Re: [Tutor] Possible to search text file for multiple string values at once?

2009-01-27 Thread Scott Stueben
same filename to write to (File C), thus leaving only the prompt for the file to be searched (File B). The user would be responsible for listing the search term variables into File A prior to running the script. Is this simple enough? Scott On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Scott Stueben wrote

[Tutor] Exercise suggestions

2011-01-22 Thread michael scott
I am new to programming, I intend to get an entry level job programming next year (or a little bit longer). I am switching fields and not going to college, but kinda "self teaching" myself through various methods. I currently understand concepts in programming in python up to classes (like I un

Re: [Tutor] Print to std output with color

2011-01-26 Thread Scott Nelson
Curses is one way to go. Another is to use the PyWin32 module discussed in this thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.tutor/58450/focus=58454 Basically, here's a snippet of code that can get you started. This requires that you have the PyWin32 module installed (already installed by

Re: [Tutor] Print to std output with color

2011-01-26 Thread Scott Nelson
> > Curses is one way to go. Another is to use the PyWin32 module discussed in > this thread: > I just realized I was assuming you were on Windows. If you are on another OS, the code I posted will obviously not work for you as it is specific to Windows. __

Re: [Tutor] print "Hello, World!"

2011-02-02 Thread michael scott
Hey doug please don't be discouraged..., and be glad you didn't start in C++ like me... talk about being discouraged... But anyways, I just started as well. I've only been programming like 5 months. So I understand you very much :) Here are some of the better (more clear) tutorials I ran across

Re: [Tutor] textbook question

2011-02-27 Thread michael scott
Hi, Justin, how are you? Most of the nice people here like to see that you try before you ask for help. So next time post some code that you have tried (and failed on) so they can see WHERE you are going wrong or WHAT is throwing you off. I'm a beginner too, also I am using How to Think Like a

Re: [Tutor] Help! (solution)

2011-03-04 Thread michael scott
I know that the question has long been answered (and probably due today), but I solved it and it was great exercise for me (as I'm not in college at the moment and I need assignments like these to gauge my skills). I'll probably build a gui for it tomorrow, just so I can practice at that. I wis

Re: [Tutor] Print/Loop Question

2011-03-17 Thread michael scott
Hi Jeff how are you today? Well about your question... I copy and pasted your code and it worked fine for me. Well except for in the code bit you posted you forgot to give a guess a value before it was referred to. So under number = 44 I just wrote guess = 0 and it worked fine. But perhaps

[Tutor] Saving information for my program

2011-03-21 Thread michael scott
I apologize now but I'm going to be spamming the tutor list as I have just decided to create an extremely ambitious project for someone of my level. Anyhow, I will start with my first question. How do I save user created information in python? In my progam I will have users input various "attr

Re: [Tutor] Checksum program

2011-03-23 Thread michael scott
Hi Lezlie, Well first off, let me admit I have no idea what checksums are (I be a noobz) and I can not help you with that part of your program at all, but there are lots of people here who can. But since you are new to python, let me comment on some of the general things I noticed in your cod

[Tutor] User Made Dictionaries

2011-03-28 Thread michael scott
Hello, I'm trying to find out the best course of action for the next stage of my program. I want to hold information on various idols. I first thought to do this with classes, but realised that I could represent the data the same way with a dictionary. So I am now just concentrating on diction

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations required

2011-04-04 Thread michael scott
Hello Ankur, Well as a beginner myself I suggest that you check out these games and modify them or create new versions of them (with additional functionality). There are lots of stock answers, but in general old arcade games from the 70's are great places to start. They are simple enough and yo

[Tutor] (sqlite3) Testing if a table has been created.

2011-04-05 Thread michael scott
Hello guys, Since sqlite gives an error if you try to create a table that's already there, how do I test if a table is already present? for example in def database(info): import sqlite3 connection = sqlite3.connect("test.db") cursor = connection.cursor() if table not in test.d

Re: [Tutor] (sqlite3) Testing if a table has been created.

