On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
> I think this thing is screaming for better structure, but previous attempts
> at using oop for it have failed.
Hi Jacob,
Ok, I see one big refactoring that should help things quite a bit.
There's a large case-analysis off if/elif/elif statements that in
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
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
> Also why shouldn't string methods include stuff like lstrip which do
> precisely what I request?
Hi Jacob,
I think the confusion here is that, in Python, strings can be considered a
concrete single thing, but they can also be considered an ordered
collect
> 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 be told you're stupid
> for not already knowing it.
Hi Terry,
Just to act as Devil's advocate: the
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Glen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] glen]$ idle
> set([34, 36, 38, 39])
> Failed to load extension 'CodeContext'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/idlelib/EditorWindow.py", line 737, in
> load_standard_extensions
> self.load_extension(nam
> > Ah! Check to see if there's a "sets.py" program somewhere in your
> > current working directory. It's very likely that Python is picking
> > that up, instead of the 'sets' standard library module.
>
> You're a genius! That's exactly what I'd done.
Hi Glen,
I'd attribute it not to genius,
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Liam Clarke wrote:
> Had the *ahem* joy of learning Perl last night. Egad. Wrote the script
> in Python to get it right, and then 'translated' it to Perl.
Hi Liam,
I strongly recommend sending the Perl code to that Perl-beginners mailing
list referenced earlier. I'm sur
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
> >for x in string:
> >if x in chars:
> >string[i] = ''
>
> I just have a hangover from other languages, but I really wanted to know
> how Python handles iteration over a variable which is being changed
> within the loop itse
> But let's change it to what I think you were thinking of:
>
> ###
> def lstrip(string, chars):
> scratchspace = list(string) ## get a mutable list of characters
> for x in scratchspace:
> if x in chars:
> scratchspace[i] = ''
> return ''.join(scratchspace)
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, alieks laouhe wrote:
> from math import *
> z=0
> while z<=2*pi:
> print cos(z)
> z=z+(pi/6)
>
> ok i think this is right...
Hi Alieks,
This looks ok, and is probably the most straightforward way to do this.
For safety's sake, you may want to modify the top i
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Smith, Jeff wrote:
> What you are try to do is "execute a block of code based on the value of
> a single statement." if/elif doesn't do that and thereby introduces the
> possibility of errors.
>
> switch on-this:
> case 'a':
> do something
> case 'b
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, alieks lao wrote:
> in this tutorial it's telling me to
>
> "from Numeric import *"
>
> to load array functions
> but it doesn't work is there a replacement for
> "Numeric" or are arrays built in functions?
Hi Alieks,
Just out of curiosity, which tutorial are you reading?
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Smith, Jeff wrote:
> On the indentation topic. I would be curious to know if anyone has had
> an experience where a rogue process or editor has trashed the
> indentation in your Python and how you recovered from it.
[Meta: switching subject line again --- this conversation
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, alieks lao wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, which tutorial are you reading?
>
> heres the url...
> http://www.pentangle.net/python/
Hi Alieks,
Ah, ok, that makes sense now.
Michael William's tutorial assumes an environment where some third-party
modules, like Numeric, ha
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, alieks lao wrote:
> Once again i have a question concerning something from the tutorial im
> being tortured by.
>
> ___
> x.y= \ x (dot)y(dot)
> /__ i
>i
>
> How would i express this in python.
> If the above doesn't make any sense to ya'll.
> It's at
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, alieks lao wrote:
> I've spent hours trying things out and I'm no better off. I don't
> understand exactly what I'm supposed to do.
Hi Alieks,
What part of the problem are you working on?
If you show us what you've tried so far; we can then try to figure out why
you're get
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
> I want to read the httpd-access.log and remove any oversized log records
>
> I quickly tossed this script together. I manually mv-ed log to log.bak
> and touched a new logfile.
>
> running the following with print i uncommented does print each line t
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Tony Cappellini wrote:
> There are 4 lists total, each of which *may* have a different length
> from the other lists. Each list has been stored in a master dictionary.
