Re: beginner question-very basic

2019-08-11 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:50:29 -0400, slefkowitz wrote: > Just getting started with Python. > > Downloaded 3.7.4 rom python.org > > I wrote program in Notepad, saved it with a ".py" extension. > > What do I do next? How do I execute a program? I am assuming you are using Windows since you poste

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-02 Thread sohcahtoa82
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 6:38:56 AM UTC-7, Igor Korot wrote: > Steven, > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:20 AM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > > On Thursday 02 June 2016 14:21, Igor Korot wrote: > > > >> Hi, guys, > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:42 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-02 Thread Igor Korot
Steven, On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:20 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thursday 02 June 2016 14:21, Igor Korot wrote: > >> Hi, guys, >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:42 PM, boB Stepp wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Marcin Rak >>> wrote: Hi to all I have a beginner question

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-02 Thread Marcin Rak
That linked help clear up my confusion...yes you really have to know how things work internally to understand why things happen the way they happen. Thanks again to all -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thursday 02 June 2016 14:21, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, guys, > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:42 PM, boB Stepp wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Marcin Rak >> wrote: >>> Hi to all >>> >>> I have a beginner question to which I have not found an answer I was able >>> to understand. Could so

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-01 Thread Igor Korot
Hi, guys, On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:42 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Marcin Rak > wrote: >> Hi to all >> >> I have a beginner question to which I have not found an answer I was able to >> understand. Could someone explain why the following program: >> >> def f(a, L=[])

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thursday 02 June 2016 10:55, Marcin Rak wrote: > Hi to all > > I have a beginner question to which I have not found an answer I was able to > understand. Could someone explain why the following program: > > def f(a, L=[]): > L.append(a) > return L The default value is set once, and

Re: Beginner Question

2016-06-01 Thread boB Stepp
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Marcin Rak wrote: > Hi to all > > I have a beginner question to which I have not found an answer I was able to > understand. Could someone explain why the following program: > > def f(a, L=[]): > L.append(a) > return L > > print(f(1)) > print(f(2)) > print

Re: Beginner question - class definition error

2015-01-28 Thread Cousin Stanley
> from kivy.app import App > from kivy.uix.label import Label > > class MyApp(App): > def build(self): > return Label(text='Hello World') > > if __name__ == '__main__': > MyApp().run() > > > > I get this error when I run it: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File

RE: Beginner question - class definition error

2015-01-28 Thread David Aldrich
> Unindent the 'if' statement. Currently, it's indented inside the class > definition, so MyApp isn't defined yet. Thanks very much. That fixed it. Best regards David -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question - class definition error

2015-01-28 Thread MRAB
On 2015-01-28 11:10, David Aldrich wrote: Hi I am just getting started with Python 3.3.3 and Kivy 1.8. I am using the Kivy development environment on Windows (open a command prompt and call kivy.bat). With this minimal code: import kivy kivy.require('1.8.0') from kivy.app import App from k

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:34:48 -0700, eschneider92 wrote: > What does global mean? Hi eschneider92, A few bits of advice: - You may like to actually sign your emails with a real name, or at least an alias that you want to be called, otherwise we'll just call you by your email address, and apar

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread Joshua Landau
On 10 August 2013 00:34, wrote: > What does global mean? Python has "scopes" for its variables. Most programming languages do. A "scope" is a restriction on where variables exist -- they exist only within the scope. This can be seen in this example: def function(): # A new "scope"

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
I'm sorry, but I still don't understand how it applies to my problem. Thanks for everyone's patience. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread MRAB
On 10/08/2013 00:40, eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: (I forgot to post this with my last post.) Also, I don't understand any part of the following example, so there's no specific line that's confusing me. Thanks for the help btw. You don't understand _any_ of it? > var = 42 Here you're assi

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
(I forgot to post this with my last post.) Also, I don't understand any part of the following example, so there's no specific line that's confusing me. Thanks for the help btw. var = 42 def myfunc(): var = 90 print "before:", var myfunc() print "after:", var def myfunc(): globa

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
(I forgot to post this with my last post.) Also, I don't understand any part of the following example, so there's no specific line that's confusing me. Thanks for the help btw. var = 42 def myfunc(): var = 90 print "before:", var myfunc() print "after:", var def myfunc(): glo