2011-04-06 Thread michael scott
From: Joel Goldstick To: michael scott Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 8:30:17 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] (sqlite3) Testing if a table has been created. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:59 PM, michael scott wrote: Hello guys, > >Since sqlite gi

Re: [Tutor] (sqlite3) Testing if a table has been created.

2011-04-06 Thread michael scott
From: Andre Engels To: michael scott Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 10:19:53 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] (sqlite3) Testing if a table has been created. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:06 PM, michael scott wrote: Is this really a python tutor question

Re: [Tutor] Help - accumulator not working (Lea)

2011-04-15 Thread michael scott
Hi Lea, how are you today? Well please keep in mind that nothing is "wrong" with your code, its doing exactly what you asked it to do. But I would call your attention to your while loop, you want to accumulate things, but may I ask exactly what are you accumulating in your loop? Also quite b

[Tutor] python timers

2011-04-20 Thread michael scott
Hello how do you do. Today's question has to do with the time module. I want to add a timer to my gui. As I was messing around with it I found a way to measure time... but I'm positive there is a more elegant way to deal with this than what I've thrown together. def thing(): start =

[Tutor] after(), how do I use it?

2011-04-25 Thread michael scott
Hello, I asked for help in another location and it solved my problem, but the only problem is I don't fully understand the after function. Here is part of the code that was given to me. def print_label_slowly(self, message): '''Print a label one character at a time using the event

Re: [Tutor] after(), how do I use it?

2011-04-25 Thread michael scott
Bark To: tutor@python.org Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 8:50:16 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] after(), how do I use it? On 26/04/11 01:36, michael scott wrote: > Hello, I asked for help in another location and it solved my problem, but the >only problem is I don't fully understand the a

Re: [Tutor] after(), how do I use it?

2011-04-25 Thread michael scott
is it about you... that intrigues me so? From: Wayne Werner To: michael scott Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 9:15:10 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] after(), how do I use it? On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:02 PM, michael scott wrote: Here is the code i

[Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

2011-05-20 Thread michael scott
Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know ot

Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

2011-05-20 Thread michael scott
u... that intrigues me so? From: James Reynolds To: michael scott Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the dir

Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

2011-05-20 Thread michael scott
Thank you gentlemen so much, I believe I have all that I need to do what I wish. What is it about you... that intrigues me so?___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

[Tutor] Python and the web

2011-05-22 Thread michael scott
I want to start getting into web site development. I already know basic html and css, which will create a basic webpage. But my question is what exactly does python bring to the web? Are forums, blogs, flash sites, etc the results of web programming or can they all be achieved with standard ht

Re: [Tutor] Non programmer wanting to become programmer

2011-05-26 Thread michael scott
I am a beginner so I can relate with you, although python is my first programming language, it sounds as if you are coming from another language. Either way, here are some sites I'll collected that have tutorials and are free. Alan's tutorial (alan is a very active member here) http://www.freene

Re: [Tutor] Class methods

2011-06-22 Thread michael scott
Just to add a little to Alexandre's answer.  You can keep most of the code the same just add in        farmlet[0].eat()     farmlet[1].eat() and it will be okay... kinda. Or you could rewrite it and  do it another way...  I'm guessing that you are using python 3 by your print sta

Re: [Tutor] What's the keyword for the Python creed?

2011-09-15 Thread Scott Nelson
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Richard D. Moores wrote: > You know, at the interactive prompt you enter some Monty Python word > that I can't remember, and you get a small list of pithy pythonic > advice such as "explicit is better than implicit", etc. > import this You can also do... import

Re: [Tutor] how to print a string in desired colour

2012-02-12 Thread Scott Nelson
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Debashish Saha wrote: > suppose i want to print 'hello world' in color blue.so what to do? > > There was a similar thread awhile ago. Unfortunately the answer isn't an easy one. It depends on what operating system you use. Here's a link to the old thread: http:

[Tutor] Resource question?

