Rustom Mody writes:
> What would you say to a person who
> - Buys a Lambhorgini
I'd say: "Don't buy a Lambhorgini from that nice guy you met at a party,
but buy a Lamborghini by an authorized dealer" ;-)
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On 10/26/2014 1:08 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:48:59 -0400, Terry Reedy
declaimed the following:
C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>python3
You must have done something extra to make this work on Windows.
Possibly hand-edited my system PATH -- I've got a rather nas
On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> However, mutator methods on a class don't change global state, they change
> the state of an instance. Even random.random and friends don't change
> global state, they change a (hidden) instance, and you can create your own
> instances when
Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Rustom Mody
> wrote:
>> Its generally accepted that side-effecting functions are not a good idea
>> -- typically a function that returns something and changes global state.
>
> Only in certain circles. Not in Python. There are large number
On 25/10/2014 23:48, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 10/25/2014 2:23 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head
declaimed the following:
I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Pyth
On 10/25/2014 2:23 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head
declaimed the following:
I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Python 2
installed but IDLE defaults to Pytho
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:15:02 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>
> name="012"
name is a string of 3 characters
> b=list(range(3))
b is a list of 3 numbers
> print (name[1])
name[1] is the string "1"
> print (b[1])
b[1] is the number 1
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:01:54 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-10-24, Denis McMahon wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
>>
>> Try loading the following in codeskulptor:
>>
>> http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user38_j6kGKge
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:23:44 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head
> declaimed the following:
>
>>
>>I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
>>CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Python 2
>>installed but
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 1:15:09 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:20:03 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> >> > Its generally accepted that side-effecting functions are n
On 2014-10-24, Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
>
> Try loading the following in codeskulptor:
>
> http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user38_j6kGKgeOMr_0.py
No.
We[1] aren't intested in whatever Python-like langua
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Larry Hudson
wrote:
>> name="123-xyz-abc"
>> for x in name:
>> if x in range(10):
>
> x is a character (a one-element string). range(10) is a list of ints. A
> string will never match an int. BTW, as it is used here, range(10) is for
> Py2, for Py3 it need
Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:20:03 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
>> > Its generally accepted that side-effecting functions are not a good
>> > idea -- typically a function that returns something and changes globa
On 25/10/2014 03:41, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:16:21 -0700, Larry Hudson
wrote:
On 10/24/2014 07:38 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Python 2
installed but ID
On 10/24/2014 12:07 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:40:39 +0100, Mark Lawrence
How many more times, state what you expect to happen and what actually
happens. "doesn't work" is useless. Please read this http://sscce.org/
Good suggestion.
OK how is this?
It doesn't print wha
On 10/24/2014 09:37 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
import string
Not needed, delete it.
def nametonumber(name):
lst=[]
nx=[]
digit=[]
Not needed. You create digit as an empty list, them immediately follow by assigning a string to
it (NOT a _list_ of characters, but an actual string
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> So give me a valid (ie useful) use where instead of the usual
> l=[1,2,3]
> l.append(4)
>
> we have
>
> foo(l.append(4))
Given that l.append(4) will always return None, there's not a lot of
point passing that return value to something, unless
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 11:20:03 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > Its generally accepted that side-effecting functions are not a good idea
> > -- typically a function that returns something and changes global state.
>
> Only in cer
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> Its generally accepted that side-effecting functions are not a good idea
> -- typically a function that returns something and changes global state.
Only in certain circles. Not in Python. There are large numbers of
functions with side effects
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:56:02 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote:
> Rustom Mody writes:
>
> > On Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:17:12 AM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > > 4. The least useful statement to try at the interpreter is print.
> >
> > Yeah this is python2 thinking; in python 3, print i
Rustom Mody writes:
> On Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:17:12 AM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > 4. The least useful statement to try at the interpreter is print.
>
> Yeah this is python2 thinking; in python 3, print is technically an
> expression.
This is wrong thinking. In Python 3, print is a
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:17:12 AM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote:
> 4. The least useful statement to try at the interpreter is print.
Yeah this is python2 thinking; in python 3, print is technically an expression.
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On Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:21:01 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:27:58 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:30:47 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >>
> >> name="123-xyz-ab
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:16:21 -0700, Larry Hudson
wrote:
>On 10/24/2014 07:38 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
>> CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Python 2
>> installed but IDLE defaults to Python 3. So it is
On 10/24/2014 07:38 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
I do get the difference. I don't actually use Python 2. I use
CodeSkulptor. I do have Python 3 installed. Actually I have Python 2
installed but IDLE defaults to Python 3. So it is a pain to actually
load Python 2.
Exactly HOW are you trying to
On 24Oct2014 20:37, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:20:53 +0100, MRAB
One function you can use is repr:
x = 1
y = "1"
print(repr(x))
print(repr(y))
This will print:
1
'1'
OK, now it's clear that x is an int and y is a string.
Yes
In particular, Python's interactive mode uses
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:27:03 -0400, Terry Reedy
wrote:
>On 10/24/2014 6:27 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I promise I am not trying to frustrate anyone. I know I have.
>
>Seymore, if you want to learn real Python, download and install 3.4.2
>and either use the Idle Shell and Editor or the interac
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:20:53 +0100, MRAB
wrote:
>On 2014-10-25 00:57, Seymore4Head wrote:
>[snip]
>> Wait! I don't get it.
>> name="012"
>> b=list(range(3))
>> print (name[1])
>> print (b[1])
>> 1
>> 1
>>
>> I forgot the b
>>
>If you print the int 1, you'll see:
>
>1
>
>If you print the string "
On 10/24/2014 6:27 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
I promise I am not trying to frustrate anyone. I know I have.
Seymore, if you want to learn real Python, download and install 3.4.2
and either use the Idle Shell and Editor or the interactive console
interpreter and a decent programmer editor.
I
On 2014-10-25 00:57, Seymore4Head wrote:
[snip]
Wait! I don't get it.
name="012"
b=list(range(3))
print (name[1])
print (b[1])
1
1
I forgot the b
If you print the int 1, you'll see:
1
If you print the string "1", you'll see:
1
Normally you want it to print only the characters of the strin
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
name="012"
b=list(range(3))
print (name[1])
print (b[1])
if name[1] == b[1]:
print ("Eureka!")
else:
print ("OK, I get it")
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:48:16 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:27:58 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
> wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:30:47 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>>
>>> name="123-xyz-abc"
>>> a=range(1
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:21:43 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:00 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I make lots of typing mistakes. It is not that. Did you see the short
>> example I posted?
>>
>> name="123-xyz-abc"
>> for x in name:
>> if x in range(10):
>>
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:27:58 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
wrote:
>On Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:30:47 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>
>> name="123-xyz-abc"
>> a=range(10)
>> b=list(range(10))
>> c=str(list(range(10)))
>> print ("a",(a
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:58:04 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
OK, assuming you tried to run this in python3, not python2 or
codeskulptor.
> name="123-xyz-abc"
> a=range(10)
a is an iterable object giving the numbers 0 through 9
> b=
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:30:47 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
> name="123-xyz-abc"
> a=range(10)
> b=list(range(10))
> c=str(list(range(10)))
> print ("a",(a))
> print ("b",(b))
> print ("c",(c))
>
> for x in name:
> if x i
On 24/10/2014 23:58, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
name="123-xyz-abc"
a=range(10)
b=list(range(10))
c=str(list(range(10)))
print ("a",(a))
print ("b",(b))
print ("c",(c))
for x in name:
if x in a:
print ("a",(x))
if x in b:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:00 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> I make lots of typing mistakes. It is not that. Did you see the short
> example I posted?
>
> name="123-xyz-abc"
> for x in name:
> if x in range(10):
> print ("Range",(x))
> if x in str(range(10)):
> print ("Strin
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:35:34 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>But finally, with your telephone number decoder, look at:
>>
>>http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user38_QnR06Upp4AH6h0Q.py
>
> That is much cleaner than mine. Nice.