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
What does global mean? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread Joshua Landau
On 10 August 2013 00:14, wrote: > I don't understand any of the advice any of you have given. What about it don't you understand? Pick a sentence you don't understand and throw it back at us. If you understand all the sentences but not how they come together, say so. If there's a leap that you d

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
Thanks, though me not utilizing any of the other advice wasn't from lack of trying; I couldn't understand any of it. I get it now that I have a corrrect example code in front of me. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
I don't understand any of the advice any of you have given. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread Joshua Landau
On 9 August 2013 23:27, wrote: > This is what I ended up with btw. Does this insult anyone's more well attuned > Python sensibilities? ... Yes. You didn't listen to any of the advice we've been giving you. You've had *much* better answers given than this. Start from the top. We need letter

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
This is what I ended up with btw. Does this insult anyone's more well attuned Python sensibilities? letters='abcdefghijkl' def repeat(): print('wanna go again?') batman=input() if batman in ('y','yes'): main() else: return def main(): print('guess a letter')

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread eschneider92
This is what I ended up with btw. Does this insult anyone's more well-attuned Pythonic sensibilities? letters='abcdefghijkl' def repeat(): print('wanna go again?') batman=input() if batman in ('y','yes'): main() else: return def main(): print('guess a

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-09 Thread wxjmfauth
Le jeudi 8 août 2013 22:29:00 UTC+2, Terry Reedy a écrit : > On 8/8/2013 7:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:20 AM, wrote: > > > def z2(): > > >> ... letters = 'abc' > > >> ... while True: > > >> ... c = input('letter: ') > > >> ... if c

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-08 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/8/2013 7:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:20 AM, wrote: def z2(): ... letters = 'abc' ... while True: ... c = input('letter: ') ... if c not in letters: ... print('end, fin, Schluss') ... break ... else: ...

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:20 AM, wrote: def z2(): > ... letters = 'abc' > ... while True: > ... c = input('letter: ') > ... if c not in letters: > ... print('end, fin, Schluss') > ... break > ... else: > ... print('do stuff')

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-07 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mercredi 7 août 2013 10:17:21 UTC+2, eschne...@comcast.net a écrit : > I'm trying to create an option for the program to repeat if the user types > 'y' or 'yes', using true and false values, or otherwise end the program. If > anyone could explain to me how to get this code working, I'd appreci

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-07 Thread Larry Hudson
On 08/07/2013 01:17 AM, eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: I'm trying to create an option for the program to repeat if the user types 'y' or 'yes', using true and false values, or otherwise end the program. If anyone could explain to me how to get this code working, I'd appreciate it. letters='ab

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-07 Thread Dave Angel
eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: > What I wanted to happen is when the user typed something other than 'y' or > 'yes' after being asked 'go again?', the batman==False line would cause the > program to stop asking anything and say 'this is the end'. Instead, what is > happening is that the progra

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-07 Thread eschneider92
What I wanted to happen is when the user typed something other than 'y' or 'yes' after being asked 'go again?', the batman==False line would cause the program to stop asking anything and say 'this is the end'. Instead, what is happening is that the program just keeps going. I figured that after

Re: beginner question (True False help)

2013-08-07 Thread Joshua Landau
On 7 August 2013 09:17, wrote: > I'm trying to create an option for the program to repeat if the user types > 'y' or 'yes', using true and false values, or otherwise end the program. If > anyone could explain to me how to get this code working, I'd appreciate it. Always tell people what in par

Re: Beginner question

2013-08-06 Thread eschneider92
Thanks that helped a lot! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question

2013-08-06 Thread Chris Down
On 2013-08-06 14:35, eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: > Why won't the 'goodbye' part of this code work right? it prints 'ok' no > matter what is typed. Much thanks. "if" statements do not fall through, because the first statement was matched, no other ones in the same chain will be evaluted. "elif

Re: Beginner question

2013-08-06 Thread Rhodri James
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:35:44 +0100, wrote: Why won't the 'goodbye' part of this code work right? it prints 'ok' no matter what is typed. Much thanks. def thing(): print('go again?') goagain=input() if goagain=='y' or 'yes': This line doesn't do what you think it does :-) Typin

Re: Beginner question

2013-08-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:35 PM, wrote: > Why won't the 'goodbye' part of this code work right? it prints 'ok' no > matter what is typed. Much thanks. > > def thing(): > print('go again?') > goagain=input() > if goagain=='y' or 'yes': > print('ok') > elif goagain!='y' or

