On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 9:51:46 PM UTC-5, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Sun, 29 Nov 2015 21:31:49 -0500, Cem Karan writes:
> >You might want to look into Beautiful Soup
> >(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/beautifulsoup4), which is an HTML
> >screen-scraping tool. I've never used
On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 7:49:40 PM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to count words in a web site. Here is a sample
> of the link I want to scrape data from and count specific words.
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=STRP+Headlines
>
> I only w
> Good luck,
> Cem Karan
>
> On Nov 29, 2015, at 7:49 PM, ryguy7272 wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to figure out how to count words in a web site. Here is a
> > sample of the link I want to scrape data from and count specific words.
> > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=S
I'm trying to figure out how to count words in a web site. Here is a sample of
the link I want to scrape data from and count specific words.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=STRP+Headlines
I only want to count certain words, like 'fraud', 'lawsuit', etc. I want to
have a way to control for speci
On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 8:59:04 PM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:03 am, ryguy7272 wrote:
>
> > I'm looking at this URL.
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
>
> Don't screen-scrape Wikipedia. Ju
On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 5:28:55 PM UTC-5, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Sat, 28 Nov 2015 14:03:10 -0800, ryguy7272 writes:
> >I'm looking at this URL.
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
> >
> >If I hit F12 I can see t
I'm looking at this URL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
If I hit F12 I can see tags such as these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names";
r = requests.get(url)
soup=BeautifulSoup(r.content,"lxml")
#set up a function to parse the "soup" for each
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 6:34:00 PM UTC-5, Grobu wrote:
> On 25/11/15 23:48, ryguy7272 wrote:
> >> re.findall( r'\]+title="(.+?)"', html )
> [ ... ]
> > Thanks!! Is that regex? Can you explain exactly what it is doing?
> > Also, it s
gt;
> HTH,
>
> -Grobu-
>
>
> On 25/11/15 21:55, MRAB wrote:
> > On 2015-11-25 20:42, ryguy7272 wrote:
> >> Hello experts. I'm looking at this url:
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
> >>
> >> I'
On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 3:42:21 PM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> Hello experts. I'm looking at this url:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to list all 'a title' elements. For instance, I
> se
Hello experts. I'm looking at this url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names
I'm trying to figure out how to list all 'a title' elements. For instance, I
see the following:
Accident
Ala-Lemu
Alert
Apocalypse Peaks
So, I tried putting a script together to get 'title'. He
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 12:41:19 PM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 12:21:47 PM UTC-5, Denis McMahon wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:37:47 -0800, ryguy7272 wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying the script below...
> >
> > T
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 12:21:47 PM UTC-5, Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:37:47 -0800, ryguy7272 wrote:
>
> > I'm trying the script below...
>
> The problem isn't that you're over-writing the lines (although it may
> seem that way
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 12:04:16 PM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 11:58:17 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 3:37 AM, ryguy7272 <> wrote:
> > > text_file = open("C:/Users/rshuell001/Desktop
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 11:58:17 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 3:37 AM, ryguy7272 wrote:
> > text_file = open("C:/Users/rshuell001/Desktop/excel/Text1.txt", "wb")
> > z = str(link)
I'm trying the script below, and it simple writes the last line to a text file.
I want to add a '\n' after each line is written, so I don't overwrite all the
lines.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import urllib2
var_file = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.imdb.com/chart/top";)
var_html = var_file.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:14:38 PM UTC-4, alex23 wrote:
> On 23/03/2015 1:43 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> > As near as I can tell the standard go-to utility for this is a program
> > called AutoIt. https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/
> >
> > Nothing to do with Python, and its scripting
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 11:00:24 AM UTC-4, kbtyo wrote:
> I would like to have this JSON object written out to a CSV file so that the
> keys are header fields (for each of the columns) and the values are values
> that are associated with each header field. Is there a best practice for
> w
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 2:59:11 AM UTC-4, kbtyo wrote:
> Good Evening Everyone:
>
>
> I would like to have this JSON object written out to a CSV file so that the
> keys are header fields (for each of the columns) and the values are values
> that are associated with each header field. Is t
On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 1:14:44 PM UTC-4, Petite Abeille wrote:
> > On Aug 19, 2015, at 7:01 PM, Denis McMahon wrote:
> >
> > Downloading xml from the web is easy
> >
> > writing csv or txt is easy
> >
> > The tricky bit is converting the xml you have into the csv or text data
> > you
On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 8:21:50 AM UTC-4, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Wed, 19 Aug 2015 04:57:44 -0700, ryguy7272 writes:
> >I'm trying to get R to download the data from here:
> >
> >http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/report_format/lates
I'm trying to get R to download the data from here:
http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/report_format/latest-July-2015-New-Format.xml
# install and load the necessary package
install.packages("XML")
library(XML)
# Save the URL of the xml file in a variable
xml.url <-
"http://www.usda.gov/o
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 9:59:10 AM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I am using Spyder Python 2.7. I'm running this sample code.