>
> I did make one more change to mine that makes it easier to read. I
> chan
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
name="123-xyz-abc"
a=range(10)
b=list(range(10))
c=str(list(range(10)))
print ("a",(a))
print ("b",(b))
print ("c",(c))
for x in name:
if x in a:
print ("a",(x))
if x in b:
print ("b",(x))
if x in c:
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:00:01 AM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:09:59 -0400 (EDT), Dave Angel wrote:
> > Don't ever retype unless you're trying to
> > frustrate us,
>
> I promise I am not trying to frustrate anyone. I know I have.
> Sorry
No issues Seymore :-)
As
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:09:59 -0400 (EDT), Dave Angel
wrote:
>Seymore4Head Wrote in message:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Totally befuddled myself!
>>>
>>>Are you deliberately misspelling list to lst
>>>and hoping the error will go away.
>>>
>>>And Pu
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:30:37 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
Thanks for all the helpful replies. I just discovered that there is
something wrong with my news feed. Some of the messages did not make
it to me. I can go back and read this thread in Google Groups but I
can't reply to it.
If I missed t
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:48:14 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
>
>Try loading the following in codeskulptor:
>
>http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user38_j6kGKgeOMr_0.py
That is a useful way to test.
Th
Seymore4Head Wrote in message:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
> wrote:
>
>>Totally befuddled myself!
>>
>>Are you deliberately misspelling list to lst
>>and hoping the error will go away.
>>
>>And Puh LEESE
>>dont post screen shots of good ol ASCII text
>
> I didn't do
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:07:06 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:40:39 +0100, Mark Lawrence
> wrote:
>
>>On 24/10/2014 19:20, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>> I meant to type:
>>> if y in range(1,10) doesn't work.
>>> Sigh Sorry
>>>
>>>
>>How many more times, state what you expect to happ
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
Try loading the following in codeskulptor:
http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user38_j6kGKgeOMr_0.py
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:19:22 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:15:13 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I do understand that. 7 is a number and "7" is a string.
>> What my question was...and still is...is why Python 3 fails when I try
>> using y=1 800 get charter
>>
>> y in
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:15:13 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> I do understand that. 7 is a number and "7" is a string.
> What my question was...and still is...is why Python 3 fails when I try
> using y=1 800 get charter
>
> y in range str(range(10))
> should work because y is a string and str(range(
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> name="123-xyz-abc"
> for x in name:
> if x in range(10):
> print ("Range",(x))
> if x in str(range(10)):
> print ("String range",(x))
>
> It doesn't throw an error but it doesn't print what you would expect.
That print
On 24/10/2014 15:47, Seymore4Head wrote:
I have at least 10 ebooks. I will get around to reading them soon.
Sooner would be better.
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:00 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:37:31 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>
>>> I tried list(range(10)
>>
>>This is missing a ")"
>>
>>It probably sat there waiting for you to finish the
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:37:31 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>
>> I tried list(range(10)
>
>This is missing a ")"
>
>It probably sat there waiting for you to finish the line.
>
>list(range(10))
>
>You have two "(" in the line, you need
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:38:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> I tried list(range(10)
This is missing a ")"
It probably sat there waiting for you to finish the line.
list(range(10))
You have two "(" in the line, you need two ")" to match them.
> I thought that would work in Python 3. It
> didn
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:55:19 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:36:23 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:33 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> >> On F
On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:36:23 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:33 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:33 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> >> On F
On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:12:10 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Fri, Oc
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:57:12 -0700 (PDT), sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head
>> > wrote:
>> >> Actually I was a little fr
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:40:39 +0100, Mark Lawrence
wrote:
>On 24/10/2014 19:20, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> I meant to type:
>> if y in range(1,10) doesn't work.
>> Sigh
>> Sorry
>>
>
>How many more times, state what you expect to happen and what actually
>happens. "doesn't work" is useless. Please
On Friday, October 24, 2014 11:17:53 AM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head
> > wrote:
> >> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as
> >> the other lines all work.
