So I tried all of this, but it looks like there was an error loading the TK
package. When I went to use Tk I got the following error message:
ERROR: LoadError: Cairo Package not properly installed. Please run
Pkg.build("Cairo") in error at error jl:22 while loading.....
On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 1:06:49 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff wrote:
>
> (before all that, rename the file to something simple like "everyday.jl")
>
> On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 1:05:20 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff wrote:
>>
>> on an empty area of the windows desktop, RIGHT-CLICK and select new >
>> shortcut.
>> where it says type the location of the item, type
>> C:\\Users\\JHerron\\Documents\\Documents\\Personal\\DFS\\NHL\\Julia\\
>> code_for_Github.jl
>> then click on next
>>
>> start Julia
>> julia> Pkg.update() # ignore everything, let it finish
>> julia> Pkg.add("Tk") # ignore everything, let it finish
>> julia> quit()
>>
>> start Julia
>> julia> using Tk
>> julia> include(GetOpenFile())
>> # go to the desktop, select the shortcut you made
>> # that code file should load and run
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:57:30 AM UTC-4, j verzani wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't tested it on Windows, but the `Tk` package has `GetOpenFile()`
>>> that should allow for a dialog to navigate the file system. Something like
>>> `include(GetOpenFile())` should work.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 7:40:10 AM UTC-4, Pigskin Ablanket
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Looks like his comment got deleted. Will try it today and follow up.
>>>> Thanks again for all the help
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 10:44:19 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> As Steven mentioned, starting the program from the directory where the
>>>>> files reside allows you to include the file using its filename without
>>>>> the
>>>>> full path. If that is easy for you, it is probably best. An alternative
>>>>> is to do it with code. Let me know if you need that.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 5:06:33 PM UTC-4, Pigskin Ablanket wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No problem. If you get a chance - great
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 12:13:40 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a way -- after the weekend.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 8:04:58 PM UTC-4, Pigskin Ablanket
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I probably dont want to change the input file names more than once
>>>>>>>> although I would be updating its data daily - and I think I know how
>>>>>>>> to do
>>>>>>>> that (change the name of the file itself as well as in the code). The
>>>>>>>> output file though - I might want to change more regularly,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also - when I ran it - a few things were deprecated - does that
>>>>>>>> just mean outdated? Does updating with the new term change the file -
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> just the underlying solving? Not sure if you can know that or not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was just looking for a way yo shortcut that long as heck include
>>>>>>>> string I have now. Cause I will run that daily and lord knows I
>>>>>>>> mistyped
>>>>>>>> it like 10 times.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:28:40 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You are most welcome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What do you want to change, if anything, from day to day, for
>>>>>>>>> example: one or both input file names, the output file name, reuse
>>>>>>>>> some/all file names while changing the data inside?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:01:54 PM UTC-4, Pigskin Ablanket
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> IT Works!!!!!!!! Thank you so much. Found my error in the code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am curious if there is a way to shortcut the command as I would
>>>>>>>>>> want to run this daily to test and it seems like a lot to type
>>>>>>>>>> correctly.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the time today
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 6:26:34 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Look correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I will answer that after you try running it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 6:19:33 PM UTC-4, Pigskin Ablanket
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for providing me so much help today - much appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I copied the properties right here for folder Julia which is
>>>>>>>>>>>> where the code file is located:
>>>>>>>>>>>> C:\Users\JHerron\Documents\Documents\Personal\DFS\NHL
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting that it didnt bring it over as My_Documents.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Based on this, I would believe the command needs to be:
>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\Documents\\Documents\\
>>>>>>>>>>>> Personal\\DFS\\NHL\\Julia\\code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Look correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I made the changes to the paths in the file as well....
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "C:\\Users\\JHerron\\Documents\\Documents\\Personal\\DFS\\NHL\\Julia\\example_skaters.csv"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 6:01:50 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Sarnoff
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> two things,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\My_Documents\\My_Documents/Personal\\DFS/NHL\\Julia/code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I wonder, do you mean !
>>>>>>>>>>>>> !
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\My_Documents\\My_Documents_Personal\\DFS\\NHL\\Julia\\code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\My_Documents\\My_Documents_Personal\\DFS_NHL\\Julia\\code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when you go to the directory where you see the file:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> code_for_Github.jl and you put the mouse on that file and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> right-click to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> see the popup menu and select the last thing "properties" there
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> something that says Location,if does it not exactly match:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> C:/Users/JHerron/My_Documents/My_Documents/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personal/DFS/NHL/Julia
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then you have miscopied it, if it looks like this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> C:/Users/JHerron/My_Documents/My_Documents_
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personal/DFS_NHL/Julia
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then you should be using (and fix the paths in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> code_for_Github.jl file, too)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\My_Documents\\My_Documents_Personal\\DFS_NHL\\Julia\\code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 5:12:41 PM UTC-4, Pigskin
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ablanket wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sadly, I get the following response from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> include("C:\\Users\\JHerron\\My_Documents\\My_Documents/Personal\\DFS/NHL\\Julia/code_for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *ERROR: could not copen file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> C:\Users\JHerron\My_Documents\My_Documents\Personal\DFS\NHL\Julia\code_for_github.jl*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *in include at boot.jl:261*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *in include_from_node1 at loading.jl:320*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 4:49:16 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sarnoff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the "i" in include should be lower case
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Pigskin Ablanket <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried Include("C:Users\\JHerron\\My_
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Documents\\My_Documents/Personal\\DFS/NHL\\Julia/code_
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for_Github.jl")
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (I hope that was what you meant to do).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got: *ERROR: UndefVarError: Include not defined*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 1:58:30 PM UTC-4, Steven G.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 1:47:59 PM UTC-4, Pigskin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ablanket wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry if Im not following - I tried:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Include("C:\Users\JHerron\My_Documents\My_Documents/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personal\DFS/NHL\Julia/code_for_Github.jl") aas shown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> below and got *ERROR: syntax: invalid escape sequence*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Backslashes have to be escsped in strings, like in many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computer languages: change \ to \\ in the string.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, usually it is better to just run Julia from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> within the path that you want rather than having to type
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> absolute paths all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the time in the REPL.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (In the long run, you usually do large-scale code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> development in a module in the standard module search path,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so you can just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> type "using Foo".)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (If you call include("foo.jl") from another file bar.jl,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the path of foo.jl is automatically relative to the path of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bar.jl, so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> again you neither need nor want absolute paths.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For interactive code development where I need more than a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> few lines of code, I usually use a Jupyter notebook (google
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "IJulia").
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