Re: Beginner question

2013-08-06 Thread Dave Angel
eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: > Why won't the 'goodbye' part of this code work right? it prints 'ok' no > matter what is typed. Much thanks. > > def thing(): > print('go again?') > goagain=input() > if goagain=='y' or 'yes': This expression doesn't do what you think. The compariso

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread andrewblundon
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:47:36 AM UTC-2:30, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:47:34 PM UTC-5, andrew...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > I'm looking at developing a program for work that can be > > > distributed to others (i.e. and exe file). The > > > application would open v

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:47:34 PM UTC-5, andrew...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm looking at developing a program for work that can be > distributed to others (i.e. and exe file). The > application would open various dialogue boxes and ask the > user for input and eventually perform mathematical > cal

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread Fábio Santos
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > On 19 June 2013 14:14, wrote: >> This sounds similar to what I might want. So you know of any online >> tutorials for this? > > It's hard to tell what you're referring to since you haven't included > any quoted context in your message (li

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 19 June 2013 14:14, wrote: > This sounds similar to what I might want. So you know of any online tutorials > for this? It's hard to tell what you're referring to since you haven't included any quoted context in your message (like I have above). I'll assume you're referring to what Fábio said

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread andrewblundon
This sounds similar to what I might want. So you know of any online tutorials for this? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread andrewblundon
As I've said, I'm a fairly novice. I've compiled simple VB programs previously into exe files for use but nothing with pyton and nothing of this complexity. This application could potentially be distributed to hundreds of people throughout the world as our company is worldwide. Asking these peop

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread Fábio Santos
On 19 Jun 2013 12:56, "Oscar Benjamin" wrote: > > On 19 June 2013 12:13, wrote: > > > > I've seen some information on Blender. Is it possible to have the entire program contained within a single exe (or exe and some other files) so that it can be passed around and used by others without having

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 19 June 2013 12:13, wrote: > > I've seen some information on Blender. Is it possible to have the entire > program contained within a single exe (or exe and some other files) so that > it can be passed around and used by others without having to install blender? I don't know if Blender woul

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread andrewblundon
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:30:41 AM UTC-2:30, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > Am 19.06.13 04:47, schrieb andrewblun...@gmail.com: > > > However, for one part of the program I'd like to be able to create a > > > 3D model based on the user input. The model would be very basic > > > consisting of

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-19 Thread andrewblundon
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:50:52 AM UTC-2:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:34 -0700, andrewblundon wrote: > > > > > However, for one part of the program I'd like to be able to create a 3D > > > model based on the user input. The model would be very basic consisting >

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-18 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 19.06.13 04:47, schrieb andrewblun...@gmail.com: However, for one part of the program I'd like to be able to create a 3D model based on the user input. The model would be very basic consisting of a number of lines and objects. We have 3D models of each component within our CAD system so it w

Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models

2013-06-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:34 -0700, andrewblundon wrote: > However, for one part of the program I'd like to be able to create a 3D > model based on the user input. The model would be very basic consisting > of a number of lines and objects. We have 3D models of each component > within our CAD sy

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-12 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > Are there any benefits from using dict() instead of {}? Not for what you're doing, but you can use dict() with an iterable. Most of the time, use the literal. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-06 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Sorry for the delay in replying. On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:51:38 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: >> [1] Technically it's a type, not a function, but the difference makes >> no difference here. > Can you explain me the difference of the type and function you've just > mentioned? We were talking ab

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-05 Thread eschneider92
Thanks everyone! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Landau
On 4 June 2013 04:39, wrote: > Is there a more efficient way of doing this? Any help is gratly appreciated. > > > import random > def partdeux(): > print('''A man lunges at you with a knife! > Do you DUCK or PARRY?''') > option1=('duck') > option2=('parry') > optionsindex=[option1

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 06/04/2013 07:53 AM, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: >On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" wrote: > [...] > >> What's going on? Is there a way to make dict() to resolve the variables? > >Well yes. > >dict(**{a:0,b:1}) > >The dict() constructor makes a dictionary from keyword arguments. So y

