On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:06:54 +0000, John McKenzie wrote: > Brendan and Alister, thank you both for responding. > > I am very inexperienced with python, but not new to computers so on my > own I realized the strings vs number mistake. (I seem to work with and > learn about Python for a few weeks at a time with 6 to 12 months in > between.
I spend most of my time simply lurking here because I am very much an amateur (although in the distant pas I was a microcontroler firmware programmer in 6800 assembler). Primarily program in python for personal pleasure. this ws on occasion where i felt I was able to offer as good an explanation as anyone on the list so was glad to give something back -- Why use Windows, since there is a door? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list