>
> North=[Bill, Bob, Sue, Mary]
> South=['Tim', ''Tom', 'Jim', 'John', 'Carl', 'Evan', 'Rich']
> etc
>
> I
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Tony Cappellini wrote:
> > Here's a quick function that should force a certain length on an
> > iterator:
> >
> > ###
> > def ipad(iterable, length, sentinel=None):
> > i = 0
> > for thing in iterable:
> > yield thing
> > i = i + 1
> > while i < le
Hi Chandu,
Ah, so you're looking into "environmental acquisition". I think the
reason you're asking about on Tutor is because one of the most visible
deployments of acquisition has been in the Zope web framework.
But just because Zope is written in Python doesn't mean that acquisition
is a conc
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Viktor Hornak wrote:
> I've been trying to find more resources/documentation about how to
> convert python lists to C arrays (and vice versa) when writing a python
> extension.
Hi Viktor,
There was a post back in 1999 that might be useful for you:
http://mail.python.o
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Johan Geldenhuys wrote:
> I have a data packet in Hex values and need to determine how to
> calculate the CRC-16 bit checksum for these values:
>
> 0x55,0x00,0x0A,0x01,0x01, 0x01,0xFF,0x00,0xDC,0xCC
> Sync|Lenght |source addr|dest. adr |Data| CRC check|
>
> This example sh
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Ertl, John wrote:
> I have a bit of code that uses a module and I am trying to get more info
> on the error.
>
> I am using this bit of code:
>
> try:
> rhfill= Ngl.contour(wks,rhisobar,rh_res)
> except:
> execType,value,tracebak = sys.exc_info()[:
> >>This simplifies the code down to:
> >>
> >>###
> >>srcfile = open('/var/log/httpd-access.log.bak', 'r')
> >>dstfile = open('/var/log/httpd-access.log', 'w')
> >>for line in srcfile:
> >>if len(line) < 2086:
> >>dstfile.write(line)
> >>srcfile.close()
> >>dstfile.close()
> >>###
>
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, james middendorff wrote:
> I want to use mysqldb to add people into a database, but when I ask for
> the certain fields like Name, PhoneNumber and such, I cannot get it to
> put them in as a string? I am not sure what I am doing wrong but here is
> my code thanks to anyone wh
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Jeffrey Lim wrote:
> > >
> > >Example 1
> > > >>> def f(a,L=[]):
> > >... if L==[5]:
> > >... print 'L==[5] caught'
> > >... print L
> > >... print 'resetting L...'
> > >... L=[]
> > >... L.append(a)
> > >... return L
> > >...
Hi Jeffery,
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have data files with a format that can be scheamatized as:
>
> File Header Contents
> . . .
> File Header End Tag
> Node Header Contents
> . . .
> Node Header End Tag
> Node Contents
> . . .
> Node End Tag
> [Repeat Node elements unt
> If we want to be fancy, we can also take advantage of Python's generator
> support to avoid constructing an explicit list:
>
> ###
> def partition_node_content(self, body_contents):
> """Returns an iterator whose contents are a bunch of
>node_content lists."""
> c
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Ismael Garrido wrote:
> Danny Yoo wrote:
>
> >###
> >
> >def f(a,L=[]):
> >if L==[5]:
> >print 'L==[5] caught'
> >print L
> >print 'resetting L...'
> >L=[
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Smith, Jeff wrote:
> I'm sorry to both with such a simple question but I've looked in the
> normal places and don't see the quick and dirty answer I know must
> exist.
>
> I want to write a simple line selection filter that could be used like:
>
> filter < file
>
> I get the
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Lobster wrote:
> The tutorials I am accessing with Firefox and there seems to be a
> conflict in which the Idle editor is trying to (or reported as accessing
> the Net but does not (according to the literature and warning)
Hello!
IDLE does use network connections to talk t
> >way we ASP.NET at my company, and I'm having some trouble finding a good
> >way to organize all the code.
>
> My take on doing that in Python:
>
> Organize things into modules. Especially with an eye to potential reuse.
