Re: re module non-greedy matches broken

2005-04-04 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 04/04/2005-04:20PM, lothar wrote: > > how then, do i specify a non-greedy regex > <1st-pat>*? > > that is, such that non-greedy part *? > excludes a match of <1st-pat> > jet% cat vwre2.py #! /usr/bin/env python import re vwre = re.compile("V[^V]W") vwlre = re.compile("V[^V]WL") if __nam

Re: How to remove subset from a file efficiently?

2006-01-13 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 01/12/2006-09:04AM, fynali wrote: > > - PSP320.dat (quite a large list of mobile numbers), > - CBR319.dat (a subset of the above, a list of barred bumbers) > fgrep -x -v -f CBR319.dat PSP320.dat > PSP-CBR.dat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2006-08-02 Thread Christopher Weimann
em32 C:\WINDOWS\system32> C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd /windows The system cannot find the path specified. It IGNORES a leading / char. -- -------- Christopher Weimann http://www.k12usa.com K12USA.com Cool Tools for Schools! -

Re: Advanced lockfiles

2006-06-12 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 06/12/2006-11:00AM, David Hirschfield wrote: > > I want some kind of lockfile implementation that will allow one process > to lock a file (or create an appropriately named lockfile that other > processes will find and understand the meaning of), but there are some > important requirements: >

Re: write to the same file from multiple processes at the same time?

2005-05-27 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 05/27/2005-06:02PM, Peter Hansen wrote: > > Hmm... just tried it: you're right! On the other hand, the results were > unacceptable: each process has a separate file pointer, so it appears > whichever one writes first will have its output overwritten by the > second process. Did you open th

Re: Tabs are *MISUNDERSTOOD*, *EVIL* AND *STUPID*, end of discussion. (Re: Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code)

2006-05-19 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 05/19/2006-07:18AM, Duncan Booth wrote: > > My experience of programming with either spaces or tabs has taught me > that tabs are evil not for themselves, but simply because no matter how > hard you try they always end up being mixed with spaces. > Swap the word 'tabs' for the word 'spaces'

Re: Strange problem when running python code

2006-04-04 Thread Christopher Weimann
On 04/04/2006-12:01PM, ishtar2020 wrote: > This is the line where the interpreter finds the error > >if text.list[i].toString() in limits:list)): <- Here is where That line has two extra close parens before the : Can you show the traceback? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo