Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

On Dec 3, 1:31 am, MonkeeSage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 11:46 pm, Michael Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Michael Goerz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to > > > have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8

Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

On Dec 2, 11:46 pm, Michael Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Goerz wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to > > have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8 codes. > > > For example, the letter "Í" (latin capital I with acute, cod

Re: String formatting with %s

> dictionary-key/value syntax), you can do something like: > >>> number = lambda x: dict((str(i+1), v) for (i,v) in enumerate(x)) > >>> "%(2)s and %(1)s" % number(["A", "B"]) Whoa - that'll take me a little while to figure out, but it looks intriguing! Tah. \d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

Michael Goerz wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to > have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8 codes. > > For example, the letter "Í" (latin capital I with acute, code point 205) > would come out as "\303\215". > > I will also have to r

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Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

MonkeeSage wrote: > Looks like escape() can be a bit simpler... > > def escape(s): > result = [] > for char in s: > result.append("\%o" % ord(char)) > return ''.join(result) > > Regards, > Jordan Very neat! Thanks a lot... Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Re: [OT] minimalist web server

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Any idea how to open Matlab and run M-files by using Python?

Hi, I am implementing a small Python project, what I am going to do is to open Matlab and run some M-files, and get some output from Matlab command prompt. I have no idea how to open Matlab from Python! Any suggestions would be appriciated! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

On Dec 2, 8:38 pm, Michael Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Goerz wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to > > have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8 codes. > > > For example, the letter "Í" (latin capital I with acute, code p

Re: converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

Michael Goerz wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to > have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8 codes. > > For example, the letter "Í" (latin capital I with acute, code point 205) > would come out as "\303\215". > > I will also have to r

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

Russ P. wrote: > I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. Not for a language, but there is a physics simulation library called Newton -- which is a more appropriate use of the name, I think. To me, he's more associated with physics than mathematics. If you want a really appropriate name f

Re: Mod python set cookie for all subdomains

On Dec 3, 11:44 am, Abandoned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi.. > I set cookie fromwww.domain.combut i'cant read this cookie from > subdomain.domain.com > How can i set cookie for all subdomains ? > > My set cookie code is: > cookie = Cookie.Cookie('Login-Data', data) > cookie.expires = time.time()

converting to and from octal escaped UTF--8

Hi, I am writing unicode stings into a special text file that requires to have non-ascii characters as as octal-escaped UTF-8 codes. For example, the letter "Í" (latin capital I with acute, code point 205) would come out as "\303\215". I will also have to read back from the file later on and con

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

On Dec 3, 1:33 am, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 5:27 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function > > that converges to some finite value when x converges to infinity. I > > need the algorithm to guess

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Mod python set cookie for all subdomains

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Re: [OT] minimalist web server

> On Dec 1, 2007 7:02 PM, Daniel Fetchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > I'm looking for the most minimalist web server ever that does nothing >> > > else than return a fixed static page for every request. Regardless of >> > > what the request is, it just needs to be an HTTP request to port 8

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

On Dec 2, 5:27 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function > that converges to some finite value when x converges to infinity. I > need the algorithm to guess what that limit is. Since there are an infinity of ways to estimate the li

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

On Dec 3, 12:02 am, Paul Rubin wrote: > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think I understood the question. It sounds like a numerical methods > > > homework problem. Basically you have f(x0), f(x1), etc. and you want > > > to extrapolate to x=infin

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Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think I understood the question. It sounds like a numerical methods > > homework problem. Basically you have f(x0), f(x1), etc. and you want > > to extrapolate to x=infinity. Hint: think of a0=1/x0, a1=1/x1, etc. > > so your initial data is f

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

On Dec 2, 11:50 pm, Paul Rubin wrote: > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Look under "limits" in the table of contents. > > > I'm a third year math undergrad. You probably did not understand my > > question. > > I think I understood the question. It s

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Look under "limits" in the table of contents. > > I'm a third year math undergrad. You probably did not understand my > question. I think I understood the question. It sounds like a numerical methods homework problem. Basically you have f(x0),

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

On Dec 2, 10:53 pm, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello hello, > > > I'm looking for a piece of code, preferably in Python, that will do > > the following. It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

> He might have been a great intellectual but he was no scientist. It's > only by ignoring the vast bulk of his work -- work which Newton himself > considered *far* more important and interesting than his work on physics > and mathematics -- that we can even *pretend* he was a scientist. The fact

Re: String formatting with %s

> I'm sure I one read somewhere that there is a simple way to set the order > of replacements withing a string *without* using a dictionary. > > What I mean is: s = "%s and %s" % ( "A", "B" ) print s > A and B > > Now, is there something quick like: s = "%s/2 and %s/1" % ( "A", "B

Re: python newbie - question about lexical scoping

Bruno Desthuilliers a écrit : (snip) > class Foo(object): > bar = {'baz':'bing'} > def __init__(self): > self.bar = self.bar Hem... Should re-read before posting :( It's of course: def __init__(self): self.bar = self.bar.copy() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: Limit Guessing Algorithm

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello hello, > > I'm looking for a piece of code, preferably in Python, that will do > the following. It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function > that converges to some finite value when x converges t

Limit Guessing Algorithm

Hello hello, I'm looking for a piece of code, preferably in Python, that will do the following. It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function that converges to some finite value when x converges to infinity. I need the algorithm to guess what that limit is, to whatever precision it can.