> Look at the module index in the docs to see how most of the "standard"
>
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Matt Dimmic wrote:
> In Python, one bug that often bites me is this:
>
> (example A)
> aList = [1,2,3]
> for i in aList:
> i += 1
> print aList
> --> [1,2,3]
>
> This goes against my intuition, which is that aList == [2,3,4], probably
> because so much in Python is passe
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Lobster wrote:
> Idols subprocess didn't make connection Either Idle can't start or
> personal firewall is blocking the connection =
>
> Now I am getting the added message that the "socket connection is
> refused" (recently updated to the latest Zone Alarm)
Hi Ed,
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Lobster wrote:
> # Wikipedia single word search engine
> # Monday Feb 14
>
> import webbrowser
>
> sought_word = raw_input("What is your wikipedia search word? ")
> goto_url_location = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"; + sought_word
> webbrowser.open(goto_url_location)
Hi L
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > - I am trying to call up an external program with something like a
> > "Shell" command - can not find a way of doing this (in windows)
>
> Look in the os module, there are several options depending on exactly
> what you need to do. The simplest option i
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Kent Johnson wrote:
> > I am working from within python and want to know the best way to know
> > if a certain package is installed for use on my machine.
> >
> > I want to know from within python that a specific executable file is
> > on my path where I could actually run t
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Mike Hall wrote:
> I'm on OS X, and I cannot get Python to import modules I've saved. I
> have created the the environment.plist file and appended it with my
> desired module path. If I print sys.path from the interpreter, my new
> path does indeed show up as the first listi
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Mike Hall wrote:
> > Can you show us what your sys.path looks like? Just do a
> > cut-and-paste so we can quickly validate it for you.
>
> Thanks for the response. Here's a paste of what sys.path returns. The
> first listing is the path inside of environment.plist:
>
> ['',
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Bill Kranec wrote:
> I'm using Kinterbasdb to access a Firebird database through Python, and
> when I retrieve a row with a datetime value, I get a tuple like:
>
> >>> myCursor.execute( 'SELECT * FROM table' )
> >>> for row in myCursor.fetchall():
> print row
>
> (
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Ron Nixon wrote:
> I know that you can do this to get a count of home many times a word
> appears in a file
>
>
> f = open('text.txt').read()
> print f.count('word')
>
> Other than using a several print statments to look for seperate words
> like this, is there a way to do i
> A remainder is what's left over after a division:
>
> 10/3 = 3 remainder 1
> 12/5 = 2 remainder 2
> 27/3 = 9 remainder 0
>
> and the modulus operator (which is % in python) gives you that remainder:
>
> 10%3 = 1
> 12%5 = 2
> 27%3 = 0
Hi Bernard,
Another familiar example of modulo is checking
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Tony Meyer wrote:
> >> Is there a better way for raw_input to accept both caps and
> >> lower case letters than:
> [...]
> >>if action == 'y' or action == 'Y':
> >
> > if action in 'yY':
> > dostuff()
> [...]
> > Although, that does mean that if a user enters 'nN' they'l
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Bill Mill wrote:
> > I have several thousand files in dBaseIV format that I need to convert
> > to shapefiles for use in ArcGIS. I've written a script (see below) to
> > automate this process but thus far have been unable to get it to work.
> > I suspect that there's a simpl
> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> File "C:\Python23\practices\opentxt", line 12, in -toplevel-
> >> process(data)
> >> File "C:\Python23\practices\opentxt", line 6, in process
> >> data_points.append(int(line))
> >> ValueError: invalid literal for int():
Hi Brian,
Ah, th
> > I want to make caculator program which enables me to enter 2numbers
> > and mathsmatics sign and calculates it. I think this is too difficult
> > for newbie like me...
> >
> > Please input data
> >
> > Number1:
> > Mathsmetics Sign:
> > Number2:
> >
> > (Number1) (Sign) (Number2) = (Result)
>
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Chris Mallari wrote:
> hi there! can u pls send me sample code in accessing a simple database
> using python.
Hi Chris,
You may want to look at the Database topic guide:
http://www.python.org/topics/database/
It has links to examples, tutorials, and other documentati
> > > I'm trying to figure out how to subclass the list built-in.
>
> > You could do it e.g. like that:
> >
> > class Mylist (list):
> > def __init__(self, seq=None):
> > super(self.__class__, self).__init__(seq)
> > def __getslice__(self, start, stop):
> > return self.__cl
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Shitiz Bansal wrote:
> Is there a python equivalent of c's sizeof function.
