On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Abhishek Mishra ideam...@gmail.com wrote:
linear1 = ''.join(foo.split('\n'))
linear2 = foo.replace('\n','')
^^ these are the two ways in which you can linearize the input text by
removing all '\n'
+1 for the replace. More obvious, cleaner, more efficient.
On Fri, 14 May 2010 06:08:30 pm she haohao wrote:
Say I have a .fa file and I want to print a subsequence from the file
without the \n how can i do it.
Example: Inside the test.fa file I have
chromosome 1
ACTGTGTTC
ACGTCGACC
AVGTT
ACGTTaGTC
so if I say i wan the subsequence
Dave Angel da...@ieee.org wrote
But you have a serious bug in your code, that nobody in the first five
responses has addressed. That while loop will loop over the first line
repeatedly, till it reaches or exceeds 1000, regardless of the length of
subsequent lines.
Oooh, good catch, I
Hello,
I am very beginner to programming, I got task to Write a loop that reads
each line of a file and counts the number of lines that are read until the
total length of the lines is 1,000 characters. I have to read lines from
files exactly upto 1000 characters.
Here is my code:
I created
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, ramya natarajan nramy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, I have to read lines from
files exactly upto 1000 characters.
But the problem is its reading entire line and not stopping
excatly in 1000 characters. Can some one help what mistake i am doing here?.
log =
On Tue, 11 May 2010 11:00:20 -0700
ramya natarajan nramy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I am very beginner to programming, I got task to Write a loop that reads
each line of a file and counts the number of lines that are read until the
total length of the lines is 1,000 characters. I have to
On 12-May-2010, at 12:32 AM, spir ☣ wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 11:00:20 -0700
ramya natarajan nramy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I am very beginner to programming, I got task to Write a loop that reads
each line of a file and counts the number of lines that are read until the
total
ramya natarajan nramy...@gmail.com wrote
characters.But the problem is its reading entire line and not stopping
excatly in 1000 characters.
Do you really need to stop reading the file at 1000 characters rather
than the line containing the 1000th character? That seems a very
arbitrary sort
spir ☣ denis.s...@gmail.com wrote
Either you read line per line, but then you cannot stop exactly at the 1000th
character;
or you traverse the text char per char, but this is a bit picky.
Or you could just read 1000 chars from the file then pick out the lines from
that.
But that requires
ramya natarajan wrote:
Hello,
I am very beginner to programming, I got task to Write a loop that
reads
each line of a file and counts the number of lines that are read until
the
total length of the lines is 1,000 characters. I have to read lines from
files exactly upto 1000 characters.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 03:40:57 pm Brian Drwecki wrote:
Hi all... I am working from the Learning Python 3rd edition published
by O'Reily... FYI I am trying to learn Python on my own (not for
course credit or anything).. I am a psychologist with very limited
programming experience.. I am anal, and
similarly, you get an error if:
print int(reply) ** 2
print 'Bye'
... is all a single line and/or if you mixed spaces and TABs.
-- wesley
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Core Python Programming, Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001
Python Fundamentals, Prentice Hall,
Python version
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 21:48:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
Type copyright, credits or license() for more information
As for the exact error codehere it is.
while True:
reply = raw_input('Enter text:')
if reply == 'stop':
break
Hi all... I am working from the Learning Python 3rd edition published by
O'Reily... FYI I am trying to learn Python on my own (not for course credit
or anything).. I am a psychologist with very limited programming
experience.. I am anal, and this example code doesn't work.. I am using IDLE
to do
i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble
running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could help?
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i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble
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i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:00:45 pm Oshan Modi wrote:
i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble
running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could
help?
Are you running Linux or Mac? At the command prompt, run:
python myfile.py
and report any
Forwarding to the list.
Martijn wrote:
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Christian Witts
cwi...@compuscan.co.za mailto:cwi...@compuscan.co.za wrote:
Oshan Modi wrote:
i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having
trouble running a .py file in
Oshan Modi wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am using python 2.6.. I added python.exe's
address in the path option under enviromental variables.. i can run
python in command prompt.. its just that i dont know to make it
execute a file directly rather than typing the whole program again and
again..
Simple; just write
python program.py
in your command line :)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Christian Witts cwi...@compuscan.co.zawrote:
Oshan Modi wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am using python 2.6.. I added python.exe's address in
the path option under enviromental variables.. i can run
On 3/28/2010 10:00 PM, Oshan Modi wrote:
i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble
running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could help?
Please learn how to ask questions.
In a situation like this we'd like to know what operating system you are
You didn't say what operating system, but in general terms, the python
application has to know how to find your python module, say 'foo.py'. This
means
that the directory where foo.py is located must be on the system path or
PYTHONPATH.
One simple way to do this is to navigate at the command
Dear group:
I need some tips/help from experts.
I have two files tab-delimted.
One file is 4K lines. The other files is 40K lines.
I want to search contents of a file to other and print those lines that satisfy.
File 1:
chr X Y
chr18337733 8337767
On 3/25/2010 11:34 AM, kumar s wrote:
Dear group:
I need some tips/help from experts.
I have two files tab-delimted.
One file is 4K lines. The other files is 40K lines.
I want to search contents of a file to other and print those lines that satisfy.
File 1:
chr X Y
chr1
So, am I right that for each X value in file 2, you want to look up to see
if you can find a corresponding line in file 1 where the value from file 2
falls between the X and Y value from file 1, and if found, then output the
original line from file 2 and the 6th column from the found line from
I've just begun learning Python and programming using the Head First
Programming from O'Reilly. The following code works on my Mac just fine, but
there is a mystery as to how its working that escapes me so far.
The local function change_volume(v) requires the argument v to operate
properly,
Please don't hijack an old message to create a new subject.
Those of us using threaded readers might not see it and you
lose potential answers.
Robert DeLaurentis li...@bobdel.com wrote
The local function change_volume(v) requires the argument v to operate
properly,
but I'm unclear where the
Hi,
I have a SQLite cursor which I want to traverse more than once, eg...
for row in MyCursor:
method1(row)
then later...
for row in MyCursor:
method2(row)
Method2 is never run, I guess because the pointer is at the bottom of
the row 'stack' after the first 'for' loop
How can I
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Alan Harris-Reid
aharrisr...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have a SQLite cursor which I want to traverse more than once, eg...
for row in MyCursor:
method1(row)
then later...
for row in MyCursor:
method2(row)
Method2 is never run, I guess because the
Kent Johnson wrote:
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Alan Harris-Reid
aharrisr...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have a SQLite cursor which I want to traverse more than once, eg...
for row in MyCursor:
method1(row)
then later...
for row in MyCursor:
method2(row)
Method2 is never run, I
Bob,
brilliant stuff -- I am truly awed by this. Create a default-filled
matrix and mark combinations used so as to take them out of the game?
Wow. This is new to me.
On 03/02/10 15:46, bob gailer wrote
def askQuestions(): # generate and ask questions:
for i in range(NQ):
while 1: # loop
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Hello Bob,
thanks for your comments!
On 03/02/10 14:51, bob gailer wrote:
or if you seek terseness:
terms = [random.randint(1, 99) for i in 'ab']
Do I understand correctly that 'ab' here merely serves to produce a 'dummy
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM, David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Bob,
brilliant stuff -- I am truly awed by this. Create a default-filled matrix
and mark combinations used so as to take them out of the game? Wow. This is
new to me.
On 03/02/10 15:46, bob gailer wrote
def askQuestions(): #
On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:21:56 +0800
David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Hello list,
I thought this was easy even for me, but I was wrong, I guess.
Here is what I want to do: take two random numbers between 1 and 99, and
put them into a list.
import random
terms = []
for i in range(2):
On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:12:42 +0800
David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Hello Benno, list,
thanks for those clarifications, which, well, clarify things ;-)
This is my latest creation:
import random
def createTerms():
terms = []
for i in range(2):
Hello David!
On Wednesday February 3 2010 04:21:56 David wrote:
import random
terms = []
for i in range(2):
terms = random.randint(1, 99)
print terms
Here is an other solution, which is quite easy to understand and short:
import random
terms = []
for i in range(2):
terms +=
Hello Eike,
thanks for the explanation, all this is really helpful -- I certainly
have learned sth. today!
I wonder, though, how I would get my number pairs, which I need later
on, if I were to follow your solution. I am asking because as I
understand your code, the list terms is a list of
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:12 AM, David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
def createQuestions:
generate all multiplication combinations possible
append as tuple to pool
eliminate 'mirrored doubles' (i.e. 7x12 and 12x7)
randomize pool
I haven't really looked through most of this stuff - but
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:26 AM, David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Hello Eike,
thanks for the explanation, all this is really helpful -- I certainly have
learned sth. today!
I wonder, though, how I would get my number pairs, which I need later on,
if I were to follow your solution. I am asking
hi
I am very new to python.