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Larry Hudson wrote: > def partdeux(): > print('A man lunges at you with a knife!') > option = input('Do you DUCK or PARRY? ').lower() > success = random.randint(0, 1) > if success: > if option == 'duck': > print('He tumbles over you') >

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
> From: steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info > Subject: Re: Beginner question > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:35:59 + > To: python-list@python.org > > On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:23:39 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > > > Started answering... now I'm asking! lol >

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Fábio Santos
> > Awesome! Now I can do it just like that: > > >>> dict([(chr(ord('a')+x),x) for x in range(2)]) > {'a': 0, 'b': 1} > > Thanks a lot! ;) > Or dict((c, i) for (i, c) in enumerate('ab')) But at this point you could just use a dict comprehension. {c: i for i, c in enumerate('ab')} -- http://mail

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:23:39 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > Started answering... now I'm asking! lol > > I've tried to use dict() to create a dictionary to use like the switch > statement providing variable names instead of literals, such as: > a='A' b='B' {a:0,b:1}#here th

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
> From: steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info > Subject: Re: Beginner question > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:25:27 + > To: python-list@python.org > > On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:53:29 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > > > That's exactly the same! > >&g

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:53:29 +0300, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > That's exactly the same! dict(**{a:0,b:1})=={a:0,b:1} > True Of course it is. Isn't that what you wanted? It's also a waste of time, because you create a dict literal using {}, then unpack it into keyword arguments, then call d

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Fábio Santos
On 4 Jun 2013 12:57, "Carlos Nepomuceno" wrote: > > >On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" wrote: > [...] > > >> What's going on? Is there a way to make dict() to resolve the variables? > >Well yes. > >dict(**{a:0,b:1}) > >The dict() constructor makes a dictionary from keyword arguments. So yo

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
>On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" wrote: [...] >> What's going on? Is there a way to make dict() to resolve the variables? >Well yes. >dict(**{a:0,b:1}) >The dict() constructor makes a dictionary from keyword arguments. So you just >have to feed it keyword arguments using **. >And if you'

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Fábio Santos
On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" wrote: > > Started answering... now I'm asking! lol > > I've tried to use dict() to create a dictionary to use like the switch statement providing variable names instead of literals, such as: > > >>> a='A' > >>> b='B' > >>> {a:0,b:1}#here the variables

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
Started answering... now I'm asking! lol I've tried to use dict() to create a dictionary to use like the switch statement providing variable names instead of literals, such as: >>> a='A' >>> b='B' >>> {a:0,b:1}#here the variables are resolved {'A': 0, 'B': 1} That's ok! But if I use dict()

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Peter Otten
Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:57 PM, John Ladasky > wrote: >> On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 12:45:38 AM UTC-7, Anssi Saari wrote: >> >>> BTW, did I get the logic correctly, the end result is random? >> >> You're right! I'm guessing that's not what the OP wants? > > I'm guessing th

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Larry Hudson
On 06/03/2013 08:39 PM, eschneide...@comcast.net wrote: Is there a more efficient way of doing this? Any help is gratly appreciated. import random def partdeux(): print('''A man lunges at you with a knife! Do you DUCK or PARRY?''') option1=('duck') option2=('parry') optionsi

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:57 PM, John Ladasky wrote: > On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 12:45:38 AM UTC-7, Anssi Saari wrote: > >> BTW, did I get the logic correctly, the end result is random? > > You're right! I'm guessing that's not what the OP wants? I'm guessing that's exactly what the OP wants. This

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 00:53:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: Beginner question > From: john_lada...@sbcglobal.net > To: python-list@python.org > > On Monday, June 3, 2013 11:46:03 PM UTC-7, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > > That doesn't even works because input() is the same

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread John Ladasky
On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 12:45:38 AM UTC-7, Anssi Saari wrote: > BTW, did I get the logic correctly, the end result is random? You're right! I'm guessing that's not what the OP wants? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread John Ladasky
On Monday, June 3, 2013 11:46:03 PM UTC-7, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote: > That doesn't even works because input() is the same as eval(raw_input()). So > you'll get a NameError exception. > > I think you know that. Perhaps you mean raw_input() instead of input(). But the OP's code shows print() funct

Re: Beginner question

2013-06-04 Thread Anssi Saari
eschneide...@comcast.net writes: > Is there a more efficient way of doing this? Any help is gratly appreciated. Efficiency in a short program isn't a big thing. You have some pretty weird things in there, there's no need make single element tuples out of your strings and then putting those in a l

