On Sep 24, 10:58 pm, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > flebber.c...@gmail.com wrote: > > I am using python 2.6.2, I haven't updated to 3.0 yet. No I have no > > class or instructor, I am learning this myself. I have Hetlands book > > "Beginning Python Novice to Professional and online documentation > > books so Dive into Python, python.org etc. > > > Using the SPE editor. > > > I have currently only fully written basic psuedocode to give me a > > basic framework to guide myself. > > > #Basic pseudocode > > #Purpose to get raw input and calculate a score for a field of options > > and return that > > #score in a set in descending order. > > #Multiple sets sould be written to the doc > > > #Obtain date > > #Check if txt file with same date exists. If yes apphend to results to > > file. > > #Obtain location > > #Set Dictionary > > #Event number > > #Obtain set size > > #Prompt first entry > > #First Entry Number > > #First Entry Name > > #Set Blocks to obtain and calculate data > > #Block 1 example - Placings Block > > #Obtain number of events competed in > > #Obtain how many times finished first > > #Ensure this value is not greater than Number of Events > > #Number of Firsts divide by Events * total by 15. > > #Obtain Second finishes > > #Ensure this value is not greater than Number of Events > > #Number of Seconds divide by Events * total by 10. > > #Continue On with this > > #Block 2 - Lookup coach Dict and apply value. > > #Obtain Surname of Coach > > #Lookup Coach File and Match Name and get value. > > #Blocks continue gaining and calculating values. > > #create txt file named using date > > #Sum Values Block1 + Block2 etc > > #Print to file event number and field with name number individual > > Block totals and Sum Total > > #Arranged in descending Sum Total. > > #Prompt are there any more events? Yes return to start > > #Apphend all additional events to same day file seperated by blank line. > > How many of these steps have you attempted actually coding? Seems to me > your first two steps are just string manipulation, and you only need to > use the datetime module if you need to validate. In other words, if the > user specifies the date as 31/09/2009, you might want to later bounce > back to him with a complaint that September only has 30 days. > > So the first task is to accept input in the form ab/cd/efgh and > produce a string efgh-cd-ab.log which you will then create as a text > file. And if the file exists, you'll append to it instead of > overwriting it. Can you do that much? > > DaveA
Trying but haven't got it working, thats why I started to try and use datetime module. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