Re: String formatting with %s

try to import printf using ctypes On Dec 2, 2007 7:49 PM, MRAB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 2, 1:35 pm, Donn Ingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm sure I one read somewhere that there is a simple way to set the > order > > of replacements withing a string *without* using a dict

Re: String formatting with %s

On Dec 2, 1:35 pm, Donn Ingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm sure I one read somewhere that there is a simple way to set the order > of replacements withing a string *without* using a dictionary. > > What I mean is:>>> s = "%s and %s" % ( "A", "B" ) > >>> print s > > A and B > > Now, is th

Re: Pyro and sqlite3 problem

I'm trying to build a client/server app the server use a sqlite3 database to store differents things the client ask the server to get value or store new entries in the database. The problem is that Pyro create a new thread for each client at first time I create the connection to database at server

Re: python newbie - question about lexical scoping

On Dec 1, 11:31 pm, "Matt Barnicle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Dec 1, 4:47 pm, Matt Barnicle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > aye yaye aye... thanks for the pointers in the right direction.. i > > fiddled around with the code for a while and now i've reduced it to the > > *real* issue... i

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On 02/12/2007, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:55:32 -0800, Russ P. wrote: > > > I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social > > graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no > > offense to technicians). > > > > If y

Re: String formatting with %s

> but not Python, AFAIK Damn! \d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How can i find a file size on the web ?

Abandoned wrote: > Hi.. > Can i find a file size witdhout download? > For example: www.roche.com/rochea_z_sp.pdf > How can i find its size with python ? > I'm sorry for my bad english. Typically you would just do an HTTP HEAD request in order to get information about the file without downloading

Re: reading raw variables from file

"MonkeeSage" schrieb > > > > If I have understood python naming scoping correctly, > > doing > >my_var="hello" > >import stuff > >print my_var > > is not the same as > >my_var="hello" > >exec open("stuff.py").read() > >print my_var > > with stuff.py containing > >my_var

Re: C++2py

On Dec 2, 12:56 pm, farsheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I,m looking for a tool for converting c++ to python. Any Ideas? > TIA. Try this: http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/homosapiens.htm (note, probably you'll need the PRO-PLUS version) :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-

Re: How can i find a file size on the web ?

On Dec 2, 2007 11:55 AM, Abandoned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi.. > Can i find a file size witdhout download? > For example: www.roche.com/rochea_z_sp.pdf > How can i find its size with python ? When you send an HTTP request, most servers will respond with the content length. For instance, if

Re: python newbie - question about lexical scoping

Matt Barnicle a écrit : >>>On Dec 1, 4:47 pm, Matt Barnicle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>aye yaye aye... thanks for the pointers in the right direction.. i >>fiddled around with the code for a while and now i've reduced it to the >>*real* issue... i have a class dict variable that apparently

How can i find a file size on the web ?

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Re: String formatting with %s

Donn Ingle wrote: > Now, is there something quick like: s = "%s/2 and %s/1" % ( "A", "B" ) print s > B and A > > ? GNU glibc printf accepts a format string: printf ("%2$s and %1$s", "A", "B"); to produce what you want -- but not Python, AFAIK. Mel. -- http://mail.python.o

Re: C++2py

On 2 Gru, 15:56, farsheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I,m looking for a tool for converting c++ to python. Any Ideas? > TIA. What about SWIG (http://www.swig.org/) or Boost.Python (http:// www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/)? These are not converters, but I hope this helps you. Cheers, Marek -- ht

String formatting with %s

Hi, I'm sure I one read somewhere that there is a simple way to set the order of replacements withing a string *without* using a dictionary. What I mean is: >>> s = "%s and %s" % ( "A", "B" ) >>> print s A and B Now, is there something quick like: >>> s = "%s/2 and %s/1" % ( "A", "B" ) >>> print

Re: C++2py

farsheed schrieb: > I,m looking for a tool for converting c++ to python. Any Ideas? Python to C++ - that's shedskin. But the other way round, you don't stand a chance. The semantics of C++ are so rich - even _if_ somebody would try and create a C++2python-converter, the result would be less th

Re: Witch editor to use!