> >>
On 24/10/2014 19:20, Seymore4Head wrote:
I meant to type:
if y in range(1,10) doesn't work.
Sigh
Sorry
How many more times, state what you expect to happen and what actually
happens. "doesn't work" is useless. Please read this http://sscce.org/
--
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our l
On 24/10/2014 18:03, Seymore4Head wrote:
Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as
the other lines all work.
Using list(range(10)) Doesn't throw an error but it doesn't work.
http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg
The interpreter. I don't know how to use that either.
Yo
I meant to type:
if y in range(1,10) doesn't work.
Sigh
Sorry
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:15:13 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head
>> wrote:
>>> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:52:15 -0600, Ian Kelly
wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as
>> the other lines all work.
>> Using list(range(10)) Doesn't throw an error but it doesn't work.
>>
>> http://i.im
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:55:44 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:18:12 +0200, "Albert Visser" wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:03:47 +0200, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> http://i.imgur.com/DT
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> Actually I was a little frustrated when I added that line back in as
> the other lines all work.
> Using list(range(10)) Doesn't throw an error but it doesn't work.
>
> http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg
>
> The interpreter. I don't know how to
On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:55:44 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:18:12 +0200, "Albert Visser" wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:03:47 +0200, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg
> >>
> >> The interpreter. I don't know how to use that ei
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:18:12 +0200, "Albert Visser"
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:03:47 +0200, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg
>>
>> The interpreter. I don't know how to use that either.
>>
>
>It's what's on the left hand side of your screenshot. You can simply t
On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:37:45 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> >Totally befuddled myself!
> >
> >Are you deliberately misspelling list to lst
> >and hoping the error will go away.
> >
> >And Puh LEESE
> >dont post screen sho
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:03:47 +0200, Seymore4Head
wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/DTc5zoL.jpg
The interpreter. I don't know how to use that either.
It's what's on the left hand side of your screenshot. You can simply type
Python statements following the >>> prompt and hit enter to examine t
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> The name of the builtin is "list". It's a function* that takes an
> argument and uses it to construct a list, which it returns.
>
> *Actually it's a type object, and calling it causes an instance of the
> type to be constructed, but for all inten
On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:06:47 PM UTC+5:30, Ian wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> >> Range(10) stores the min max values and loads each number in between
> >> when needed.
> >
> > It loads?? As in 'load-up-a-van'??
>
> As in loads into memory.
>
> > When you see
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
wrote:
>Totally befuddled myself!
>
>Are you deliberately misspelling list to lst
>and hoping the error will go away.
>
>And Puh LEESE
>dont post screen shots of good ol ASCII text
I didn't do that on purpose. I make a lot of typing mistakes
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:47:51 +1100, Chris Angelico
wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>> When I use list(range(10)) I get:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "C:/Functions/name to number digit.py", line 37, in
>> print (nametonumber(a))#1800 438 2427
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> If I could explain to you why something doesn't work then I could fix
> it myself. I don't understand why it doesn't work. The best I can do
> is repost the code.
You don't need to be able to explain why it doesn't work. You just
need to b
On Friday, October 24, 2014 10:18:12 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
> > When I use list(range(10)) I get:
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "C:/Functions/name to number digit.py", line 37, in
> > print (nametonumber(a))
Totally befuddled myself!
Are you deliberately misspelling list to lst
and hoping the error will go away.
And Puh LEESE
dont post screen shots of good ol ASCII text
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On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> When I use list(range(10)) I get:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "C:/Functions/name to number digit.py", line 37, in
> print (nametonumber(a))#1800 438 2427 837
> File "C:/Functions/name to number digit.py", line 10, in
>
-
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 5:56 PM CEST Rustom Mody wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:11:12 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:11:12 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
>> Range(10) stores the min max values and loads each number in between
>> when needed.
>
> It loads?? As in 'load-up-a-van'??
As in loads into memory.
> When you see:
>
10
> 10
>
> 1. Does someone (a clerk maybe) in the computer count to
ERRATA CORRIGE:
> many different circumstances, by the very, very helpful folks of clp.
many different circumstances, by the very, very helpful folks of clpy
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On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:11:12 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:55:35 + (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Thu, 2
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> I understand that it makes it easier for you if I can describe better
> the error I get, but by the time I ask for help here I have tried many
> different things to get the error to go away.
That's part of the problem. You let yourself get fr
On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:51:41 +1100, Chris Angelico
wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>> I tried list(range(10) I thought that would work in Python 3. It
>> didn't.
>
>This is your problem: You say "it didn't work". That is almost *never*
>the right thing to say or t
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:12:28 +0100, Mark Lawrence
wrote:
>On 24/10/2014 08:05, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 22/10/2014 21:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>> def nametonumber(name):
>>> lst=[""]
>>> for x,y in enumerate (name):
>>> lst=lst.append(y)
>>> print (lst)
>>> return (
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> I tried list(range(10) I thought that would work in Python 3. It
> didn't.
This is your problem: You say "it didn't work". That is almost *never*
the right thing to say or to think. What happened when you tried that?
Did you get a SyntaxErr
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:05:01 +0100, Mark Lawrence
wrote:
>On 22/10/2014 21:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> def nametonumber(name):
>> lst=[""]
>> for x,y in enumerate (name):
>> lst=lst.append(y)
>> print (lst)
>> return (lst)
>> a=["1-800-getcharter"]
>> print (nametonumb
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody
wrote:
>On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:55:35 + (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:56 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09
On 24/10/2014 08:05, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 22/10/2014 21:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
def nametonumber(name):
lst=[""]
for x,y in enumerate (name):
lst=lst.append(y)
print (lst)
return (lst)
a=["1-800-getcharter"]
print (nametonumber(a))#18004382427837
The syntax for
On 22/10/2014 21:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
def nametonumber(name):
lst=[""]
for x,y in enumerate (name):
lst=lst.append(y)
print (lst)
return (lst)
a=["1-800-getcharter"]
print (nametonumber(a))#18004382427837
The syntax for when to use a () and when to use [] still t
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:55:35 + (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:56 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:16 + (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote:
> >
> >>>Try the following 3
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Example that works 'instantly' in 3.x, but would be slightly insane in 2.x,
> even if you have enough memory for it to work on a 64 bit build.
>
r =range(0, 1000, 37)
3428761974385 in r
> False
3428761974386 in r
On 10/23/2014 3:39 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
BTW I forgot to add that example 2 and 3 don't seem to be too useful
in Python 3, but they are in Python 2. I don't understand how the
Python 3 is an improved version.
In Python 2, range returns a l
On 10/23/2014 01:44 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
I tried to make range(10) work in Python 3 by:
if int(y) in range(10):
name.append(str(y))
It doesn't.
That's true, it doesn't. However, did you actually READ the error message it gives? It has
NOTHING to do with range().
On 2014-10-23 21:44, Seymore4Head wrote:
[snip]
I tried to make range(10) work in Python 3 by:
if int(y) in range(10):
name.append(str(y))
It doesn't.
You didn't say what happened when you tried, but I can guess.
When given, say, "g", it complains that it's not valid. W
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:39:06 -0600, Ian Kelly
wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>> BTW I forgot to add that example 2 and 3 don't seem to be too useful
>> in Python 3, but they are in Python 2. I don't understand how the
>> Python 3 is an improved version.
>
>In Pyt
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:39:06 -0600, Ian Kelly
wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Seymore4Head
> wrote:
>> BTW I forgot to add that example 2 and 3 don't seem to be too useful
>> in Python 3, but they are in Python 2. I don't understand how the
>> Python 3 is an improved version.
>
>In Pyt
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Seymore4Head
wrote:
> BTW I forgot to add that example 2 and 3 don't seem to be too useful
> in Python 3, but they are in Python 2. I don't understand how the
> Python 3 is an improved version.
In Python 2, range returns a list containing all the requested
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