Re: [Tutor] Cataloging Web Page Information
Anderson wrote: Hello, I currently have access to a webpage that has information that I'd like to put into a CSV (comma seperated value) spreadsheet. Its frontend is a form; you fill the form out by entering some text and selecting the appropriate option from a drop down menu, and then you press the submit form button. You may be able just to send the same data as the form without having to actually read the form from the web site. If the form uses GET, you can see the data it sends in the URL bar of the browser after you submit the form. If the form uses POST, you will have to look at the actual form to see how the data is formatted. Alternatively you can use ClientForm to fill out the actual form and submit it. http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ The webpage subsequently displays links to every entry it can find and when you click on the link you get the full info of that entry. BeautifulSoup can help you pull the links out of the reply. http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/ urllib2 (in the standard library) can retrieve the final web page, if you need to parse it use BeautifulSoup again. Kent I want to automate the whole process with a python script. I figured out that the csv module(s) would be best for storing the received information but what module should I use to access the website, fill out the form, enter each resulting link and retrieve the information? Thanks for your time, Anderson ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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Re: [Tutor] returning table elements with Beautiful Soup
Bill Kranec wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to use Beautiful Soup to scrape some data out of an HTML
table. I can do this using
table = soup("td", {'class' : 'yfnc_tabledata1' })
table[0].string.strip()
OK, table is a list of Tags, the first one has a 'string' attribute.
However, if I try
for entry in table:
entry.string.strip()
I get: AttributeError: Tag instance has no attribute 'string'
Because not every Tag in table has a 'string' attribute, only the ones that have a single string
child somewhere.
Try this and you will see better what is going on:
import urllib2
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
data = urllib2.urlopen('http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IBM').read()
soup = BeautifulSoup(data)
table = soup("td", {'class' : 'yfnc_tabledata1' })
for entry in table:
print entry
try:
print entry.string
except AttributeError:
print 'No string'
## prints
92.37
92.37
Mar 4
Mar 4
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/fi/03rd/down_r.gif"; alt="Down" /> 0.04 (0.04%)
No string
...etc
Notice the third element has two string children - ' ' and '0.04 (0.04%)'. You will have to do
a little more work if you want the text from that one.
Is there an easy way to have Beautiful Soup return each data element in
the table, preferably into a list?
allStrings = [entry.string for entry in table if hasattr(entry, 'string')]
print allStrings
## prints
['92.37', 'Mar 4', '92.41', '92.94', 'N/A', 'N/A', '107.33', '92.36 - 93.18', '81.90 - 99.10',
'4,754,000', '4,619,454', '150.81B', '18.65', '4.95', '0.72 (0.78%)', '15.02', '1.57', '10-Mar-05',
' 8-Feb-05', '5.62', '1.04', '2.1', '1.64']
Kent
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Re: [Tutor] Problem with IntVar() (SOLVED!)
Thanks, Kent! Moving self.top=Tk() up solved the IntVar() problem. *sigh* Man, learning curves can be a royal pain ;-) Also, thanks for the advice about starting off with little bits at a time. Kinda seems like an obvious way to do things when you think about it. :-/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Problem with IntVar() - Oops! Here's the code.
There seem to be quite a few problems with this code...
Ronnie Betzen wrote:
#! /usr/bin/env python
import Tkinter
should be
from Tkinter import *
class timer:
def __init__(self):
The next line needs to be after the line 'self.top = Tk()' so Tkinter is initialized when the
variable is created.
# initialize global variables
self.ckbuttonstatus = IntVar()
# set up main window
self.top = Tk()
self.top.geometry('355x125')
appname is not defined...
self.top.title(appname)
etc...
I think you have bitten off too much here. Try starting with a very small, working program that has
a little of what you want in it. Then add another little piece and get that working. Repeat until
you get to where you want to be. Ask questions when you don't understand the next step.
