boy':3,'doiido':4} > >>> p

Re: [Tutor] Q about .join() Thanks!

2017-02-13 Thread Danny Yoo
> That's because dictionaries are not stored sequentially and the > order of retrieval is not guaranteed - it can even change > during the execution of a program so you should never > depend on it. That's because dictionaries are optimised > for random access via the keys not to be iterated over.