I have a string for example : 123B new Project
i want to separate 123B as a single string and new project as another
string .
how can i do that.
i tried using partition but couldnt do it
pls help.
thanks in advance!
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snisa.balakrish...@gmail.com wrote:
hi
I am very new to python.
I have a string for example : 123B new Project
i want to separate 123B as a single string and new project as another
string .
how can i do that.
i tried using partition
On 03/02/10 13:19, NISA BALAKRISHNAN wrote:
hi
I am very new to python.
I have a string for example : 123B new Project
i want to separate 123B as a single string and new project as another
string .
how can i do that.
i tried using partition but couldnt do it
pls help.
thanks in advance!
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, NISA BALAKRISHNAN
snisa.balakrish...@gmail.com wrote:
hi
I am very new to python.
I have a string for example : 123B new Project
i want to separate 123B as a single string and new project as another
string .
how can i do that.
i tried using partition
On Wednesday February 3 2010 12:26:43 David wrote:
thanks for the explanation, all this is really helpful -- I certainly
have learned sth. today!
I wonder, though, how I would get my number pairs, which I need later
on, if I were to follow your solution. I am asking because as I
understand
Hello list,
I thought this was easy even for me, but I was wrong, I guess.
Here is what I want to do: take two random numbers between 1 and 99, and
put them into a list.
import random
terms = []
for i in range(2):
terms = random.randint(1, 99)
print terms
This prints just one number
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:21 PM, David ld...@gmx.net wrote:
Hello list,
I thought this was easy even for me, but I was wrong, I guess.
Here is what I want to do: take two random numbers between 1 and 99, and put
them into a list.
import random
terms = []
for i in range(2):
terms
Hello Benno, list,
thanks for those clarifications, which, well, clarify things ;-)
This is my latest creation:
import random
def createTerms():
terms = []
for i in range(2):
terms.append(random.randint(1, 99))
j = terms[0]
k = terms[1]
print %3d\nx%2d % (j, k)
David wrote:
Hello list,
I thought this was easy even for me, but I was wrong, I guess.
Here is what I want to do: take two random numbers between 1 and 99,
and put them into a list.
[snip]
Or you can use list comprehension:
terms = [random.randint(1, 99) for i in range(2)]
or if you seek
Hello Bob,
thanks for your comments!
On 03/02/10 14:51, bob gailer wrote:
or if you seek terseness:
terms = [random.randint(1, 99) for i in 'ab']
Do I understand correctly that 'ab' here merely serves to produce a
'dummy sequence' over which I can run the for loop?
David
David wrote:
[snip]
My suggestion (untested):
MAX = 12
NQ = 20 # of questions to ask
# create a 2 dimensional array of 1's
row = [1]*MAX
pool = [row[:] for i in range(MAX)]
incorrect = [] # store incorrectly answered combos here
def askQuestions(): # generate and ask questions:
for i in
Hello!
I posted this question on the f2py list but since I haven't got any answers
(yet), I thought I'd try my luck here.
I'm having a hard time wrapping a fortran subroutine into a python module. The
problem seems to be related to having a subroutine argument to the fortran
subroutine.
A
Many thanks to Alan Gauld, Gerard Flanagan, Lie Ryan and spir for your replies.
All systems are go!
Cheers,
Garry
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Garry Bettle dixit:
[...series of data with same format...]
2010-01-07 1437 Crayfd H3 380m
... etc.
The above are RaceDate + RaceTime + Fixture + RaceDetails, and are
output in RaceTime order.
What I'd like to do, is output a transposed-like summary of just the
Fixture + RaceTime.
Garry Bettle dixit:
for fixture in FixtureList:
print fixture.ljust(6), FixtureList[fixture]
...
for fixture, racetimes in FixtureList:
print fixture, racetimes
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#3, line 1, in module
for fixture, racetimes in FixtureList:
Howdy all,
I hope this message finds you all well.
I have a list that I output in the following order:
2010-01-07 1103 Sund A7 450m
2010-01-07 Sheff A7 500m
2010-01-07 1119 Sund A6 450m
2010-01-07 1128 Sheff A6 500m
2010-01-07 1134 Sund A5 450m
2010-01-07 1142 Sheff A7 500m
2010-01-07 1148
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Garry Bettle garry.bet...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a list that I output in the following order:
2010-01-07 1103 Sund A7 450m
2010-01-07 Sheff A7 500m
2010-01-07 1119 Sund A6 450m
2010-01-07 1128 Sheff A6 500m
2010-01-07 1134 Sund A5 450m
2010-01-07 1142
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 15:26, Garry Bettle wrote:
Howdy all,
I hope this message finds you all well.
