[Tutor] Tkinter and moving round button

2014-03-21 Thread cast fun
I am trying to write a UI with text entry box for user input, buttons, and a moving circle when clicked popping up a new UI window. I was thinking Pygame, but didn't know how to show the text entry box. I am now using Tkinter, which is easy for the widgets, but the problem is the moving circle

Re: [Tutor] mixing 64 bit and 32 bit

2014-03-21 Thread James Chapman
Depending on what you're doing you could run into problems. Areas that have been challenging for me in the past: * Loading 64bit compiled .dll in a 32bit Python environment and vice versa. * Reading registry entries. MS tried to be clever by introducing the Wow6432Node reg key. And I'm sure

[Tutor] Understanding code line

2014-03-21 Thread Gary
Pythonists I am trying to understand the difference between a = b b = a + b and a,b = b, a+ b When used in my Fibonacci code the former generates 0,1,2,4,8,16,32 and the later Generates 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89. The second is the sequence I want, but I would Like to understand the

Re: [Tutor] Understanding code line

2014-03-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Mar 21, 2014 1:16 PM, Gary gwengst...@yahoo.com wrote: Pythonists I am trying to understand the difference between a = b You have overwitten a b = a + b and a,b = b, a+ b This one evaluates the right side first, then assigns the result to a and b When used in my Fibonacci code the

[Tutor] (no subject)

2014-03-21 Thread Gary Engstrom
Dear Pythonists   Here is the code   def fiba(n):     a = 0     b = 1     while  a n :     print(a)     c =  a + b     a = a +c     # 0,1,3,7,15,31,63   def fibc(n):     a = 0    

Re: [Tutor] (no subject)

2014-03-21 Thread Jerry Hill
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Gary Engstrom gwengst...@yahoo.com wrote: I am trying to understand function fibc code line a,b = b, a + b and would like to see it written line by line without combining multiply assignment. If possible. I sort of follow the right to left evaluation of the

Re: [Tutor] Understanding code line

2014-03-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/03/14 17:14, Gary wrote: Pythonists I am trying to understand the difference between a = b b = a + b This does exactly what it says. It first makes a and b identical then makes b equal their sum, that is, b+b and a,b = b, a+ b The second form is not always available in

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter and moving round button

2014-03-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/03/14 03:31, cast fun wrote: I am trying to write a UI with text entry box for user input, buttons, and a moving circle when clicked popping up a new UI window. I was thinking Pygame, but didn't know how to show the text entry box. I am now using Tkinter, which is easy for the widgets, but

[Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Mustafa Musameh
Please help. I have been search the internet to understand how to write a simple program/script with python, and I did not do anything. I have a file that look like this ID 1 agtcgtacgt… ID 2 acccttcc . . . in other words, it contains several IDs each one has a sequence of 'acgt'

Re: [Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/03/2014 09:31, Mustafa Musameh wrote: Please help. I have been search the internet to understand how to write a simple program/script with python, and I did not do anything. I have a file that look like this ID 1 agtcgtacgt… ID 2 acccttcc . . . in other words, it contains

[Tutor] Fib sequence code assignment

2014-03-21 Thread Gary
Dear Jerry, Thank you so much, once you see it it seems so clear, but to see it I might as well be in the Indian Ocean. Got kinda close using temporary variable,but didn't know enough to use del. A lesson learn. Sent from my iPad ___ Tutor maillist

Re: [Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/03/14 09:31, Mustafa Musameh wrote: Please help. I have been search the internet to understand how to write a simple program/script with python, and I did not do anything. There are ma y tutorials on how to write Python for every level of programmer. What is your level? If you can

Re: [Tutor] Understanding code line

2014-03-21 Thread Ben Finney
Gary gwengst...@yahoo.com writes: Pythonists I am trying to understand the difference between a = b Retrieves the value referenced by ‘b’, then binds the name ‘a’ to the value. b = a + b Evaluates the expression ‘a + b’, then binds the name ‘b’ to the result. and a,b = b, a+ b

Re: [Tutor] Understanding code line

2014-03-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:14:22PM -0400, Gary wrote: Pythonists I am trying to understand the difference between a = b b = a + b and a,b = b, a+ b Try to evaluate the code in your head, as if you were the Python interpreter. Starting with the first version: a = b This

Re: [Tutor] Fib sequence code assignment

2014-03-21 Thread Alan Gauld
On 21/03/14 21:21, Gary wrote: Got kinda close using temporary variable,but didn't know enough to use del. You don't really need to usae del, thats just being closer to what Python does - ie not leaving any temporary variables lying around. But in most programming languages you wouldn't

Re: [Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 21Mar2014 20:31, Mustafa Musameh jmm...@yahoo.com wrote: Please help. I have been search the internet to understand how to write a simple program/script with python, and I did not do anything. I have a file that look like this ID 1 agtcgtacgt… ID 2 acccttcc . . . in

Re: [Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 08:31:07PM +1100, Mustafa Musameh wrote: Please help. I have been search the internet to understand how to write a simple program/script with python, and I did not do anything. I have a file that look like this ID 1 agtcgtacgt… ID 2 acccttcc . . .

Re: [Tutor] please help

2014-03-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/03/2014 21:39, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 21Mar2014 20:31, Mustafa Musameh jmm...@yahoo.com wrote: I would collect the statistics using a dictionary to keep count of the characters. See the dict.setdefault method; it should be helpful. Delightfully old fashioned but I'd now prefer

Re: [Tutor] Printing from python

2014-03-21 Thread Lee Harr
is there another way to print a PDF form python? My problem is a PDF which is printed well by evince, but not with lp,  even not out of python using os.system(lp some_options file.pdf) Later on I have to build the PDF in a python program (using reportlab)  and then print it, even from the