RE: Beginner question

2013-06-03 Thread Carlos Nepomuceno
That doesn't even works because input() is the same as eval(raw_input()). So you'll get a NameError exception. I think you know that. Perhaps you mean raw_input() instead of input(). In that case the answer is yes, it can be more 'efficient' because the if-then-else clause always breaks the whil

Re: (beginner question) ConfigParser nuances

2011-05-02 Thread Unknown Moss
On May 2, 3:25 pm, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Unknown Moss wrote: > > Hi -Beginnerquestionhere. I'm working with ConfigParser. I'd like > > to take a multiline variable and convert it directly to an array. > > Seems like a common  problem, but I don't see how I can do i

Re: (beginner question) ConfigParser nuances

2011-05-02 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Unknown Moss wrote: > Hi - Beginner question here. I'm working with ConfigParser. I'd like > to take a multiline variable and convert it directly to an array. > Seems like a common  problem, but I don't see how I can do it without > doing a little parsing in my own

Re: [Beginner question] Error when converting raster to ASCII

2010-11-15 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Monday, November 15, 2010, Becky Kern wrote: > Hi again users, > > This is in response to my post from 11/14/2010 (see below) > >> Hi users, >> I'm using Python 2.5 (in concert with ArcGIS 9.3) to convert a raster to >> an ASCII file. I used the code (listed below) several weeks ago to >> succe

Re: [Beginner question] Raster to ASCII

2010-11-14 Thread Tim Chase
On 11/14/2010 01:07 PM, Becky Kern wrote: import arcgisscripting gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3) InRaster = "C:/data/raster1" OutAsciiFile = "C:/data/raster2ascii.asc" gp.RasterToASCII_conversion(InRaster, OutAsciiFile) The error message: arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parame

Re: [Beginner question] Raster to ASCII

2010-11-14 Thread MRAB
On 14/11/2010 19:07, Becky Kern wrote: Hi users, I'm using Python 2.5 (in concert with ArcGIS 9.3) to convert a raster to an ASCII file. I used the code (listed below) several weeks ago to successfully do the conversion, but when I tried to replicate it a few days ago, I got an error message. imp

Re: Beginner question: binary data and socket.send

2009-12-21 Thread Stephen Hansen
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Boris Epel wrote: > Hi! Please help with the problem: > send over TCPIP data packet organized as 6 bytes of identifier, > integer (LSB) and length of following binary data, binary data > the clear part:  create socket, connect it, use send, close socket > the uncle

Re: Beginner Question

2009-01-19 Thread Terry Reedy
K-Dawg wrote: I do no understand the underscore methods. Names of the form __xyx__ are defined by the language definition and recognized and used by the interpreter. See PythonLanguage / LexicalAnalysis / Identifiers / Reserved Most refer to methods, a few to other attributes. Modules may

Re: Beginner Question

2009-01-19 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:39 PM, K-Dawg wrote: > Please forgive my beginner question. I have used python a little bit, > mainly as a scripting language to perform specific administrative tasks. I > have trying to learn to use it to develop applications but there are a few > things I do not unde

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-14 Thread moogyd
On 13 Jul, 19:49, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What is this *lis operation called? I am having trouble finding any > > reference to it in the python docs or the book learning python. > > One might call this argument unpacking, but > Language Manual / Express

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-14 Thread cokofreedom
> > zip(*vec_list) will zip together all entries in vec_list > Do be aware that zip stops on the shortest iterable. So if vec[1] is > shorter than vec[0] and matches otherwise, your output line will be > truncated. Or if vec[1] is longer and vec[0] matches as far as it goes, > there will be no si

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-13 Thread Terry Reedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is this *lis operation called? I am having trouble finding any reference to it in the python docs or the book learning python. One might call this argument unpacking, but Language Manual / Expressions / Primaries / Calls simply calls it *expression syntax. "If the

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-13 Thread moogyd
On 12 Jul, 21:50, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12 juil, 20:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > zip is (mostly) ok. What you're missing is how to use it for any > arbitrary number of sequences. Try this instead: > > >>> lists = [range(5), range(5,11), range(11, 16)] > >>> lis

