On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:50:54 PM UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:10:03 -0700, Maura E Monville wrote: > > > > > My supervisor has palmed me off with a python code, written by a > > > collaborator, which implements an algorithm aimed at denoising the dose > > > distribution (energy per unit mass) output from a radiation transport > > > Monte Carlo code. My task is to translate the python code into a MatLab > > > code. A colleague of mine and I stared at the python code for a while > > > without understanding the logic. To me that code looks like Chinese or > > > Arabian. I don't have clear ideas about the syntax and python variables. > > > For instance, in MatLab there is the cell array storage type to host > > > data of different type. I have no idea how a 3D matrix can be loaded > > > through python. Does a debugger exist for python code ? Is there an easy > > > concise user's manual ? > > > > > > If you don't understand how to even read Python code, using a debugger > > isn't going to help you. > > > > Start by spending an hour or two to go through the tutorial, to get up to > > speed with the basic principles of the syntax: > > > > https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/ > > > > If you're using Python 3, you should use this instead: > > > > https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ > > > > > > Although there aren't very many differences between the versions, when > > you're learning something for the first time, those differences can be > > perplexing. > > > > Once you've done that, you'll be better able to ask sensible questions > > about your code. Feel free to show us your code (especially snippets) if > > there is anything unclear. > > > > > > > > -- > > Steven
Thank you so much. I am pretty sure you'll have to put up with my naive questions for a while. The python code though is not long. Best regards, Maura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
