On Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:19:27 PM UTC-4, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 07/25/2013 12:03 PM, CTSB01 wrote:
>
> > I have the following code that runs perfectly:
>
>
> > def psi_j(x, j):
>
> > rtn = []
>
> > for n2 in range(0, len(x) * j - 2):
>
> > n = n2 / j
>
> > r = n2 - n * j
>
> > rtn.append(j * x[n] + r * (x[n + 1] - x[n]))
>
> > print 'n2 =', n2, ': n =', n, ' r =' , r, ' rtn =', rtn
>
> > return rtn
>
> No it doesn't run perfectly. It'll get a syntax error on the print
>
> function call. That's assuming you're still using Python 3.3. You
>
> really need to start by specifying your environment, without making us
>
> look back through previous threads from you.
>
> > This code takes a string x = [0,1,1,1,2] for example
>
> That's not a string. A string would be like
>
> xx = psi_j("0abcd1234")
>
> Perhaps you mean list? And is it a list of integers, or of arbitrary
>
> numbers? Are there any constraints on the sizes or signs of those numbers?
>
> > (it must always begin with 0) and a parameter j, say 2, and outputs a
> > string (x = [0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3] in this example).
>
> > It does this in two steps: First it decomposes some number m into a
> > multiple of j and a remainder.
>
> Only if you replace the / with //. Or just use the function divmod():
>
> n, r = divmod(n2, m)
>
> > Then it runs this decomposition through a function on the rtn.append line.
>
> > Notice that this has cj - 1 terms where c is the number of terms in the
> > input string and j is the parameter. Normally, we would like it to be able
> > to calculate cj terms.
>
> > This is an issue with the function that I am more than happy to put aside
> > for the moment.
>
> > My key interest is to be able to make this program
>
> So far you have a function, not a program. If you put it in a text file
>
> and run it from python, it'll do nothing but display a syntax error
>
> message. And when you fix that, it'll just run without doing anything.
>
> usable for someone who has no knowledge of programming. In
>
> particular, I need some kind of user interface that prompts
>
> > the user to input a string (ideally just by putting in numbers in the form
> > 011123334 for example) and a parameter,
>
> > and then displays the output sequence. This is essentially what the
> > program already does but the idea is to make it usable
>
> > for even the most technologically disinclined. Ideally it would do this
> > without needing to run Python at all.
>
> Then why are you asking on the Python forum? Or perhaps you mean
>
> without him knowing he's running Python? In that case, use a shebang
>
> line at the beginning, which will tell Linux to automatically invoke the
>
> specified program (or programming language in this case).
>
> > If anyone is able to make this happen in Python I would be eternally
> > grateful.
>
> If we assume you're running Python 3.3 on Linux, and the user is willing
>
> to us the terminal, then how about parsing the string from the command
>
> line he types? You can access it as011123334 a string from sys.argv,
>
> and convert it to separate numbers. Of course as it stands now, you
>
> cannot tell whether the user wanted
>
> 0,1,1,1,2,3,3,3,4
>
> or
>
> 0, 111, 23, 3, 3, 4
>
> or something else.
>
> DaveA
Sorry Dave, to answer each part of your response:
1) I decided to use Python 2.7, and I will be sure to specify this in all
future threads.
2) It is a list of positive integers. In fact, it is always going to be a list
of positive increasing integers.
3) You're right. What I meant was that if after running that bit of code I
enter
>>> x = [0,1,2,3,4,5]
>>> psi_j(x,2)
I will get output that matches my requirements.
4) Yes, sorry that's what I meant (if I understood correctly). I was told
elsewhere that I might want to try using tkinter. Essentially I'm trying to
create a user interface that allows the user to just type in a string 01112345
for example, and choose a parameter (say j=2) and then click a button to run
the function. I'd like to be able to run send a .exe file that the user can
just open up and use with no further setup.
So on top of the user interface I would also it looks like need to determine
how to make Python change a string 01112345 into a list so that it does that
automatically when the user clicks 'run'.
Would a shebang still be the right way to go?
Thanks again Dave, apologies for the ambiguity.
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