Unfortuntately, no, not as a standard builtin. However, there is a
third-party library called mxTools that does include a sizeof() function:
http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxTools.html
B
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Shitiz Bansal wrote:
> I am trying to build a traffic network simulator using python, for my
> degree project.
>
> I need to run at least 5-6000 cars simultaneously. I wanted to run each
> car in a separate thread. However , after about 400 threads i am unable
> to create ne
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Smith, Jeff wrote:
> I notice that python only pre-compiles imported modules and not the main
> script. The only way I seem to be able to get this to happen is to run
>
> python -c "import mainscript"
Hi Jeff,
Python automatically tries to compile module code on an 'imp
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
> Say I put the code
>
> import psyco
> psyco.full()
>
> in sitecustomize.py and run a random file that I have already got an
> average execution time of. Then I run it again, with the above
> implemented. My execution time is has dropped. Which brings me to
> > > > I'm writing a simple game (run in command line) in which narrative
> > > > text is printed in response to a user's decisions. The problem I'm
> > > > running into is that triple quotes used in an indented block
> > > > preserves the indentation when it prints.
[text cut]
> > > Why not j
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Adam Cripps wrote:
> I'm trying to create recursive Tkinter buttons with:
>
> for i in range(0,10):
> print i
> buttonlabel = "field " +str(i)
> button[i] = Button (text=buttonlabel)
>
> > I am reading ' Learning Python second edition' by Mark Lutz and David
> > Ascher, and I trying the code examples as I go along. However I am
> > having a problem with the following, which I don't seem to be able to
> > resolve :-
> > # test.py
> > import sys
> >
> > print sys[ 1: ]
> >
> > T
> >(I know I'm being a bit silly about asking about what looks like a
> >simple email typo, but computer programming bugs are all-too-often
> >about typos. *grin*
>
> Sorry for the late response, I tried all of the the suggestions,
> including correcting my typo of print sys[1:] and tried print
>
> Add a file called 'test.cmd' in the same directory as your 'test.py'
> program with the following content:
>
> ###
> python test.cmd %*
> ###
Scratch that! *grin* Sorry, meant to write that the test.cmd should
contain:
###
python test.py %*
###
Darn it, but I don't have a Windows box handy
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Greg T wrote:
> I am a Rubyist, but I've decided to learn Python so that when a
> conversation springs up about the merits of the two languages amd how
> they compare, I will be well informed.
Hi Greg,
Welcome aboard! That sounds great; you can help us understand Ruby bet
> Save the above as an HTM and click, it should give you the x,y co-ords
> for the browser window excluding scrolbars etc.
It is possible to do this with Python, since a server-side HTML ISMAP will
send its coordinates off as part of the request. There are some notes
here:
http://www.algon
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, James O. Sweeney wrote:
> I have an assignment that entails entering cash transactions as records.
Hi James,
Just to make it clear: we are prohibited from doing homework questions.
Since it's an assignment, we'll try to stay clear of direct solutions.
> My question is ab
> ###
> >>> d = {}
> >>> def addTally(name):
> ... d.setdefault(name[0], []).append(name)
> ...
> >>> addTally('john')
> >>> addTally('brian')
> >>> addTally('jane')
> >>> addTally('alice')
> >>> addTally('bob')
> >>> d
> {'a': ['alice'], 'j': ['john', 'jane'], 'b': ['brian', 'bob']}
> ###
>
>
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Luis N wrote:
> This code seems a little slow, is there anything in particular that
> jumps out as being not quite right.
Hi Luis,
Some comments:
You have an empty 'except' exception-handling block in the code:
##
try:
for i in files:
[Meta note to other folks on the list: I'm sorry for letting this post
through; I was rushing, and I should have been more careful when going
through my moderation queue.]
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, liew choon chui wrote:
> Here are two question to need some solution.
Hi Lieu Choon Chui,
I do not
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Liam Clarke wrote:
> ??? Why am I getting this one as new again?
