On 04/09/2013 11:44 PM, Larry Hudson wrote:
On 04/09/2013 09:49 AM, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
So what would be the proper way to perform a loop of this program. I still
can't quite figure
out the best way to do it.
My suggestion... (pseudocode)
# Print a heading/introduction here
w
On Apr 9, 8:47 pm, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
> ... and if you have any ideas for me to improve my coding that will prevent
> me from learning
> python in a sloppy way. I'd like to learn it correctly the first time!
Not perhaps a direct answer...
Anyways there is style in which python is b
On 04/09/2013 09:49 AM, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
So what would be the proper way to perform a loop of this program. I still
can't quite figure out the best way to do it.
My suggestion... (pseudocode)
# Print a heading/introduction here
while True:
# Print menu, with an added
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:12:34 -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
>
>> On 04/09/2013 03:35 PM, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:29 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM, wrote:
> ... I'm not sure what
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:12:34 -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 04/09/2013 03:35 PM, Walter Hurry wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:29 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM, wrote:
... I'm not sure what version I'm using ...
>>>
>>> Try putting these lines into a
On 04/09/2013 03:35 PM, Walter Hurry wrote:
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:29 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM, wrote:
... I'm not sure what version I'm using ...
Try putting these lines into a Python script:
import sys
print(sys.version)
That works (of course), b
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:29 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM, wrote:
>> ... I'm not sure what version I'm using ...
>
> Try putting these lines into a Python script:
>
> import sys
> print(sys.version)
>
That works (of course), but in every Python version I've s
On 9 avr, 15:32, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
> measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out
> how to loop the entire program. When I insert a while loop it only loops the
> first 2 l
On 04/09/2013 01:18 PM, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
sorry i just started using google groups, not really all that sure how to use
it properly.
IMHO, best way is to switch to a good email program, and mail your
messages to comp.lang.python. That's after subscribing via
http://mail.
On 04/09/2013 12:57 PM, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
I responded before I saw this message, this was very helpful so I appreciate
your quick and helpful responses. So do you think prompting for a string and
then checking if the string is true is a good practice for something like this?
Whe
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:18 AM, wrote:
> sorry i just started using google groups, not really all that sure how to use
> it properly.
The best way to use Google Groups is to not use it, frankly. Just
subscribe to the mailing list in gmail; it has its own issues (eg it
encourages top-posting by
sorry i just started using google groups, not really all that sure how to use
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On 04/09/2013 09:57 AM, thomasancill...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:32:18 AM UTC-4, thomasa...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out how
to loop t
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:57 AM, wrote:
> I responded before I saw this message, this was very helpful so I appreciate
> your quick and helpful responses. So do you think prompting for a string and
> then checking if the string is true is a good practice for something like
> this? When would c
I responded before I saw this message, this was very helpful so I appreciate
your quick and helpful responses. So do you think prompting for a string and
then checking if the string is true is a good practice for something like this?
When would checking for true/false be necessary?
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So what would be the proper way to perform a loop of this program. I still
can't quite figure out the best way to do it.
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:24 AM, wrote:
> For system version I get this:
> 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)]
Lovely! Perfect.
> But, what I don't understand exactly is the while statement. I've been
> looking around a lo
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:24 PM, wrote:
> For system version I get this:
> 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)]
>
> Also, I understand what your saying about the continuation code. There's
> no need for me to include it in eac
For system version I get this:
2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)]
Also, I understand what your saying about the continuation code. There's no
need for me to include it in each if/else statement, I could just use it at the
en
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:47 AM, wrote:
> ... I'm not sure what version I'm using ...
Try putting these lines into a Python script:
import sys
print(sys.version)
That, on any version of Python (back a fairly long way, Steven
D'Aprano can probably say how far), will give you a line or so of
out
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:47 AM, wrote:
> Sorry I'm just starting to learn python and I'm not sure what version I'm
> using to be quite honest. I just started typing it up in Komodo edit (Which
> I'm not personally a fan in particular) I fixed the missing parenthesis
> which fixed the invalid syn
Sorry I'm just starting to learn python and I'm not sure what version I'm using
to be quite honest. I just started typing it up in Komodo edit (Which I'm not
personally a fan in particular) I fixed the missing parenthesis which fixed the
invalid syntax problem. Also, I apologize for submitting c
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:58 PM, wrote:
> Also I'm getting a invalid syntax next to my elif statements that i wasnt
> getting before. why is this happening now?
Ah! That's relating to the close parenthesis problem I mentioned.
That's the exact issue I saw.
When you get told about a problem, so
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:32 PM, wrote:
> I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
> measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out
> how to loop the entire program. When I insert a while loop it only loops the
> first 2 lines. Ca
Also I'm getting a invalid syntax next to my elif statements that i wasnt
getting before. why is this happening now?
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On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:32:18 AM UTC-4, thomasa...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
> measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out
> how to loop the entire program. When I insert a while loop it only
I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out how
to loop the entire program. When I insert a while loop it only loops the first
2 lines. Can someone provide a detailed beginner friendly exp
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