On 06/05/10 21:24, Lie Ryan wrote:
> On 05/31/10 20:19, Payal wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am trying to learn Python (again) and have some basic doubts which I
>> hope someone in the list can address. (English is not my first language and I
>> have no CS background except I can write decent shell scripts)
>>
On 05/31/10 20:19, Payal wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to learn Python (again) and have some basic doubts which I
> hope someone in the list can address. (English is not my first language and I
> have no CS background except I can write decent shell scripts)
>
> When I type help(something) e.g. help(
On 31 mayo, 07:19, Payal wrote:
> When I type help(something) e.g. help(list), I see many methods like,
> __methodname__(). Are these something special? How do I use them and why
> put "__" around them?
You may want to install and use "see", a human-friendly replacement of
dir()
So instead of t
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 08:41:54PM +1000, Xavier Ho wrote:
> Welcome (back) to the Python-List!
Thanks a lot to all who replied. Special thanks to Xavier Ho for sample
examples on iterators. That cleared the doubt.
With warm regards,
-Payal
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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Xavier Ho wrote:
> On 31 May 2010 20:19, Payal wrote:
>> When I type help(something) e.g. help(list), I see many methods like,
>> __methodname__(). Are these something special?
>
> They're very special. You can think of them as "Python internal functions",
> and
On 31-May-10 06:19 AM, Payal wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to learn Python (again) and have some basic doubts which I
hope someone in the list can address. (English is not my first language and I
have no CS background except I can write decent shell scripts)
When I type help(something) e.g. help(list),
On 31 May 2010 20:19, Payal wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to learn Python (again) and have some basic doubts which I
> hope someone in the list can address. (English is not my first language and
> I
> have no CS background except I can write decent shell scripts)
>
>
Welcome (back) to the Python-Lis
