Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-23 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Rick Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 3:35:20 AM UTC-6, wxjm...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> Wait for ther 3.5 release. I will still show >> you how to make Idle, tkinter, Python crashing >> in 10 seconds. >> >> Discussing with (some) core devs is simply impossible, >> they do

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-23 Thread Rick Johnson
On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 3:35:20 AM UTC-6, wxjm...@gmail.com wrote: > > [...] > > Wait for ther 3.5 release. I will still show > you how to make Idle, tkinter, Python crashing > in 10 seconds. > > Discussing with (some) core devs is simply impossible, > they do not whish to discuss! > > All

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > I mean, if you were dumping it because of it's > shameless herd-conformity to the Unicode standard then AT > LEAST that would make sense me! Wait, which of our trolls are you? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, December 22, 2014 9:56:11 AM UTC-6, ryguy7272 wrote: I've been using Python for quite a few years now an i can only once remember using any type of "python installation tools" (easy_install or pip... puke!). I've always found the easiest route to be just downloading a zip/tar file, and

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > (I lied. I kept Windows, in a Virtualbox, so I can resurrect it on demand) You remind me of the evil sorcerers who keep their defeated foes around in undead form, so they can torment them whenever they feel like it. Only difference is, resurre

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/22/2014 10:55 AM, ryguy7272 wrote: I just uninstalled Python and deleted 15 Python books that I found online. AH! I feel great That's the way i felt when I uninstalled Windows. It's better not to not have something installed that you won't run. Likewise

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 22/12/2014 15:55, ryguy7272 wrote: On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. Now, in Pytho

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-22 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread oldknackers
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 3:46:40 PM UTC, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > impor

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:25:38 -0800, ryguy7272 wrote: > I just ran these two commands in the c-prompt: > pip install --upgrade numpy > pip install --upgrade pandas What is the purpose of the --upgrade switch? Just run `pip install numpy`, and COPY and PASTE the entire output of pip into your re

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Rustom Mody
On Monday, December 22, 2014 7:55:50 AM UTC+5:30, ryguy7272 wrote: > Sorry, but that's what drives me nuts. I install a few packages, and the > messages that I get says the package is installed...then it says it's NOT > installed...I don't know what to think... Its nice to bang the head agains

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 22/12/2014 02:07, ryguy7272 wrote: On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. Now, in Pytho

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 1:25 PM, ryguy7272 wrote: > > I just ran these two commands in the c-prompt: > pip install --upgrade numpy > pip install --upgrade pandas > > It seemed like everything was being downloaded and installed. Seems ok. > Then I go back to the Python Shell and ran 'import nump

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/21/2014 08:01 PM, ryguy7272 wrote: On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. Now, in Py

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread oldknackers
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 3:46:40 PM UTC, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > impor

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:01 PM, ryguy7272 wrote: > Part of the problem is, I don't know why in 2014 we're entering commands in > the C-prompt to run a Windows program. I thought all of that stuff was over > in the very early 1990s. Also, I can't understand why Python can't download > this f

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/21/2014 07:44 AM, ryguy7272 wrote: On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" Thanks Steven. I just tried what you recommended, and got this. import

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-21 Thread ryguy7272
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:46:40 AM UTC-5, ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, > I ran this: > "pip install pandas" > > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. > > Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: > im

Re: very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
ryguy7272 wrote: > I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the > C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" C-prompt? Are you maybe running Windows? I'll assume so. > It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. Did pip print any output? What did it

very weird pandas behavior

2014-12-20 Thread ryguy7272
I downloaded pandas and put it in my python directory, then, at the C-prompt, I ran this: "pip install pandas" It looks like everything downloaded and installed fine. Great. Now, in Python Shell, I enter this: import pandas as pd I get this error. Traceback (most recent call last): File ""