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> > if m:
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> contents of the file. You may also want to read the documentation of
> thile objects to see what else you can do with them.
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> >Use a unique do-nothing object, defined at the module level so
> >callers can easily get at it [...]
> >
> >GLOBAL = object()
> >
> >def insert_ids(ids=GLOBAL):
&g
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> > >def insert_ids(ids=GLOBAL):
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> >> 1) Write unit tests for your code. Keep writing unit tests until
> >> you have some that _don't pass_. Then fix your code so that
nction type. Define
a class that has a '__call__' attribute, make an instance of that, and
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so it does what you're actually trying to do.
Again, please make sure you work on these problems yourself; your
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you could subclass 'enumerate', but it seems the above function does
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> >>> print enumerate("ABCDE")
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> >>> print list(enumerate("ABCDE"))
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> > If you want a solution that gives you an actual module object,
> > here's what I use:
> >
> > def make_module_from_file(mo
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> > Except that there are other c
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This is one of the many reasons why Python's built-in composite types
are so useful. A group of semantically-related values can be passed as
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A search for the separate terms "python iteration variable scope" will
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> > "I-might-want-to-add-more-in-the-future" values, then you get both
> > explicit *and* expandable, without an arbitrary unneeded sequence.
>
> Do you m
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> > Is that the predecessor to Python, the one that could only be
> > expressed in vowel noises?
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just wants a string expression. It's the formatting operator, '%',
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> If that is so, why is he getting that message "TypeError: format
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No idea. Probab
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out_file.write(out_line)
This also means you're one easy step away from padding the line number
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out_line = "%06d:: %s" % (linenumber, in_line)
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> > The function call syntax doesn't allow a space between the
> > function name and the opening parenthesis.
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> >>Acctualy there is a solution:
> >>see http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/473810
> >
> >
w', 'u'], ['e', 'i'], ['r', 'o'], ['t', 'p']]
>>> print pileshuffle(deck, 3)
[['q', 'r', 'u', 'p'], ['w', 't', 'i'], ['e', 'y&
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> > for card in deck:
> > piles[pile_index].append(card)
> > pile_index = (pile_index + 1) % numpiles
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> > if __name__ == "__main__":
> > test_funcs = [x for name, x in globals()
> > if name.startswith("test") and hasattr(x, "__call__"
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> > terms without expert legal assistance. You've already chosen the
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Adjust for whatever algorithm you want to use. Consult a book of
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> > modules sensibly during installation so they'll be easily
> > available to, but specific to, my application?
>
>
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> > Example assuming you want a one's-complement interpretation::
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