Re: python recursive function

2008-01-11 Thread Fidtz
On 11 Jan, 08:30, Tom_chicollegeboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > here is what I have to do: > > This question involves a game with teddy bears. The game starts when I > give you some bears. You then start giving me back some bears, but you > must follow these rules (where n is the number of bears t

Re: ascii to unicode line endings

2007-05-03 Thread fidtz
On 3 May, 13:39, "Jerry Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 May 2007 09:19:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The code: > > > import codecs > > > udlASCII = file("c:\\temp\\CSVDB.udl",'r') > > udlUNI = codecs.open("c:\\temp\\CSVDB2.udl",'w',"utf_16") > > udlUNI.write(u

Re: ascii to unicode line endings

2007-05-03 Thread fidtz
On 3 May, 13:00, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3 May 2007 04:30:37 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >On 2 May, 17:29, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2 May 2007 09:19:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> >The code: > > >> >import codecs > > >

Re: ascii to unicode line endings

2007-05-03 Thread fidtz
On 2 May, 17:29, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 May 2007 09:19:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >The code: > > >import codecs > > >udlASCII = file("c:\\temp\\CSVDB.udl",'r') > >udlUNI = codecs.open("c:\\temp\\CSVDB2.udl",'w',"utf_16") > > >udlUNI.write(udlASCII.read

ascii to unicode line endings

2007-05-02 Thread fidtz
The code: import codecs udlASCII = file("c:\\temp\\CSVDB.udl",'r') udlUNI = codecs.open("c:\\temp\\CSVDB2.udl",'w',"utf_16") udlUNI.write(udlASCII.read()) udlUNI.close() udlASCII.close() This doesn't seem to generate the correct line endings. Instead of converting 0x0D/0x0A to 0x0D/0x00/0x0A/0

Re: A better way to split up a list

2006-05-08 Thread fidtz
Thanks very much, that is a far tidier solution!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: A better way to split up a list

2006-05-08 Thread fidtz
Argh, embarassment on my part due to incomplete spec. movelist is used to store a list of chess moves and splitting it up in this way is so it can be printed in a space that is 3 lines high but quite wide. Thus the way the list grows as it is appended to in chopupmoves is intended. -- http://mail

A better way to split up a list

2006-05-08 Thread fidtz
The code below works fine, but it is less than nice to look at and somewhat long winded. Is there a better way to do the docstring task? This is the first working version, and can proabably be "compacted" a bit (list comprehensions etc) but I am looking for a better basic approach. Any help much ap