>
> import scipy as sp
> cashflows=[50,40,20,10,50]
> npv=sp.npv(0.1,cashflows)
> round(npv,2)
>
>
> Now, I'm trying to get the
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:21:35 AM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 9:59:10 AM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> > I am using Spyder Python 2.7. I'm running this sample code.
> >
> > import scipy as sp
> > cashflows=[50,40,20,10,50]
> &g
I am using Spyder Python 2.7. I'm running this sample code.
import scipy as sp
cashflows=[50,40,20,10,50]
npv=sp.npv(0.1,cashflows)
round(npv,2)
Now, I'm trying to get the NPV, and I don't see any obvious way to get it.
The author of the book that I'm reading gets 144.56. I think that's wron
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 9:19:19 AM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I am using Spyder Python 2.7. I'm running this sample code.
> import numpy as np
> import numpy.random as npr
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> S0 = 100
> r = 0.05
> sigma = 0.25
> T = 30 / 365.
&
I am using Spyder Python 2.7. I'm running this sample code.
import numpy as np
import numpy.random as npr
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
S0 = 100
r = 0.05
sigma = 0.25
T = 30 / 365.
I = 1
ST = S0 * np.exp((r - 0.5 * sigma ** 2) * T + sigma * np.sqrt(T) *
npr.standard_normal(I))
R_gbm = np.so
Hello experts. I'm working in Python > Anaconda > Spyder.
I'm reading a book called 'Python for Finance' and I'm trying to run this
sample code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import pandas.io.data as web
sp500 = web.DataReader('^GSPC', data_source='yahoo', start='1/1/2000',
end='4/
On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'd like to install ALL Python packages on my machine. Even if it takes up
> 4-5GB, or more, I'd like to get everything, and then use it when I need it.
> Now, I'd like to import packages, like numpy and
On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:57:47 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'd like to install ALL Python packages on my machine. Even if it takes up
> 4-5GB, or more, I'd like to get everything, and then use it when I need it.
> Now, I'd like to import packages, like numpy and
On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:50:09 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'm trying to copy some Python code from a PDF book that I'm reading. I want
> to test out the code, and I can copy it, but when I paste it into the Shell,
> everything is all screwed up because of the indent
I'd like to install ALL Python packages on my machine. Even if it takes up
4-5GB, or more, I'd like to get everything, and then use it when I need it.
Now, I'd like to import packages, like numpy and pandas, but nothing will
install. I figure, if I can just install everything, I can simply us
On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 11:05:46 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> Hello experts. I odwnloaded Pandas, and put it here.
> C:\Python34\Scripts\pandas-0.16.2
>
> Then, I ran this in what most people call the c-prompt, but I call it the
> 'Python 3.4.3 Shell'
> "
I'm trying to copy some Python code from a PDF book that I'm reading. I want
to test out the code, and I can copy it, but when I paste it into the Shell,
everything is all screwed up because of the indentation. Every time I paste in
any kind of code, it seems like everything is immediately left
On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 11:05:46 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> Hello experts. I odwnloaded Pandas, and put it here.
> C:\Python34\Scripts\pandas-0.16.2
>
> Then, I ran this in what most people call the c-prompt, but I call it the
> 'Python 3.4.3 Shell'
> "
Hello experts. I odwnloaded Pandas, and put it here.
C:\Python34\Scripts\pandas-0.16.2
Then, I ran this in what most people call the c-prompt, but I call it the
'Python 3.4.3 Shell'
"C:\Python34\Scripts\pandas-0.16.2>" "pip install 'setup.py'"
It seems like everything ran fine, so I try this.
I'm trying to use numpy. I get this error:
>>> import numpy as np
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
import numpy as np
ImportError: No module named numpy
I followed the instructions here.
https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html
In the c-prompt, I get this er
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt,
> I ran this:
> "pip install pandas"
>
> It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
>
> Now
I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I
ran this:
"pip install pandas"
It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great.
Now, in Python Shell, I enter this:
import pandas as pd
I get this error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ""
On Sunday, November 16, 2014 3:39:45 PM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote:
> These libraries drive me totally nuts. Sorry, just had to get it out there.
> Anyway, I open the cmd window, and typed this: 'easy_install python
> graphics'. So, it starts up and runs/downloads the appro
These libraries drive me totally nuts. Sorry, just had to get it out there.
