Re: odd behavior

2005-11-11 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 11 Nov 2005 11:34:47 -0800, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forgive me, and be kind, as I am just a newby learning this language > out of M.L. Hetland's book. The following behavior of 2.4.1 seems very > strange > >>> x = ['aardvark', 'abalone', 'acme', 'add', > 'aerate'] > >>> x.sort(ke

Re: triangulation

2005-11-09 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 11/9/05, Shi Mu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Delaunay triangulations > > On 11/9/05, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shi Mu wrote: > > > is there any sample code to triangulation? many thanks! > > > > Triangulation of what? Scattered points in a plane? 2D manifolds > > embedded in a 3

Re: trouble with time --again

2005-08-30 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 30 Aug 2005 10:54:29 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i feel like a complete idiot. Now don't go and do that. Mistakes happen. -- Kristian kristian.zoerhoff(AT)gmail.com zoerhoff(AT)freeshell.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: trouble with time --again

2005-08-30 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 30 Aug 2005 10:42:41 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there, > could someone show me where i am going wrong here? > > >>> date1 = '2005-01-01 8:20:00' > >>> date1 = strptime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',date1) > > raise ValueError("time data did not match format: data=%s fmt=

Re: Printing to printer

2005-08-11 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 8/11/05, Steve M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kristian Zoerhoff wrote: > > > On 8/11/05, Steve M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >>I'm having problems sending information from a python > >> script to a pr

Re: Printing to printer

2005-08-11 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 8/11/05, Steve M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > >I'm having problems sending information from a python > script to a printer. I was wondering if someone might send me > in the right direction. I wasn't able to find much by Google Which platform? Directions will vary wildly. --

Re: Two questions on lambda:

2005-06-24 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 6/24/05, Xavier Décoret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For example, the code > > # f = lambda : print "hello" > # f() > does not compile, although: > > # def f(): > # print "hello" > # f() > > does compile. Is there a particular syntax for lambda that I am missing > or is it simply lim

Re: metaclass that inherits a class of that metaclass?

2005-06-01 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 1 Jun 2005 09:41:53 -0700, infidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why in the name of all that is holy and just would you need to do such > a thing? Is anyone else amused that this came from the mouth of someone named "Infidel"? -- Kristian kristian.zoerhoff(AT)gmail.com zoerhoff(AT)freeshell.o

Re: trouble with lists

2005-05-03 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 5/3/05, Anand Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am actually trying to mimic a multi dimensional array in C. > I tried doing things like Python lists are not arrays in that sense. If you really want an array, you probably want Numeric or Numarray. Head over to http://numeric.scipy.org/ to

Re: trouble with lists

2005-05-03 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 3 May 2005 10:42:43 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to python. I tried doing this > > >>> x = [[]] * 3 > >>> print x > [ [] [] [] ] > >>> x[0].append( 2 ) > [ [2] [2] [2] ] > > I confused with the last line output. I actually expected something > like > > [ [2] [

Fwd: how to find the drive in python/cygwin?

2005-04-26 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
Forwarding to list, as you forgot to Reply-all (Don't worry, we all do it at least once!). -- Forwarded message -- From: Mayer Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 26, 2005 3:01 PM Subject: Re: how to find the drive in python/cygwin? To: Kristian Zoerhoff <[E

Re: how to find the drive in python/cygwin?

2005-04-26 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 26 Apr 2005 11:29:26 -0700, Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I'm running python under cygwin and need to find the drive letter. > Cygwin has a way of calling my drives by a name relative to the Cygwin > directory, so I get things like /home/user rather than > /cygdrive/g/cygwin/hom

Re: Compute pi to base 12 using Python?

2005-04-13 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On 13 Apr 2005 12:06:26 -0400, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If you think those are fun, try base (1j - 1) > > Get real. I can't imagine using anything so complex. +1 QOTW -- Kristian kristian.zoerhoff(AT)gmail.com zoerhoff(AT)freesh

Re: curious problem with large numbers

2005-04-07 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On Apr 7, 2005 3:34 PM, David M. Cooke > > I don't do Windows, so I can't say this will work, but try > > >>> inf = 1e308*2 I *do* do Windows, and that does work. The value of inf then becomes '1.#INF' as expected. Strangely, doing float('1.#INF') still fails on Windows. Weird, weird. -- Kr

Re: Print to Windows default Printer

2005-01-20 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:14:10 -, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Kristian Zoerhoff] > | > | On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:58:25 -, Tim Golden > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > > | > Can anyone else try a "PRINT blah" or a "COPY