Here is a very simple program that links a checkbox and a label through a variable. Maybe this is a
step in the right direction for you:
from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
var = IntVar()
Label(textvariable=var).pack()
c = Checkbutton(text="Click Me", variable=var)
c.pack()
root.mainloop()
Kent
self.top.resizable(width='no', height='no')
# set up menubar
self.menubar = menu(self.top)
self.top.config(menu = self.menubar)
# set up file menu
self.filemenu = Menu(self.menubar, tearoff = 0)
self.filemenu.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.filemenu)
self.filemenu.add_checkbutton(label = "Click Me!", command =
self.labelUpdate)
self.filemenu.add_command(label = "Quit", command=self.top.quit)
# set up main display area
self.frame = Frame(self.top)
self.frame.pack(fill=x)
self.displaylabel=Label(self.frame, text=" ", font="Times 36 bold",
relief="sunken")
self.displaylabel.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=X)
def labelUpdate(self):
self.status = self.ckbuttonstatus.get()
self.labeltext = "Chekbutton status is: " + self.status
self.displaylabel.config(text=labeltext)
self.top.update()
if __name__ == '__main__':
mainApp = timer()
mainloop()
On Friday 04 March 2005 08:39 pm, Ronnie Betzen wrote:
I've been trying to use IntVar() to update checkboxes using the Tkinter
toolkit. To date I haven't been successful getting it to work. Evidently
I'm missing some concept with regards to setting up my interface. I've
successfully run scripts by other people using IntVar() so I know my
personal system is ok.
Here is some code that causes me problems with IntVar(). Can someone
enlighten this total newbie (python and programming both.) as to what I'm
missing here?
Thanks,
Ron
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[Tutor] returning table elements with Beautiful Soup
Hi,
I'm trying to use Beautiful Soup to scrape some data out of an HTML
table. I can do this using
table = soup("td", {'class' : 'yfnc_tabledata1' })
table[0].string.strip()
However, if I try
for entry in table:
entry.string.strip()
I get: AttributeError: Tag instance has no attribute 'string'
Clearly Python is now treating the cell as a list element, not as a
Beautiful Soup class, so it cannot find the method that I want to use.
But I can't seem to find a way to do what I meant to do.
Is there an easy way to have Beautiful Soup return each data element in
the table, preferably into a list?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Bill
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Re: [Tutor] Problem with IntVar() - Oops! Here's the code.
#! /usr/bin/env python
import Tkinter
class timer:
def __init__(self):
# initialize global variables
self.ckbuttonstatus = IntVar()
# set up main window
self.top = Tk()
self.top.geometry('355x125')
self.top.title(appname)
self.top.resizable(width='no', height='no')
# set up menubar
self.menubar = menu(self.top)
self.top.config(menu = self.menubar)
# set up file menu
self.filemenu = Menu(self.menubar, tearoff = 0)
self.filemenu.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.filemenu)
self.filemenu.add_checkbutton(label = "Click Me!", command =
self.labelUpdate)
self.filemenu.add_command(label = "Quit", command=self.top.quit)
# set up main display area
self.frame = Frame(self.top)
self.frame.pack(fill=x)
self.displaylabel=Label(self.frame, text=" ", font="Times 36 bold",
relief="sunken")
self.displaylabel.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=X)
def labelUpdate(self):
self.status = self.ckbuttonstatus.get()
self.labeltext = "Chekbutton status is: " + self.status
self.displaylabel.config(text=labeltext)
self.top.update()
if __name__ == '__main__':
mainApp = timer()
mainloop()
On Friday 04 March 2005 08:39 pm, Ronnie Betzen wrote:
> I've been trying to use IntVar() to update checkboxes using the Tkinter
> toolkit. To date I haven't been successful getting it to work. Evidently
> I'm missing some concept with regards to setting up my interface. I've
> successfully run scripts by other people using IntVar() so I know my
> personal system is ok.