Anyway, I open the cmd window, and typed this: 'easy_install python graphics'.
So, it starts up and runs/downloads the appropriate library from the web. I
get confirmation (in the cmd window) that it finishes, then I t
When I type 'import math', it seems like my Python recognizes this library.
Great. When I try to run the following script, I get an error, which suggests
(to me) the math library is not working correctly.
Script:
import math
def main():
print "This program finds the real solutions to a
Are there any Python professionals in or around NYC who can meetup for an hour
or two to help me with a few things? I've been trying to run various Python
scripts for a few months now, and I'm not having any success with this stuff at
all. Basically, everything built into Python works perfectly
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:44:33 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> Hey everyone, I'm trying to run this code.
>
>
>
> import os
>
> import pickle
>
> #import urllib2
>
> from urllib.request import urlopen
>
> #import cookielib
>
> imp
Hey everyone, I'm trying to run this code.
import os
import pickle
#import urllib2
from urllib.request import urlopen
#import cookielib
import http.cookiejar
import re
import time
import numpy as np
#import pylab as pl
# symbol - USDEUR=X - problem that the server sometimes returns 0.0
def getSp
On Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:55:02 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I downloaded PYTZ and put it here.
>
> C:\Python27\pytz
>
>
>
> Now, in the cmd window, I typed this:
>
> C:\Python27\pytz\setup.py
>
>
>
> A text file opens and nothing else
I'm trying to install Pandas. I went to this link.
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pandas/0.14.1/#downloads
I downloaded this: pandas-0.14.1.win32-py2.7.exe (md5)
I have Python27 installed.
So, I run the executable and re-run my Python script and I get the same error
as before.
Traceback (most
I downloaded PYTZ and put it here.
C:\Python27\pytz
Now, in the cmd window, I typed this:
C:\Python27\pytz\setup.py
A text file opens and nothing else happens. I thought it was supposed to
install the PYTZ library.
What am I doing wrong?
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On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:40:40 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> So sorry everyone. I've posted here several times today. This is VERY
> frustrating.
>
>
>
> So, I'm reading this link.
>
> https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html
>
>
>
So sorry everyone. I've posted here several times today. This is VERY
frustrating.
So, I'm reading this link.
https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html
Fetching URLs
The simplest way to use urllib2 is as follows:
import urllib2
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://python.org/')
html = respon
I'm trying to run this script (using IDLE 3.4)
#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import pytz
import pandas as pd
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime
from pandas.io.data import DataReader
SITE = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies";
START = datet
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:10:05 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'm wondering how to debug code in IDLE Python 3.4. I found this.
>
> http://www.cs.uky.edu/~paulp/CS115F11/notes/debug/debug.html
>
>
>
> That looks pretty helpful, but mine is nothing like tha
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:23:22 PM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/15/2014 3:09 PM, ryguy7272 wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering how to debug code in IDLE Python 3.4. I found this.
>
>
>
> Use 3.4.2, which has an important bugfix for debugger.
>
>
I'm wondering how to debug code in IDLE Python 3.4. I found this.
http://www.cs.uky.edu/~paulp/CS115F11/notes/debug/debug.html
That looks pretty helpful, but mine is nothing like that. All my controls are
greyed out. The debugger does basically...nothing. All I get is messages like
this.
[D
I'm just learning Python. It seems like indents are EXTREMELY important. I
guess, since there are no brackets, everything is controlled by indents. Well,
I'm reading a couple books on Python now, and in almost all of the examples
they don't have proper indents, so when I copy/paste the code (
On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 9:38:55 AM UTC-4, Johann Hibschman wrote:
> Marko Rauhamaa writes:
>
>
>
> > ryguy7272 :
>
> >
>
> >> I'm looking to start a team of developers, quants, and financial
>
> >> experts, to setup and manage an
I'm looking to start a team of developers, quants, and financial experts, to
setup and manage an auto-trading-money-making-machine
#1) Setup a VM; must be a Windows machine (maybe Azure)
#2) Load & configure the software (Matlab, Python, R, Excel, and SQL Server)
#3) Develop and test code (Matlab
I just tried running the code from here.
http://www.thealgoengineer.com/2014/download_sp500_data/
I got this error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python27/stock_data.py", line 4, in
import pytz
ImportError: No module named pytz
So, I got here and download the files.
https://p
On Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:18:19 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote:
> I'm an absolute noob to Python, although I have been programming in several
> other languages for over 10 years.
>
>
>
> I'm trying to install and run some scripts, and I'm not having much success
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