Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Vincent Davis
I think what is not clear by what is being said is that you have passed in pressure and not 'pressure'. The first is undefined, pressure = 1 would define it. Where as 'pressure' is a string type. On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Walter Brameld IV < wb4remove_this_t...@wbrameld4.name> wrote: > Dave

Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 08 May 2010 19:13:12 +, Dave Luzius wrote: >> What is pressure? It is an undefined name. Where does pressure get its >> value from? > > Pressure is a term for barometric pressure, and is understood by Conky, > which this program is designed to work with, and is understood by > weather

Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Dave Luzius wrote: > > Pressure is a term for barometric pressure, and is understood by Conky, > which this program is designed to work with, and is understood by > weather.com. But the value it passes to conky is metric, and I want it to > display in imperial. > >

Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Walter Brameld IV
Dave Luzius wrote: On Sat, 08 May 2010 19:02:42 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:52:33 +, Dave Luzius wrote: Pleaser help me with this. Here's a copy of the program, but it keeps calling for me to define pressure. That's because you haven't defined pressure. When Pyt

Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Dave Luzius
On Sat, 08 May 2010 19:02:42 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:52:33 +, Dave Luzius wrote: > >> Pleaser help me with this. Here's a copy of the program, but it keeps >> calling for me to define pressure. > > That's because you haven't defined pressure. > > When Python t

Re: Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:52:33 +, Dave Luzius wrote: > Pleaser help me with this. Here's a copy of the program, but it keeps > calling for me to define pressure. That's because you haven't defined pressure. When Python tells you there is a bug in your program, it is almost always correct. >

Need help with my 1st python program

2010-05-08 Thread Dave Luzius
Pleaser help me with this. Here's a copy of the program, but it keeps calling for me to define pressure. # A small program to fetch local barometer reading from weather.com # and convert the value from metric to imperial. # My