2012-08-14 Thread Scurvy Scott
Hello, I'm totally new to this list. I've been learning python through codecademy.com which has een helping a lot with it's step by step approach. I'm wondering if there are any others like it? I've been looking at some other places that attempt to teach python (google python course, code kata or

[Tutor] Lambda?? Whaaaaat?

2012-08-30 Thread Scurvy Scott
I'm fairly new to python having recently completed LPTHW. While randomly reading stack overflow I've run into "lambda" but haven't seen an explanation of what that is, how it works, etc. Would anyone care to point me in the right direction?

[Tutor] List all possible 10digit number

2012-08-31 Thread Scurvy Scott
atenate the results but also to no avail. Again, any shoves in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] All possible 16 character alphanumeric strings?

2012-09-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
ash = re.sub(r'[^a-z2-7]', "", hash) return alnum_hash[:16] Keeping in mind that although I understand this code, I did not write it, I got it from stackoverflow. Again any help would be great. Feel free to ask if you must know exactly what I'm trying to do. I&

Re: [Tutor] All possible 16 character alphanumeric strings?

2012-09-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
DOC page. I'm not sure if that changes anything as far as the impossible size of my dataset. Again, any input is useful. Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] All possible 16 character alphanumeric strings?

2012-09-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
every possible combination of the characters in the variable possible, ideally coming up with a string that resembles the TOR hidden network strings that look like this: "kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion" Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To un

[Tutor] How to run this block of code dozens of times

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
Hello all, I'm just wondering how to run this block of code X amount of times (a lot) and then store the ouput to a .txt file. The code I've written is below. from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA import hashlib m = RSA.generate(1024) b = hashlib.sha1() b.update(str(m)) a = b.hexdigest() print a[:16]

Re: [Tutor] How to run this block of code dozens of times

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
7;.onion' count += 1 repeat_a_lot() Thanks again, Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] How to run this block of code dozens of times

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 09/16/2012 07:56 PM, Scurvy Scott wrote: > > scratch that, new code is below for your perusal: > > > > from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA > > import hashlib > > > > def repeat_a_lot(): > > co

Re: [Tutor] How to run this block of code dozens of times

2012-09-16 Thread Scurvy Scott
Wow, thanks Dave, et al., for explaining things the way they did. I'm not trying to and apologize for top posting, gmail wasn't giving me the option of replying to all. I definitely understand what was going on and why when you all were explaining the code portions to me. _

[Tutor] Input handling?

2012-09-17 Thread Scott Yamamoto
I've been trying to find possible erros with input(such as NameError or SyntaxError) to handle them with an except clause. however, I've found that hitting enter/return while prompted without inputting creates some kind of problem. >>>username = raw_input("Input a username: ") Input a username:

Re: [Tutor] Input handling?

2012-09-17 Thread Scott Yamamoto
Didnt show up at first. Result was an eof error (using input not raw_input) Found with interactive interpreter___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Input handling?

2012-09-17 Thread Scott Yamamoto
2.7.2 on python for ios(platform is darwin) problem reoccured Script: import random username = "" def playername(): global username Mlist = ["name1","name2","name3"] Flist = ["name4","name5", "name6"] Llist = ["Lname1","Lname2","Lname3"] username = raw_input("input your desired username:

Re: [Tutor] Input handling?

2012-09-18 Thread Scott Yamamoto
0) using mobile yahoo mail 1) expect: raw_input to assign the variable to "" 2)No output to stderr; has a loading symbol after hitting enter without input (tried both input and raw_input) Doesn't affect active interpreter. Only affects the screen with the run option. 3) def simulation():   import

Re: [Tutor] Input handling?

2012-09-18 Thread Scott Yamamoto
Thanks for everything. I'll keep this in mind as I continue coding.___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Question regarding lists and manipulating items in lists.

