2008/6/9 W W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Thanks, Wayne, I am actually aware of this method. But it seems that >> what I really want _is_ a function, and not a simple include. > > When you say function, exactly what are you referring to? Because > really all a function *is* is a set of statements that > > takes input* > does something* > gives output* > > *optional > > For instance, in PHP, include('header.php') is a function that works > similar to the few lines of code I wrote earlier. > > the input to the include function is the filename, the process or > "does something" is it opens the file, and the output is returning it > into the php file. >
I was doing this in PHP: $title="Page title"; include"/path/to/header.php"; In Python I suppose that I will do something like this: makeHeader("Page title") I would define makeHeader() in a class, so that I could use it (and other functions) across multiple pages. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor