Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Luc
changed to print() so just put > > braces around the string and you'r good to go! > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:48 PM,   wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. > > > Am an absolute beginner with Python. > > > This

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Luc
12:48 PM,   wrote: > > Hi there, > > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. > > Am an absolute beginner with Python. > > This is my problem : > > > In Idle : > > > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > > (Intel)]

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Ben Finney
lucbo...@hotmail.com writes: > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. Thank you for this information, it's essential to solving the problem. > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more inform

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Simon Brunning
2009/12/30 : > At a dos-prompt : > > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on > win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. print "Hello" >  File "", line 1 >    print "Hello" >                ^ > SyntaxError: invali

Re: Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread Krister Svanlund
In Python 3 the syntax for print has changed to print() so just put braces around the string and you'r good to go! On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:48 PM, wrote: > Hi there, > I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. > Am an absolute beginner with Python. > This is my prob

Absolute beginner

2009-12-30 Thread lucbonne
Hi there, I installed python 3.1 on Windows Vista PC. Am an absolute beginner with Python. This is my problem : In Idle : Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-07 Thread Tom Morris
On 2008-12-06, News123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my 'non technical' friends complained about knowing nothing at > all about programming (though using computers regularly for mails / web > browsing / googling and downloading / cropping photos ) > > He wants to play a little with programmin

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-07 Thread David
I like this one: http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ -- Powered by Gentoo GNU/LINUX http://www.linuxcrazy.com pgp.mit.edu -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-07 Thread André
On Dec 6, 9:21 am, News123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > One of my 'non technical' friends complained about knowing nothing at > all about programming (though using computers regularly for mails / web > browsing / googling and downloading / cropping photos ) > > He wants to play a little wit

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-07 Thread News123
Thanks for your answers, I'll look at - "Python Programming, for the absolute beginner (second edition by MichaelDawson." and at the LiveWires Course: http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/home I looked at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/ but think it's not

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-06 Thread Rhodri James
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:21:45 -, News123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No my question does anybody know a nice beginners book (or a learning CD or on line tutorial)? Ideally it shouldn't be too serious and have a lot of small nice mini-examples For just pottering around with, your friend could

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-06 Thread Terry Reedy
News123 wrote: One of my 'non technical' friends complained about knowing nothing at all about programming (though using computers regularly for mails / web browsing / googling and downloading / cropping photos ) He wants to play a little with programming to stimulate parts of his otehrwise idl

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-06 Thread Pekka Klärck
2008/12/6 News123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No my question does anybody know a nice beginners book (or a learning CD > or on line tutorial)? Ideally it shouldn't be too serious and have a lot > of small nice mini-examples How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python is a good book fo

Re: python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-06 Thread anonymous
Yes, there is an excellent book for absolute beginners call Python Programming, for the absolute beginner (second edition by Michael Dawson. Here are the reasons why it is excellent for a beginner. It doesn't go beyong basic math as do most other computer books when giving examples, exercis

python book for non technical absolute beginner

2008-12-06 Thread News123
Hi, One of my 'non technical' friends complained about knowing nothing at all about programming (though using computers regularly for mails / web browsing / googling and downloading / cropping photos ) He wants to play a little with programming to stimulate parts of his otehrwise idle brain cells

has anyone completed python for the absolute beginner ?

2008-08-16 Thread garywood
has anyone completed python for the absolute beginner ? chapter 7 in the book the trivia_challenge.py file does not work correctly and does not display all the correct questions - and even though the answer is correct it will still state the answer is wrong. this file is from the CD i have

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Michiel Sikma wrote: > I don't know if writing to a > Word file is possible. It's a proprietary format, afterall. see: Python To Word Capture script output in MS Word http://gflanagan.net/site/dotnet/05/RunPythonScriptFromWord.html rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread lcazarre
> You can indeed automate this task, but I don't know if writing to a > Word file is possible. Thanks to you all. I mentioned Word as example. Actually, any format would do, as long as I can print them (pdf, txt,etc.). Now I just have to learn Python! LC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am by no means a serious programmer (which will become evident as you > read this very message), except that I use VBA almost daily to automate > Excel spreadsheets. > > I do enjoy programming however and the only thing that prevented me > from learning a language othe

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 10-aug-2006, om 14:45 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: > Now my questions: > - is it legal? (I do have a subscription to Factiva. I do not > intend to > distribute the printouts) > - If so, can I use Python to automate this task? > > Thank you. > > -- > http://mail.python.

Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread lcazarre
I am by no means a serious programmer (which will become evident as you read this very message), except that I use VBA almost daily to automate Excel spreadsheets. I do enjoy programming however and the only thing that prevented me from learning a language other than VBA is the lack of a project.