>
> Here is some code that causes me problems with IntVar(). Can someone
> enlighten this total newbie (python and programming both.) as to what I'm
> missing here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
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Re: [Tutor] Linked List
I'm taking a shot in the dark and answering here. Have you tried making a copy of the list, iterating over the copy, and changing the original based on the copy? Jacob Hi, Any body has any idea on how to implement a linked list in python? Ordinary python lists are not quite the same. what i need is a list i can traverse through sequentially without bothering about the indices, as another process is continuously editing this list, by inserting and deleting elements even as the list is being traversed. Shitiz __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] (no subject)
Kevin wrote: Hello all. I have just completed my very first python program just a simple number guessing. I would like for someone to try it out if they could and let me know how I did with it and where I could have improved apon it. There are t files main.py and defs.py I second Brian's comments about comments and white space. The comments make it very hard to pick out the actual code. Better if you can let the code speak for itself. Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Re: Re: Q & A
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[Tutor] Berkeley db incompatibility
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Re: [Tutor] Re: Q & A
Kent and Danny, Thanks so much for the quick and warmhearted reply. /whew Just wanted to make sure. I know there are lists specifically aimed at advanced users and wanted to watch my p's and q's. Well as I work my way through I am certain I will have questions and I am glad I have found a place to help out. Oh and rant away it can be kinda fun at times =) Thanks again, Chelan ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Re: Q & A
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Chelan Farsight wrote: > Okay this is a real question I have and I am not trying to defend the > actions of Mr. Chui. I simply wanted to make sure that I have joined > the right list. Are we allowed to ask total n00b questions on this > list? Hi Chelan, Yikes! Newcomer questions are perfectly fine. I'm sorry for the exasperated tone I used in my last message, and will try to explain myself. Let me clarify: if it's obvious that the questioner doesn't even care about the question they are asking --- if someone is just trying to get us to do homework so they can copy and paste it into some word processor --- then I get annoyed. (But I should have posted my rant off-list, so that it didn't disrupt anyone else.) If it looks like the questioner cares about the answer, and is doing other things to learn more about the subject, then that's ok. > If not what level of understanding is presumed before someone should > post a question? Any level of understanding is actually fine. Personally, it's the human intent of the questions that matters to me. Neither of Chui's questions had anything to do with Python. If there's any real requirement about questions, it's that it should at least have something to do with learning how to program in Python. > I just want to make sure that total newbies are welcome here. If not > then a reccomendation for another list would be greatly appreciated. This list is for beginners and newcomers to Python and programming. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them. And, again, I apologize about the earlier rant; I get emotional very easily. *grin* ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Re: Q & A
Chelan Farsight wrote: Okay this is a real question I have and I am not trying to defend the actions of Mr. Chui. I simply wanted to make sure that I have joined the right list. Are we allowed to ask total n00b questions on this list? Yes, this list is specifically for total n00bs and other beginners (and people who like to answer beginners' questions :-) If not what level of understanding is presumed before someone should post a question? None. A reasonable level of *effort* is appreciated. You will get better results if you try something and ask for help when you get stuck, and if you take the time to write a clear question. Again, please do not misunderstand, I have no qualms with *refusing* to do someone's homework for them. I just want to make sure that total newbies are welcome here. Yes, definitely. Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Re: Linked List
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Re: [Tutor] Programming challenge (C++ and Python)
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Re: [Tutor] Re: Q & A
Okay this is a real question I have and I am not trying to defend the actions of Mr. Chui. I simply wanted to make sure that I have joined the right list. Are we allowed to ask total n00b questions on this list? If not what level of understanding is presumed before someone should post a question? Again, please do not misunderstand, I have no qualms with *refusing* to do someone's homework for them. I just want to make sure that total newbies are welcome here. If not then a reccomendation for another list would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your patience and help, chelan On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:58:31 -0800 (PST), Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Meta note to other folks on the list: I'm sorry for letting this post > through; I was rushing, and I should have been more careful when going > through my moderation queue.] > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, liew choon chui wrote: > > > Here are two question to need some solution. > > Hi Lieu Choon Chui, > > I do not want to be rude, but, bluntly speaking, you have to do your own > work. Asking us to do it for you is a bit insulting, and I hope you > understand you've just made a terrible netiquette blunder. Your homework > is yours to solve. > > Please read: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > If you have questions about Python, we will be happy to help you. But > don't dump homework questions on us and expect a useful response. > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Re: Linked List
Shitiz Bansal wrote on Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:19:41 -0800 (PST):
> Any body has any idea on how to implement a linked
> list in python?
