Re: [Tutor] The Best Way to go About with Self Modifying Code/Code Generation?

2012-07-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Aaron Tp wrote: Hey all, I have a question on using self-modifying code/code generation in Python; namely how to do it. I know others have already said not to do this, and to be honest I was going to say that same thing, but I have changed my mind. Buggrit, this is Python, where we are

Re: [Tutor] The Best Way to go About with Self Modifying Code/Code Generation?

2012-07-08 Thread Aaron Tp
Thank you all for your responses. I don't know if I have the capability to even complete such a project, or if I possess the necessary will to start, but at least I understand it a bit more than when I was starting. --Aaron ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] Seeking help with reading and writing files in Python

2012-07-08 Thread David Rock
* Aristotle aristo...@triad.rr.com [2012-06-26 14:28]: The sequence of events that I am using now is to open a program that will gather gallons used from user, call a module to make calculations, use the info from the module to write info to a file named FinalProjectBill.txt. After

Re: [Tutor] Python and boot sequences

2012-07-08 Thread David Rock
* Dave Wilder d.wil...@f5.com [2012-06-28 12:54]: Can a Python script be written that has the ability to stop a Linux device in the middle of a boot when a certain sequence occurs and then perform an action? For example, when I boot my switch (w/ Linux OS 2.7.3), I want to stop the boot

Re: [Tutor] The Best Way to go About with Self Modifying Code/Code Generation?

2012-07-08 Thread Stefan Behnel
Steven D'Aprano, 08.07.2012 15:48: Hey all, I have a question on using self-modifying code/code generation in Python; namely how to do it. I know others have already said not to do this, and to be honest I was going to say that same thing, but I have changed my mind. Buggrit, this is

Re: [Tutor] Seeking help with reading and writing files in Python

2012-07-08 Thread Alan Gauld
On 26/06/12 19:28, Aristotle wrote: The sequence of events that I am using now is to open a program that will gather gallons used from user, call a module to make calculations, use the info from the module to write info to a file named FinalProjectBill.txt. ... From Instructor: You should read

[Tutor] Mapping ID's for corresponding values in different Columns

2012-07-08 Thread Fred G
Hi-- My current input looks like the following: FILE1.csv PERSON_IDPERSON_NAME 1 Jen 2 Mike 3 Jim 4 5 Jane 6 Joe 7 Jake FILE2.csv PERSON_ID PERSON_NAME

Re: [Tutor] Mapping ID's for corresponding values in different Columns (UPDATE)

2012-07-08 Thread Fred G
I thought it made sense to read the two columns in File1 in as a dictionary (where the key is actually the name, so that we can search on it later), and the column of interest in File2 as a list. Finding the common values then is just: for item in file2_list: for line in file1_dict: if

Re: [Tutor] Mapping ID's for corresponding values in different Columns (UPDATE)

2012-07-08 Thread Walter Prins
On 9 July 2012 00:50, Fred G bayespoker...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it made sense to read the two columns in File1 in as a dictionary (where the key is actually the name, so that we can search on it later), and yes... the column of interest in File2 as a list. Finding the common values

Re: [Tutor] Python and boot sequences

2012-07-08 Thread Dave Wilder
The switch is in a state where user process can be run once the boot sequence has been halted (the aforementioned ESCSHIFT9). However the time between when the reboot is kicked off and when the asterisks appear (and the boot must be stopped), there is no shell Environment. I may be trying to

[Tutor] Reading a csv of coordinates, trying to write a csv of bearings.

2012-07-08 Thread Gregory Lund
I'm Not looking for an absolute solution, but perhaps some insight into some snippets of code, or suggestions of where I should seek out answers to this issue. Or where I've gone wrong below. NOTE: currently this 'code' below reads my file and writes a file, but what it's doing in the

[Tutor] using dynamic import statements

2012-07-08 Thread Chris Hare
Here is what I want to do: I have a bunch of modules to import. instead of duplicating a lot of code for each import, I want to do something like this: importList = [ sys, os, imp, stat, re, webbrowser, Image, StringIO, shutil, datetime ] for object in importList: try: