Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-21 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article , Terry Reedy wrote: >On 5/19/2010 3:17 AM, CM wrote: >> I love how he just copied and pasted the assignment without any other >> remarks. > >Yeah, that way he did not mess it up ;-). OTOH it may be a copyright infringement. Or is posting an assignment to a newsgroup "fair use"? Groe

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-19 Thread alex23
Patrick Maupin wrote: > Although it makes > perfect sense, I never really thought much about the possibility that > the school year would be "upside down" "down under"... Yes, having the school year run within the actual year instead of across two is such a topsy-turvy concept, it's pretty obviou

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-19 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/19/2010 3:17 AM, CM wrote: I love how he just copied and pasted the assignment without any other remarks. Yeah, that way he did not mess it up ;-). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-19 Thread CM
I love how he just copied and pasted the assignment without any other remarks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-18 Thread Xavier Ho
Yeah, most unis here commence in March, and the first semester usually finish in June, when the exams are. - Xav on his 'droid On 19/05/2010 2:21 PM, "Patrick Maupin" wrote: On May 14, 3:19 am, "harry k" wrote: > Write a spell checking tool that wil... Well, this has been educational. Both m

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-18 Thread John Machin
On May 19, 1:37 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:01:10 +1000, Nigel Rowe wrote: > > I'm happy to do you homework for you, cost is us$1000 per hour.  Email > > to your professor automatically on receipt. > > I'll do it for $700 an hour! he could save the money if he oogledgay or

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-18 Thread Patrick Maupin
On May 14, 3:19 am, "harry k" wrote: > Write a spell checking tool that will identify all misspelled word in a text > file using a provided dictionary. Well, this has been educational. Both my daughters just finished their final exams last week, so I was confused about seeing the homework assi

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:01:10 +1000, Nigel Rowe wrote: > I'm happy to do you homework for you, cost is us$1000 per hour. Email > to your professor automatically on receipt. I'll do it for $700 an hour! -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-18 Thread Nigel Rowe
On Fri, 14 May 2010 18:19, harry k wrote in comp.lang.python <>: > Write a spell checking tool that will identify all misspelled word in a text file using a provided dictionary. > > > > Extend the spell-checking tool so that the program will also print out a list of possible correct spellings f

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-15 Thread Tim Chase
2) Python-list doesn't like to do other people's homework. This could be fun... :) For this problem, all you have to do is a big "if/elif/else" statement for every possible mis-spelling. If you want to get really fancy, you could put all the mis-spellings in a set() and then test the incomi

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-15 Thread James Mills
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:19 PM, harry k wrote: > Write a spell checking tool that will identify all misspelled word in a text > file using a provided dictionary. Is this an assignment ? Sure looks like it! I don't see a question anywhere. --james -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

Re: help need to write a python spell checker

2010-05-15 Thread Xavier Ho
1) Welcome to Python-List! 2) Python-list doesn't like to do other people's homework. 3) What have you tried? Cheers, Xav On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:19 PM, harry k wrote: > Write a spell checking tool that will identify all misspelled word in a > text file using a provided dictionary. > > > Th