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread Terry Reedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, I have a basic question on the zip built in function. I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line by line and character by character. The output is the original file, with an X in place of any characters that are different. I have

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 juil, 20:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi group, > > I have a basic question on the zip built in function. > > I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line > by line and character by character. The output is the original file, > with an X in place of any characters t

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread Larry Bates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, I have a basic question on the zip built in function. I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line by line and character by character. The output is the original file, with an X in place of any characters that are different. I have ma

Re: Beginner question

2008-05-25 Thread Graham Dumpleton
On May 26, 4:13 am, howa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just want to try mod_python but it is more complicated then I > expected... > > I just followed the tutorial > on:http://www.modpython.org/live/mod_python-2.7.8/doc-html/inst-testing > > E.g. > > URL =http://www.example.com/mptest.p

Re: beginner question, function returning object.

2008-02-07 Thread bambam
Thank you. So example 2 was clearly wrong, and example 1 was not clear :~). pipe is a serial port object: when I print pipe it shows first that it is connected to port 5, then that it is connected to port 6. I'll discard the clearly wrong code, and concentrate on the unclear code: probably by th

Re: beginner question, function returning object.

2008-02-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:14:54 +1100, bambam wrote: > Second try (correction) > > I started with ths: > -- > def open_pipe(): > pipe=PIPE() > print pipe > return pipe What's PIPE() do? > pipe=open_pipe() (Extraneous space removed.) > pipe.parent = self.

Re: beginner question, function returning object.

2008-02-07 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:14:54 +1100, bambam wrote: > I started with ths: > -- > def open_pipe(): > pipe=PIPE() > print pipe > return pipe > > pipe=open_pipe() > pipe.parent = self.parent > print pipe > -- > It didn't do what I

Re: beginner question, function returning object.

2008-02-07 Thread bambam
Second try (correction) I started with ths: -- def open_pipe(): pipe=PIPE() print pipe return pipe pipe=open_pipe() pipe.parent = self.parent print pipe -- It didn't do what I wanted: when I printed the pipe the second time i

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
SMALLp a écrit : (snip) > One more question. How does my code looks like. I couldn't find any open > source program written in python You must be jocking ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > On Dec 21, 9:11 am, SMALLp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (snip) >>class insertData: >>def insert(self, dataTable, data): (snip) > > I think you need to post the real traceback or the real code since > your error message doesn't look like it has anything to do

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread kyosohma
On Dec 21, 1:44 pm, SMALLp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carsten Haese wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 18:06 +0100, SMALLp wrote: > sql ="INSERT INTO "+dataTable+" (user_name, file_name, > file_size, > file_path_local, file_path_FTP, curent_location, FTP_valid_time,

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread SMALLp
Carsten Haese wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 18:06 +0100, SMALLp wrote: sql ="INSERT INTO "+dataTable+" (user_name, file_name, file_size, file_path_local, file_path_FTP, curent_location, FTP_valid_time, uploaded, last_modified, last_verified, file_type, file_cat

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread Carsten Haese
On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 18:06 +0100, SMALLp wrote: > >> sql ="INSERT INTO "+dataTable+" (user_name, file_name, > >> file_size, > >> file_path_local, file_path_FTP, curent_location, FTP_valid_time, > >> uploaded, last_modified, last_verified, file_type, file_category) VLAUES > >> "+da

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread SMALLp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Traceback (most recent call last): >>File "/home/pofuk/MzMFIleShare/sharePanel.py", line 130, in share >> self.scanDirsAndFiles(dirPath) >>File "/home/pofuk/MzMFIleShare/sharePanel.py", line 158, in >> scanDirsAndFiles >> sql.insertData.insert("files",

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread kyosohma
> Traceback (most recent call last): >File "/home/pofuk/MzMFIleShare/sharePanel.py", line 130, in share > self.scanDirsAndFiles(dirPath) >File "/home/pofuk/MzMFIleShare/sharePanel.py", line 158, in > scanDirsAndFiles > sql.insertData.insert("files", data) > TypeError: unbound met

Re: Beginner question!

2007-12-21 Thread Chris Mellon
On Dec 21, 2007 9:11 AM, SMALLp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hy! I have error something like this > > TypeError: unbound method insert() must be called with insertData > instance as first argument (got str instance instead) > > CODE: > > File1.py > sql.insertData.insert("files", data) > > sql.py >

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