2013-01-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
Hello guys, I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and Python 2.7 right now. I'm working on code using the Mingus module but this question isn't specific to this module, per se. What I'm trying to do is to generate the fibonacci numbers up to a given N and then do modulo 12 on each number in order to create a lis

Re: [Tutor] Question regarding lists and manipulating items in lists.

2013-01-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On 16/01/13 10:40, Scurvy Scott wrote: > [...] > >> Anyways, the problem I'm having is I'm not really sure how to search a >> list >> for multiple elements and remove just those elements. Below i

Re: [Tutor] Question regarding lists and manipulating items in lists.

2013-01-15 Thread Scurvy Scott
>> So here I extract out of your code (untested!) a generator which produces >> an infinite series of Fibonacci numbers, one at a time: >> >> def fib(): >> >> a, b = 0, 1 >> while True: >> yield b >> >> a, b = b, a+b >> >> >> This is untested, I may have got it wrong. >> >>

Re: [Tutor] Question regarding lists and manipulating items in lists.

2013-01-19 Thread Scurvy Scott
this mailing list exists, thanks again. Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] String formatting expression "g" conversion type case.

2013-01-24 Thread Barnaby Scott
On 24/01/2013 13:29, Krupkina Lesya Olegovna wrote: Hello! I’m newcomer to Python and I’m on documentation reading stage and trying some of examples. I’m using Win7 x64 OS and Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]. I try to understand how string format expres

[Tutor] Read from large text file, parse, find string, print string + line number to second text file.

2013-02-01 Thread Scurvy Scott
s on A)My stated goal of also writing the 15-20 characters before and after myString to the new file and B)finding the line number and writing that to the file as well. Any information you can give me or pointers would be awesome, thanks in advance. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 running LXDE an

Re: [Tutor] Read from large text file, parse, find string, print string + line number to second text file.

2013-02-01 Thread Scurvy Scott
template to improve upon. As always, thank you guys a lot, it usually only takes a couple of emails from y'all to get my brain working correctly. Be safe, Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: h

Re: [Tutor] Read from large text file, parse, find string, print string + line number to second text file.

2013-02-01 Thread Scurvy Scott
rgv[3] ETC ETC CODE HERE Is this correct/pythonic? Is there a more recommended way? Am I retarded? Thanks again in advance, Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Tutor] Read from large text file, parse, find string, print string + line number to second text file.

2013-02-01 Thread Scurvy Scott
it didn't make sense until I saw it in my own code if that makes any sense. Also appreciate the help on the "instructional" side of things. One question related to the instruction aspect- does this make sense to you? If len(sys.argv) == 0: print "usage: etc etc etc" N

Re: [Tutor] Read from large text file, parse, find string, print string + line number to second text file.

2013-02-01 Thread Scurvy Scott
argv[1] infile = sys.argv[2] outfile = sys.argv[3] main(mystring, infile, outfile) Look right to you? Looks okay to me, except maybe the three ORs in the information line, is there a more pythonic way to accomplish that task? Scott On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Scurvy Scott wrote: &g

[Tutor] Guidance if possible

2013-04-11 Thread Scurvy Scott
blacklisted text file and never messed with again. This might be a bit convoluted as well and any pointers are appreciated. Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Generate word list from specified letters

2013-06-30 Thread Scurvy Scott
idance would be helpful. I'm running Debian and Python 2.7 Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Unit testing individual modules

2013-11-19 Thread Patti Scott
Python 2.4 self-study with Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science by Zelle   I am trying to import a program that has a conditional execution statement at the end so I can troubleshoot individual modules in the main() program.   Below is the textbook example program.  When I try t

[Tutor] Can't figure out why I'm getting no output??

