On Aug 19, 8:33 pm, Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have exp with C/C++ (and a few other langs). I want to use Python to > start doing the ff: > > 1). Data Munging (text processing) - instead of Perl > 2). Automating my build process > 3). (Possibly) some web data retrieval jobs > > Can anyone point me to resurces/possibly scripts that can get me up to > speed (to do these 3 things) ASAP, without having to learn the basics of > programming?
You want the Python Library Reference (quod googla). If you know the basics of programming already, any old Python tutorial will do, so just skim through the official one (q.g.) to pick up the syntax and semantic rules. Then refer to the Library Reference, which is well organized and make it easy to track down what you need. The libraries come with very good built-in support for tasks 1 and 3; for 2 Python supports timestamp checking and subprocess calling and whatnot, but stuff like dependency trees you'll have to work out yourself. (BTW, if "make" is failing or annoying you, you might want to consider SCons, which for me has been a lot more intelligent and straightforward than make ever was.) Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