Hi Liam,
This one is my fault. As a mailing list administrator, I have to go
through stuff that's sitting in a moderation queue. I'd been a little
derelict in my responsibility lately, and hadn't looked at t
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Andrei wrote:
> Shitiz Bansal wrote on Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:19:41 -0800 (PST):
>
> > Any body has any idea on how to implement a linked list in python?
There's a chapter on Linked Lists in "How to Think Like a Computer
Scientist":
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/chap
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Chelan Farsight wrote:
> Okay this is a real question I have and I am not trying to defend the
> actions of Mr. Chui. I simply wanted to make sure that I have joined
> the right list. Are we allowed to ask total n00b questions on this
> list?
Hi Chelan,
Yikes! Newcomer
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
> I have some graphics files from an old DOS game that I want to convert
> to a normal .png or whatever. Anyone know of a program that can load
> binary data and view it multiple different ways? Like treating the raw
> data as 1 bit, 4 bit, 8 bit, planar
> > >>> myls=range(50)
> > >>> for i in myls:
> > print i
> > if i==20:
> > myls.insert(5,5)
> >
> > The point is, the list(both size and elements) is
> > changing even as it is being operated upon.
>
> My first thought was to say, "Use a queue.Queue." But it appe
[Ravi]
> > I am working on Python on Windows XP, Iam being able to create or
> > generate an Excel file using python, but unable to write the excel
> > file with the graphs in it. I want to represent some data in the form
> > of Graph (Gant chart, Pie chart and all),
[Liam]
> Erm win32api?
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Victor Bouffier wrote:
> Does anybody know of a Python module to read from Paradox database
> files? I don't need to write back to the files. These files are being
> exported using a proprietary application and I need to parse them to
> extract transaction information.
Hi V
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Mike Hall wrote:
> I'd like to get a match for a position in a string preceded by a
> specified word (let's call it "Dog"), unless that spot in the string
> (after "Dog") is directly followed by a specific word(let's say "Cat"),
> in which case I want my match to occur direct
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Mike Hall wrote:
> Yes, my existing regex is using a look behind assertion:
>
> (?<=dog)
>
> ...it's also checking the existence of "Cat":
>
> (?!Cat)
>
> ...what I'm stuck on is how to essentially use a lookbehind on "Cat",
> but only if it exists.
Hi Mike,
[Note: Please
>
> Regular expressions are a little evil at times; here's what I think you're
> thinking of:
>
> ###
> >>> import re
> >>> pattern = re.compile(r"""dog(?!cat)
> ...| (?<=dogcat)""", re.VERBOSE)
> >>> pattern.match('dogman').start()
> 0
> >>> pattern.search('dogcatcher').start
[Windows bashing cut]
Python's support for Windows stuff is actually quite good, thanks to the
work of Mark Hammond:
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/
A lot of us here do use Windows for COM programming. Let's get back to
talking about Python programming and let's help Dave with hi
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, oscar ng wrote:
> Needing help on a mail filtering system that explores the headers and
> text and determines which category the email falls into.
[text cut]
Hi Oscar,
Ok. What help do you need? You have not told us what problems you're
having, so we're stuck just twidd
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK i have learned that on the python shell if you put, print "some
> message" the output is, some message
Hi Jeff,
Ok, yes, that looks right. Let me do that myself:
###
>>> print "hello world"
hello world
###
(The '>>>' thing is what the Pytho
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, [iso-8859-1] Jan Ekström wrote:
> I have tried to install Python 2.4 on two pc-s and get this error when I
> follow the instruction and type python at the comand window or Idle
> window. I am running Windows xp home edition. What am I doing wrong?
>>
> Here is the error.
> I
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Subject: Re: [Tutor] Installing PythonGetting Started
Thank you for Your answer.
I felt fresh air in my face.
I got the instruction to start like this below
What will we cover?
How
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python 2.4!!!
ok heres where i got
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To: 'Danny Yoo' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Tutor] Newbie in Python
Hi Danny,
Thanks for the reply..i wasn't sure how this works so I am glad the
> >
> > Where I come from, the output of a function is determined by the input
> > to the function.
>
> Well, actually, your being upset at that is the exact point of
> functional programming languages: in functional programming, the output
> of a function is determined by its input, and *
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, jrlen balane wrote:
> what does a tab delimited filename mean? how am i going to make this?
> also how does it differs from space delimited, csv, and others?
Hello,
As Kent mentioned, you probably mean "tab delimited file", which means a
file whose lines are split up into
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Brian van den Broek wrote:
> jrlen balane said unto the world upon 2005-03-13 19:37:
> > so for example, i am creating a text file with file.write()
> >
> > how am i going to make the file a tab-delimited file??? any
> > parameters needed???
> >
>
> >>> record1 = ['Foo', 'B
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Danny Yoo wrote:
> Thanks for the reply..i wasn't sure how this works so I am glad there is
> someone that might be able to help me. Because this is an university
> assignment I am not sure how much of help you can provide..but here it
> goes.
[text c
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, [iso-8859-1] Jan Ekström wrote:
> I have looked through a lot of tutor documentation. But I would ask
> someone to show me python code for putting som data in a sqlite database
> and code showing how I get data out of such a database
Hi Jan,
You may want to look at:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, R. Alan Monroe wrote:
> > ok i have learned that on the python shell or new window you can
> > type in..print "hello world"...and the output is ..'hello
> > world'.. or you can put in anything realy and it say it back to
> > you.is this a program or what
>
>
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So I tried using the example code verbatim to see if I get the same
> error messages, and I do! When I try "import hotshot.stats" I get:
>
> >>> import hotshot.stats
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 1, in -toplevel-
> im
> This is highly unusual! This should have worked without any error
> messages, as both the 'profile' and 'hotshot' modules are part of the
> Standard Library, and should work out of the box.
Hi Tpc,
Oh, wait. The above statement is usually true, unless we're running
something from a Linux dis
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi Danny, I had no idea Debian split its profiler into a separate
> package in the testing distro. That would explain it, except I am using
> Debian unstable with Debian stable for security packages, as my "more
> /etc/apt/sources.list" output is:
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Jacob S. wrote:
> Okay, not a very descriptive subject, but here goes...
>
> This is the code
Hi Jacob,
> from decimal import Decimal as D
Ok, I think I see why you're using this, but you have to be aware that the
decimal module itself is susceptible to imprecision:
>
> A table that stores a similar amount of information might be something
> like this:
>
> ###
> meterRatios = { 'm' : D(1), ## 1 meter == 1 meter
> 'km' : D(1000),## 1000 meters == 1 kilometer
> 'cm' : D(1)/D(100),## .001 meters == 1 c
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Shitiz Bansal wrote:
> No, this list is not a linked list.
> Since mu original code is rather huge, I am presenting
> the relevant snippet.
> queue=[]
> def genpassenger(num,destination,queue=queue):
> for i in range(num):
> newpass=passenger(destination)
>
> --- Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok, this makes sense. Each passenger thread needs to know about the
> > queue, because that's the place you want the passenger to drop out of.
> >
> > Lists support a 'remove()' method, so
> I use:
>
> Python 2.3.4 (#2, Aug 19 2004, 15:49:40) [GCC 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Alpha
> 3.4.1-3mdk)] on linux2 ... IDLE 1.0.3
>
> I wa
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Stefan Elwesthal wrote:
> I'm swedish, our databae is full of horrible characters with strange
> dots on top and Python won't have none of it. it falls apart telling me
> that it can't decode that sort of thingy!
>
> So.. will I have to do some terrible magic storing all sin
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Gregor Lingl wrote:
> Hi!
> Who knows a more concise or equally concise but more efficient
> expression, which returns the same result as
>
> [x for x in range(2,100) if not [y for y in range(2,x) if x%y==0]]
Hi Gregor,
Here is one that's traduced... er... adapted from ma
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Jay Loden wrote:
> How can I prepend something to a list? I thought that I could do
> list.prepend() since you can do list.append() but apparently not. Any
> way to add something to a list at the beginning, or do I just have to
> make a new list?
Hi Jay,
Liam and Sean po
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:05:07 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Tutor] Prepend to a list?
Thanks for the replies everyone,
I ended up changing my approach so that it won't require
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