2014-01-28 Thread scurvy scott
t balance from my mining pool in my terminal. I've tested the code in the regular python interpreter and it all executes the way it should. But when I attempt to run it using "python whatever.py" it doesn't give me any output. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks. scott _

[Tutor] Code runs in interpreter but won't output to stdout

2014-01-29 Thread scurvy scott
ction with the username/password stuff hardcoded to see if the rest of the scraper would run, it still never output to stdout. Any help would be appreciated. Also, as an aside, is there a terminal/command line parsing library someone could recommend? I've been looking at optparse but mayb

Re: [Tutor] Code runs in interpreter but won't output to stdout

2014-02-01 Thread scurvy scott
is it? There is no explanation as to what it does or what I'd do with it! --dogehouse.org is a dogecoin mining pool that allows users to pool CPU/GPU resources to make mining cryptocurrency more efficient. Scurvy Scott: There's nothing really special about printing stuff, so there'

Re: [Tutor] most useful ide

2014-02-02 Thread scurvy scott
Hi Are there any recommendations for python ide's currently I am using idle, which seems pretty decent but am open to any suggestions cheers I personally prefer the Linux interpreter. Since you're asking. Scott On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Asokan Pichai wrote: > > &

[Tutor] Help with "Guess the Number" script

2014-02-28 Thread Scott Dunning
Hello, i am working on a project for learning python and I’m stuck. The directions are confusing me. Please keep in mind I’m very new to this. The directions are long so I’ll just add the paragraphs I’m confused about and my code if someone could help me out I’d greatly appreciate it! Also,

Re: [Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-08 Thread Scott dunning
> On Mar 8, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > Mark Lawrence Wrote in message: >>> On 08/03/2014 01:23, Scott W Dunning wrote: >>> >>> >>> def print_hints(secret, guess): >>> if guess < 1 or guess > 100: >> >>

Re: [Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-08 Thread Scott dunning
> On Mar 8, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> On 08/03/2014 01:23, Scott W Dunning wrote: >> >> On Mar 7, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: >> >> GOT IT!! Finally! Thanks for all of your help!! > > If at first you don't succeed.

Re: [Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-08 Thread Scott dunning
> On Mar 8, 2014, at 3:57 AM, spir wrote: > >> On 03/08/2014 10:13 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> On 08/03/14 01:23, Scott W Dunning wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 7, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: >>> >>> GOT IT!! Finally! Thanks for al

Re: [Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-12 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 11, 2014, at 1:57 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > OK so far, you don't need all the print statements > but that's just a style issue. (You could just > insert '\n' characters instead.) You’re right, I’m actually not sure why I did it that way. > >> if guess < secret - 10 or guess > secret -

Re: [Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-12 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > if guess < secret - 10 or guess > secret - 10: > > Think about that line. You might even want to put in a separate > function to test what it does. > HINT: it's wrong. > Got it! I realized what I was doing wrong. I needed that plus sign f

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-30 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 28, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > A good programming exercise will show an example input and the expected > output, to give an unambiguous test case. Does the homework have that? This is what the exercise has as examples… """Print the string `s`, `n` times. Parameter

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-30 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > What are you uncertain about, assert or isinstance? Such > statements are frequently used to make sure the function > arguments are of the right type. I’m not sure exactly what it’s doing. I guess I need to read up on it again. > >> >> >

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-30 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > So did your code print the string 10 times? When asking for help, > it's useful to show what you tried, and what was expected, and > what actually resulted. > > You use * to replicate the string, but that wasn't what the > assignment aske

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-31 Thread Scott Dunning
n. You should not have a literal 10 in > the function. Without out a break or placing that 10 in there I can’t think of a way to have the while loop stop once it reaches (n). Any hints? SCott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-31 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 30, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > You're getting closer. Remember that the assignment shows your > function being called with 10, not zero. So you should have a > separate local variable, probably called I, which starts at > zero, and gets incremented each time. > > The te

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-31 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:01 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > Incidentally, your assignment does not appear to require > a while loop, just iteration? If thats the case you could > use a for loop instead and it would actually be more > suitable. Have you covered for loops yet? > No, we haven’t got to fo

