On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:01:18 -0400, Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:55:35 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon ><denismfmcma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:56 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:16 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon >>> <denismfmcma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>Try the following 3 commands at the console: >> >>You obviously didn't, so I'll try again. Try each of the following three >>commands in the python console at the ">>>" prompt. >> >>1) 10 >10 > >>2) range(10) >range(0, 10) > >>3) str(range(10)) >'range(0, 10)' >[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >> BTW I forgot to add that example 2 and 3 don't seem to be too useful in Python 3, but they are in Python 2. I don't understand how the Python 3 is an improved version. >>Show *and* describe the output in each case. Describing the output that >>you see is actually the key here, as it will allow us to assess whether >>you understand what you are actually seeing or not, and if you don't >>understand the output you see in the console, then we need to fix that >>very fundamental and basic issue before moving on to more complex stuff! >> >>> Ok Thanks >> >>You were expected to answer the question in the original. I have now set >>it as a clearer and more specific task. >> >>If you're not going to do these things that are intended to help you >>learn some of the basic features of the language, then I and everyone >>else here that has so far been attempting to help you are wasting our >>time. > >I did try them. I may have missed replying your to your specific >comment, but I tried them. > >BTW str(range (10)) does work with Python 2 which is where I may have >got the idea. I happened to be using Python 3 at the time I tried to >implement it. It is a little confusing jumping back and forth, but >for the moment, I am going to tough it out. > >I do appreciate all the help too. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