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:50:06 -0800 (PST), rm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Both Vim and Emacs are hard to learn. In other words, they will > require that you spend at least some time studying how they work and > practicing. They have a learning curve that is much larger than using > something

Re: X/Linux mouse_event (like in win32api)

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:59:20 -0800 (PST), Atila Olah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone. > I would like to be able to emit a mouse click on my xgl/compiz > desktop, like I used to do in Windows: ... > Is there a way to interact directly with the X server (or with the > kernel?) to simulate

Re: Code Management

On Nov 26, 5:07 pm, "Sergio Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bluebird: > > If you are using python 2.5, relative imports are no longer an > issue:http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/pep-328.html It does not solve my problem, or I missed something: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/d/work/work/vy-dev/f

Re: Gnu/Linux dialogue boxes in python

> But why?  Either > > (a) your program has a GUI and can display a dialogue box by itself > (b) your program has a GUI but has problems opening even a tiny part > of it (missing modules?), and should output diagnostics on the terminal > (c) your program is console-based, or a daemon or something,

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Re: os.access() under windows

David Tweet wrote: > To answer indirectly, usually the EAFP (easier to ask forgiveness than > permission) approach works better for this kind of thing. > > try: > f = open('e:\\test\\test', 'a') > f.write('abc') > f.close() > except IOError: > print "couldn't write test file, continuing...

Re: Gnu/Linux dialogue boxes in python

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:55:16 +0200, Donn Ingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Okay, so I am in the mood to try this: Inform the user about what modules > the app requires in a graphical dialogue that can vary depending on what > the system already has installed. (It will fail-to output on cli)

question involving installation of python applications

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Re: [OT] minimalist web server

Paul Rubin wrote: >> from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleRequestHandler >> handler = HTTPServer (('', 8000), SimpleRequestHandler) > > > I think you mean SimpleHTTPRequestHandler. Note that actually reads > the url path and looks in the file system to get the file of that > name, which isn't what

Re: How to read strings cantaining escape character from a file and use it as escape sequences?

John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm ... the encode is documented as "Produce a string that is > suitable as Unicode literal in Python source code", but it *isn't* > suitable. A Unicode literal is u'blah', this gives just blah. Worse, > it leaves the caller to nut out how to escape apostr

Re: i18n a Python app

Another thought, how would one provide translations for doc strings? class Boo: """This class goes Boo!""" Can one do this, which does not seem likely: class Boo: _( "This class goes Boo!" ) \d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

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Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:55:32 -0800, Russ P. wrote: > I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social > graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no > offense to technicians). > > If you just read the Wikipedia preamble about him you will realize that >

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

Russ P. wrote: > Python is an "acceptable" name, but Newton1 (or Newton3) would be > a great name. Nah, I like Monty and Snakes. Newton already has his name as unit for kg*m/s^2. :) Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #74: You're out of memory -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: Pyro and sqlite3 problem

> Off hand -- ensure that each remote access runs the entire sequence > of "connect, cursor, execute, fetch, cursor-close, connection-close" > rather than trying to, say, create a cursor in one access and then use > that cursor on a second access... > > Or maybe create one long-run

Re: python newbie - question about lexical scoping

"Matt Barnicle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> i have a class dict variable that apparently holds its value across >> instantiations of new objects.. [...] > ok, i see... python has a concept i'm not accustomed to I don't doubt that Python managed to confuse you here, but in this case there is n

Re: [OT] minimalist web server

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:02:41 -0800, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > The reason I need this is that my current best strategy to avoid ads in > web pages is putting all ad server names into /etc/hosts and stick my > local ip number next to them (127.0.0.1) so every ad request goes to my > machine. I run a

i18n a Python app

Hi, I have been going spare looking for a tutorial or howto from my pov as a total beginner to i18n. I understand that one must use gettext, but there seems to be no good info about *how* one uses it. What command line utilities does one use to: 1. make a .pot file 2. make a .mo file Are there

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On 02/12/2007, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social > graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no > offense to technicians). > > If you just read the Wikipedia preamble about him you will realize > that he

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On 02/12/2007, Hendrik van Rooyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Russ P." wrote: > > > I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge > > Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac > > certainly deserves the honor. > > Does he? Are you aware of how he treated Hooke? > > He was

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On 01/12/2007, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So what dou you think about D language? :) Or F or F#? > > I think that one-letter names are even worse for languages than they > are for variables. And they are impossible to google. Update: well, they were when _I_ needed to... I just tried,

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

On Dec 1, 11:34 pm, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Russ P." wrote: > > I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge > > Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac > > certainly deserves the honor. > > Does he? Are you aware of how he treated Hooke? > > H