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-03-31 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 31, 2014, at 1:39 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > > They say that the truth hurts, so if that's the best you can come up with, I > suggest you give up programming :( You’re in the TUTOR section. People in here are new to programming. I’ve only been doing this for a couple months and I just

Re: [Tutor] while loop

2014-04-01 Thread Scott Dunning
On Mar 31, 2014, at 5:15 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > Do you know how to define and initialize a second local variable? > Create one called i, with a value zero. > > You test expression will not have a literal, but compare the two > locals. And the statement that increments will change i, not

[Tutor] conditional execution

2014-04-01 Thread Patti Scott
I've been cheating:  comment out the conditional statement and adjust the indents. But, how do I make my program run with if __name__ == 'main': main() at the end?  I thought I understood the idea to run a module called directly but not a module imported.  My program isn't running, though. Belo

Re: [Tutor] conditional execution

2014-04-02 Thread Patti Scott
, Zachary Ware wrote: > Hi Patti, > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Patti Scott wrote: >> I've been cheating:  comment out the conditional statement and adjust the >> indents. But, how do I make my program run with if __name__ == 'main': >> main() at the en

[Tutor] methods of sorting

2014-04-22 Thread Patti Scott
I'm practicing with lists.  I was looking for documentation on sorting with cmp() because it isn't immediately clear to me how comparing items two at a time can sort the entire list.  Identify max or min values, yes, but not sort the whole list.  So, the Sorting HOW TO (Dalke, Hettinger)  posted

Re: [Tutor] methods of sorting

2014-04-23 Thread Patti Scott
This makes sense.  Thanks.  No question on the specific code, I was just thinking I should show I'd done any experimenting with the methods Hi Patti, My answers below, interleaved between your questions. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 04:18:38PM -0700, Patti Scott wrote: > I'm pr

Re: [Tutor] Final review

2014-05-06 Thread Scott Dunning
On May 1, 2014, at 5:30 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Awesome, thanks everyone! I understand lists a lot better now. I have another question. I don’t understand why below would give an error? >>> greeting = 'Hello World' >>> greeting [len(greeting)] __

Re: [Tutor] [OT] Best Practices for Scientific Computing

2014-12-29 Thread Patti Scott
Could someone clarify "Modularize code rather than copying and pasting?" thanks On Fri, 11/14/14, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Subject: [Tutor] [OT] Best Practices for Scientific Computing To: "Python Mailing List" Date: Friday, November 14, 2014, 12:

[Tutor] Recommended Resurce or strategy for beginning students, (Matthew Polack)

2019-01-22 Thread Scott Larsen
27;ve only listened to one episode but it sounds as though she's a teacher and he's a programmer and they're working together to do something similar to what you're taking on. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-python/id144580

Re: [Tutor] repeat

2007-11-17 Thread Scott Sandeman-Allen
her my students (if I had any) be less incumbered with "verbosity" and more focussed on planning and understanding. Letting the language work for them rather than enslaving them. "When the only tool you have is a hammer, all of your problems start looking like nails" is a favorit

Re: [Tutor] Python CMS advice wanted

2007-11-27 Thread Scott Sandeman-Allen
the latter two, but there is a reason they are generally popular. While those reasons don't meet with my req. they may meet with his. It is _always_ easier to engineer/re-engineer from a _good_ base of knowledge than it is to start fresh... though an open mind is equally important. I hope th

Re: [Tutor] Python Best Practice/Style Guide question

2008-04-29 Thread Scott Sandeman-Allen
On 4/29/08, Marc Tompkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Scott SA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>- More than one space around an assignment (or other) operator to >> align it with another. >> > When the guy who invented th

[Tutor] Function help

2014-02-23 Thread Scott W Dunning
using turtle for class so I’ll post the code I have so far below. As you can see towards the bottom I recall the functions to draw the stars, fill in color and give it spacing. I was wondering if there was a way to cut down on all that some how? Thanks for any help! Scott

Re: [Tutor] Function help

2014-02-23 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Feb 23, 2014, at 1:12 AM, Scott W Dunning wrote: > I am VERY new to python (programming too). I had a question regarding > functions. Is there a way to call a function multiple times without > recalling it over and over. Meaning is there a way I can call a function and > th

Re: [Tutor] Function help

2014-02-24 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:31 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > > Welcome to the tutor forum also, Scott. You'll find it works very > similarly to python-list, and has many of the same people on it. > I'm not sure how you tried to attach source, but please be aware > that this

Re: [Tutor] Function help

2014-02-24 Thread Scott W Dunning
nd corner? Thanks again! Scott from turtle import * from math import sin, sqrt, radians def star(width): R = (width)/(2*sin(radians(72))) A = (2*width)/(3+sqrt(5)) penup() left(18) penup() forward(R) pendown() left(162) forward(A) right(72) f

Re: [Tutor] Function help

2014-02-24 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:26 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > If you want to make rows with more or less stars, or stars in other colors > you could add parameters: > > def star_row(numstars, starcolor): >for i in range(numstars): >fillstar(starcolor) >space(25) > > Y

Re: [Tutor] Function help

2014-02-24 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:26 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > which still shows a repetetive pattern and thus you can simplify it with > another loop. You should be able to find a way to write that loop with two > star_row() calls on a single iteration, but can you do it with a single call

[Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-02-28 Thread Scott W Dunning
Hello, i am working on a project for learning python and I’m stuck. The directions are confusing me. Please keep in mind I’m very ne to this. The directions are long so I’ll just add the paragraphs I’m confused about and my code if someone could help me out I’d greatly appreciate it! Also, w

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-01 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > You've bound the name ‘current_guess’ to the user's input, but then do > nothing with it for the rest of the function; it will be discarded > without being used. Hmm, I’m not quite sure I understand. I got somewhat confused because the direction

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the Number" script

2014-03-01 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 01/03/2014 06:05, Scott Dunning wrote: > > In addition to the answers you've already had, I suggest that you learn to > run code at the interactive prompt, it's a great way of seeing precisely what > snippets o

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-01 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:53 AM, spir wrote: > > I find directions very confusing. Also, they completely control you while > explaining about nothing, like a user manual saying "press this, turn that". > This is inappropriate for programming (and anything else): you need to > understand! You need

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-03 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 2, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > No, that's the opposite direction :-) Inside the ‘get_guess’ function > you should use as many names as you need for the different purposes. > > So, you have one name ‘guess_number’ bound to the function's parameter. > Don't bind anything else

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-03 Thread Scott W Dunning
This is what Im having trouble with now. Here are the directions I’m stuck on and what I have so far, I’ll bold the part that’s dealing with the instructions if anyone could help me figure out where I’m going wrong. Thanks! from random import randrange randrange(1, 101) from random import s

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-04 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:51 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > "Bold” assumes that markup of text will survive; that's not reliable, > since this is a text-only medium and only the plain text will reliably > survive to all readers. Sorry, I didn’t realize. I’m still new to this. > > You're creating a prompt s

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-04 Thread Scott W Dunning
On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:27 AM, spir wrote: > > There are 2 user guesses here, and only 1 variable, thus 1 name. The name > should say what (idea) the variable represents in the program; this should be > said by the name's *meaning*. It is one of the greatest difficulties in > programming. How wo

Re: [Tutor] Help with "Guess the number" script

2014-03-04 Thread Scott W Dunning
ax error about the indenting for this elif being wrong? Any suggestions? elif: print "You're on fire!!" Thanks again!! Scott ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Help with Guess the number script

2014-03-07 Thread Scott W Dunning
print "Too high!" print elif guess < (secret - 10) or guess > (secret - 10): print "You are cold!" print elif guess < (secret - 5)or guess > (secret - 5): print "You are warmer!" print print "Plea

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