Perhaps like this:
>>> class node(object):
... def __init__(self, item, next=None):
... self.item = item
... self.next = next
>>> a = node('item a')
>>> b = node(3)
>>> c = node((3,4))
>>> d = node('last item')
>>> a.next = b
>>> b.next = c
>>> c.next = d
>>> mynode = a
>>> while mynode:
... print mynode.item
... mynode = mynode.next
item a
3
(3, 4)
last item
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Kevin said unto the world upon 2005-03-04 10:43:
Hello all. I have just completed my very first python program just a
simple number guessing. I would like for someone to try it out if they
could and let me know how I did with it and where I could have
improved apon it. There are t files main.py and defs.py
Thanks
Hi Kevin,
Though I am a learner, too, I have a few comments. They are more about
style than substance.
1) A lot of your code comments get in the way of my reading and easily
understanding the code. Consider:
.# leading `.'s to foil google groups and other whitespace stripping
readers
.if play == '3': #If user picks 3
.print "\nHave a nice day!\n" #Tell them to have a nice day
.sys.exit() #Then exit the entire thing
I think this would be much easier to read if it were like:
.if play == '3':# If user picks 3
.print "\nHave a nice day!\n" # Tell them to have a nice day
.sys.exit() # Then exit the entire thing
(Note that some people hate the comments along the side and would
prefer them the precede the line(s) they comment on. I like the 2
column approach, but that's just one duffer's view.)
But, even better would be:
.if play == '3':
.print "\nHave a nice day!\n"
.sys.exit()
Your comments are close to the canonical example of 'bad comments':
count += 1 # increment count by 1
Comments like this add nothing except squiggles to read on the screen
or page. They just repeat the code; so, instead of helping, they are
just noise. Comments are good for tricky bits, to explain just why
some non-obvious chunk of code is there, or to remind the reader (who
could well be you) why some particular approach was taken.
(Neatness counts ;-)
2) Whitespace is a good thing. Python needs it horizontally, but you
can (and, IMHO, should) employ vertical whitespace to chunk up the
code. Your code had this chunk:
.if play == '3': #If user picks 3
.print "\nHave a nice day!\n" #Tell them to have a nice day
.sys.exit() #Then exit the entire thing
.elif play == '2': #If user picks 2
.instruct() #Then lets call the instructions function
.elif play == '1': #If user picks 1
.game() #Then lets call the game function for the user to play
.elif play == '': #This is used is the menu leaves the screen
so the user can get it back
.choice() #Bring back the menu
.else:
.print "\nYou need to pick 1, 2 or 3 or hit enter to see
choices\n"
Try reading that and then this:
.if play == '3':
.print "\nHave a nice day!\n"
.sys.exit()
.
.elif play == '2':
.instruct()
.
.elif play == '1':
.game()
.
.elif play == '': # I might have put a comment here but
.choice() # the else clause below explains it.
.
.else:
.print "\nYou need to pick 1, 2 or 3 or hit enter to see
choices\n"
Which one is easier to read? :-)
The separation between blocks doesn't matter too much when the blocks
are short, but I still like it. Different strokes, though. But, if
each block had, say 4 or 5 lines, it would be much easier for me to
parse with the separation.
3) I've come to like informative dosctrings a lot. When you start
using tools like pydoc on your own code, you will be glad you used
them. (Plus, they cut down on the need for inline comments.)
and,
4) I'd make the yesno() function do a bit more work. So, combining
these two points, where you have:
.def yesno(question):
."""Asks the use a yes or no question"""
.answer = None
.while answer not in ('y','ye','yes','n','no'):
.answer = raw_input(question).lower()
.if answer not in ('y','ye','yes','n','no'):
.print "Please enter Y or N"
.return answer
I have a utility function:
def yes_or_no(question):
.'''Asks the user the question; returns True for yes, False for no.
.
.question is used to prompt the user for raw_input. That input is
.put in lower case and compared to the values ['y', 'yes', 'n',
.'no']. If it matches a `yes' value, True is returned; if it
.matches a `no' value False is returned. If it matches none of
.these values, a report of what was entered and of valid inputs
.is printed and the user is reprompted until an acceptable value
.is entered.
.'''
.response = raw_input(question)
.while True:
.
.lresp = response.lower()
.
.if lresp == 'y' or lresp == 'yes':
.# adjust matching values to your tastes
.return True
.if lresp == 'n' or lresp == 'no':
.return False
.
.response = raw_input('''
.You entered: %s
.Valid inputs are `n', 'no', `y', and `yes' (any case).
.Please try again.
