Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

2024-10-08 Thread Pieter van Oostrum via Python-list
r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: > "Michael F. Stemper" wrote or quoted: > > path = r'C:\Windows\example' + '\\' > You could even omit the '+'. Then the concatenation is done at parsing time instead of run time. -- Pieter van Oostrum www: http://pieter.vanoostrum.org/ PGP key: [8DA

Re: From JoyceUlysses.txt -- words occurring exactly once

2024-05-31 Thread Pieter van Oostrum via Python-list
HenHanna writes: > Given a text file of a novel (JoyceUlysses.txt) ... > > could someone give me a pretty fast (and simple) Python program that'd > give me a list of all words occurring exactly once? > > -- Also, a list of words occurring once, twice or 3 times > > > > re: hyphenate

Re: A technique from a chatbot

2024-04-03 Thread Pieter van Oostrum via Python-list
r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: > It can lead to errors: > > def first_word_beginning_with_e( list_ ): > for word in list_: > if word[ 0 ]== 'e': return word > something_to_be_done_at_the_end_of_this_function() > > The call sometimes will not be executed here!