.%s
.''' %(response, question))
My code is a lot longer, but 1) it does
[Tutor] (no subject)
Hello all. I have just completed my very first python program just a
simple number guessing. I would like for someone to try it out if they
could and let me know how I did with it and where I could have
improved apon it. There are t files main.py and defs.py
Thanks
##
#!/usr/bin/python
#main.py
###
from defs import *
import sys
###
choice() #Lets call the main menu up for the user
#This is used to ask if you would like to keep playing#
while 1:
play = raw_input("What is your choice? ") #Aks use to enter a choice
from the menu
if play == '3': #If user picks 3
print "\nHave a nice day!\n" #Tell them to have a nice day
sys.exit() #Then exit the entire thing
elif play == '2': #If user picks 2
instruct() #Then lets call the instructions function
elif play == '1': #If user picks 1
game() #Then lets call the game function for the user to play
elif play == '': #This is used is the menu leaves the screen so the
user can get it back
choice() #Bring back the menu
else:
print "\nYou need to pick 1, 2 or 3 or hit enter to see
choices\n"
#Let the user know that they can only pick 1, 2, 3 or just hit enter
and nothing else.
###
#defs.py
#
import random
import sys
###
#This is not used in the game yet
def yesno(question):
"""Asks the use a yes or no question"""
answer = None
while answer not in ('y','ye','yes','n','no'):
answer = raw_input(question).lower()
if answer not in ('y','ye','yes','n','no'):
print "Please enter Y or N"
return answer
#This is the guessing game#
def game():
"""This is the main part of the guessing game"""
tries = 5 #Set the number of tries to 5
guess = random.randrange(2)+1 #Computer picks a number from 1 to 20
while 1:
try:
answer = int(raw_input("What is your guess? ")) #Ask
the user to
guess the number
if answer != guess: #Check to see if answer is not
equal to guessed number
tries -= 1 #if answer is wrong reduce the
number of tries by 1
print "Thats not it, you only have %d tries
left" %tries #Tell
user not right answer
if tries == 0: #Check to see if user has run
out of tries
print "\nYou lost this round!" #If no
tries left let the user know
raw_input("\n[Hit Enter to
Continue]\n") #Wait for user to go
back to main menu
choice() #Show main menu for user
break #Then break out of the loop
if answer == guess: #If the answer is equal to the
guessed number
print "\nCongrats you just Won this round!!"
#Tell the user he
just one in so many tries
raw_input("[Hit Enter to Continue]") #Wait for
user to go back to main menu
choice() #Show main menu for user
break #Break out of the loop
except ValueError: #Lets make sure that the user is only
typeing in
numbers and nothing else
print "\nYou can only use numbers\n" #Let user
know they can only
use numbers
#This is the main menu for the game
def choice():
"""The main menu of the game"""
print """
# #
# NUMBER GUESSING GAME#
# #
# - Created by Kevin J #
# - [EMAIL PROTECTED] #
# #
# 1 - Play #
# 2 - instructions #
# 3 - Quit #
\n"""
#This is the instuctions on how to play the game that can be called
from the main menu
def instruct():
"""Instructions on how to play the
guessing game"""
print"""\n
HOW TO PLAY THE NUMBER GUESSING GAME
# To play this game all you need to do is guess a number from 1 to 20. #
# You will only have 5 tries to beat the game. Once you have beat the #
# game or you have used up all of your 5 tries you will be sent back #
# to the main screen were you can quit or start over again.#
##
[Tutor] Re: Newbie question.
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Newbie question. From: Gwyn Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:37:21 + To: tutor@python.org To: tutor@python.org On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:42:07 +0200, Adriaan Louw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to learn python as quick as possible, for web programming at first, and applications later on. Any leads? Hi, I'd start with the basic python tutorials, then have a look at something like CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org/) or Quixote (http://www.quixote.ca/) for the initial web stuff - there are others, too. Try & read around each a bit, e.g. web site/mailing lists, then download & give ones you fancy a try. I would politely disagree here. You need to walk before you can run. If you haven't done _any_ web programming before, it's probably best to do a small web app using just python's cgi module. I would think that CherryPy and Quixote are complex web tools/frameworks that I wouldn't recommend to someone new to web programming until they got their feet wet doing some basic web programming. After that, then explore more advanced web programming with CherryPy or Quixote. If you have done some basic web programming in other languages, then ignore this message. Mike ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] make an .exe
Noel
Thanks for that info, I did do a search for that but I could not find anything useful
Message: 3Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:11:51 +From: Max Noel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [Tutor] Make a .exeTo: David Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cc: tutor@python.orgMessage-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowedOn Mar 4, 2005, at 09:26, David Holland wrote:> It Completed with these errors :-> The following modules appear to be missing {'AppKit',> 'Foundation', 'objc']Now that's really weird. AppKit and Foundation are Mac OS X frameworks, and objc stands for Objective-C, the language in which they're written and which you're supposed to use to develop applications that use them.However, since you're on a Windows box, I have no idea why Python is trying to involve them.-- Maxmaxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019"Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, pantin!
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Re: [Tutor] Newbie question.
Adriaan Louw wrote: I want to learn python as quick as possible, for web programming at first, and applications later on. Any leads? There are many tutorials available, see http://www.python.org/doc/Intros.html for one list. I have an xp windows and ms office machine. (I'm considering linux, but it's a bit daunting?) How do I run python scripts? Nothing happens when I double-click the filename, in IDLE I only get the code, and not what it does. You can run the program in IDLE using Run / Run Module (F5). I know that cgi-scripts must be called from html. I want to to use a python server for testing. Which is thebest, and how? There are many options for web programming, one list is here: http://www.python.org/moin/WebProgramming In addition to CherryPy and Quixote, Snakelets is a complete web solution that is intended to be easy to learn. Twisted and Zope are perhaps the most comprehensive solutions. Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Make a .exe
On Mar 4, 2005, at 09:26, David Holland wrote:
It Completed with these errors :-
The following modules appear to be missing {'AppKit',
'Foundation', 'objc']
Now that's really weird. AppKit and Foundation are Mac OS X
frameworks, and objc stands for Objective-C, the language in which
they're written and which you're supposed to use to develop
applications that use them.
However, since you're on a Windows box, I have no idea why Python is
trying to involve them.
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and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a
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Re: [Tutor] Proxy
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:23:29 -0800 (PST), Ali Polatel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it possible to connect to somewhere through a proxy while using sockets > module of Python to connect? If yes can you show me some basic examples? Yes, but not auto-magically. If you want to stay at the sockets level, you'll have to handle all the proxy interaction yourself. I'd suggest instead looking at the urllib2 module, as I believe that you can use that (via a Request object?) to handle the proxy for you. /Gwyn ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Newbie question.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:42:07 +0200, Adriaan Louw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to learn python as quick as possible, for web programming at first, > and applications later on. Any leads? Hi, I'd start with the basic python tutorials, then have a look at something like CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org/) or Quixote (http://www.quixote.ca/) for the initial web stuff - there are others, too. Try & read around each a bit, e.g. web site/mailing lists, then download & give ones you fancy a try. > I have an xp windows and ms office machine. (I'm considering linux, but it's > a bit daunting?) No need to in most cases. > How do I run python scripts? Nothing happens when I double-click the > filename, in IDLE I only get the code, and not what it does. Command line is one way. Make sure your PATH (My Computer/Propeties/Advanced/Environment, or similar) has the Python folder in it then try "python " You can also try Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types/.PY to associate .py files with the python.exe file. Gwyn ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Make a .exe
I have a game I wrote using python and pygame that I am trying to change into a .exeI created the script setup.py which has this code :- setup.pyfrom distutils.core import setupimport py2exesetup(console=["Gamename.py"])
In a dos prompt with all the files there I ran :-python setup.py py2exe
It Completed with these errors :-The following modules appear to be missing {'AppKit','Foundation', 'objc'] but the game.exe was createdHowever when I try to run it I get
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&nb
sp; File "livewires3\games.pyc", line 585 in init_textFile "livewires3\games.pyc", line 585 in init_textFatal Python error: SegmentationFault.Livewires3 is a modified version of a pygamewrapper. http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/ is where theoriginal is.The book I used to learn python "python programmingfor the absolute beginner" has a modified version ofthis with some functionality added and !
taken
away.I modified the wrapper so that has the functionalityof both wrappers. Any ideas about how to fix it ?
Thanks in advance
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