I have a list that I output in the following order:
2010-01-07 1103 Sund A7 450m
2010-01-07 Sheff A7 500m
2010-01-07 1119 Sund A6 450m
2010-01-07 1128 Sheff A6 500m
2010-01-07
Garry Bettle garry.bet...@gmail.com wrote
What I'd like to do, is output a transposed-like summary of just the
Fixture + RaceTime.
Sund 1103 1119 1134 1148 1204 1218 1232 1247 1304 1319 1333 1351
Sheff 1128 1142 1157 1212 1227 1242 1258 1312 1327 1344 1403
As the races are output, I
Garry Bettle wrote:
Howdy all,
I hope this message finds you all well.
I have a list that I output in the following order:
2010-01-07 1103 Sund A7 450m
2010-01-07 Sheff A7 500m
2010-01-07 1119 Sund A6 450m
2010-01-07 1128 Sheff A6 500m
2010-01-07 1134 Sund A5 450m
2010-01-07 1142 Sheff
On 1/8/2010 3:12 AM, Garry Bettle wrote:
This is what I've come up with. Sorry, python is something I touch on
occasionally: must do more!
As the races are output, I build a dictionary of key=FixtureName and
value=RaceTimes:
RaceTime = marketResp.market.displayTime.time()
cRaceTime =
I have posted this on other lists, but have just discovered this one. Can
someone give me help on writing the code necessary to find the 1000th. prime
number. I know I will have to use a while loop, but I can't seem to get the
body of the code to function rightly. I would appreciate any help. I am
mrhol...@sbcglobal.net wrote on 11/16/2009 10:56:07 AM:
I have posted this on other lists, but have just discovered this one.
Welcome to the list. I am sure you will find plenty of folks here
who will be happy to help you.
Can someone give me help on writing the code
necessary to
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Ray Holt mrhol...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I have posted this on other lists, but have just discovered this one. Can
someone give me help on writing the code necessary to find the 1000th. prime
number. I know I will have to use a while loop, but I can't seem to get
Ray Holt wrote:
find the 1000th. prime number.
Break this down into 2 separate problems. (I assume 1 is the first prime
number)
1 - determining the next prime number
2 - repeating that 1000 times.
A while loop is a way to accomplish 2.
How do you determine the next prime number? There are
Ok so im in need of some help! I have a program with 2 classes and in one 4
variables are created (their name, height, weight, and grade). What im trying
to make happen is to get the variables from the first class and use them in the
second class.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Kenny Shen little...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi tanner,
I suppose the following is possible:
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.height = 1
self.weight = 7
self.name = tanner
self.grade = A
def getinfo(self):
info = []
Hi tanner,
I suppose the following is possible:
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.height = 1
self.weight = 7
self.name = tanner
self.grade = A
def getinfo(self):
info = []
info.append(self.name)
info.append(self.weight)
info.append(self.height)
I'm trying to automate the collection of data to remote devices over
ssh via pexpect. I had originally attempted (with limited success) to
use paramiko, however due to cisco's ssh implimentation I cannot send
mulitple commands over the same connection, which is absolutely
essential. Therefore,
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Nathan Farrar nathan.far...@gmail.comwrote:
I'm trying to automate the collection of data to remote devices over
ssh via pexpect. I had originally attempted (with limited success) to
use paramiko, however due to cisco's ssh implimentation I cannot send
Nathan,
Depending upon how much control you have over the calling machine you
can eliminate the pesky password prompt from ssh altogether by creating
a private/public key pair for the client machine and copy the public key
to the host machine. This way when you ssh to the host you will be
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:29 AM, David Jamieson david.jamie...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi All,
looking for some advice on using Python with MySQL for test data
storage.
While not a relational database, you might also look at
http://www.pytables.org. It provides a python interface for writing to and
Dave Angel wrote:
You will also need to get comfortable with the DOS box (Command Prompt,
whatever Vista calls it. It's probably in Start-Accessories). In a
DOS box, you could do a DIR of that directory, and see exactly what the
file is called. You also could invoke python or pythonw
Please,
I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer.
This is with the latest version of python (Python 2.6.3 Windows installer)
Python 2.6.3 Windows installer
I have some python code files I placed on my desktop and tried placing it in a
folder containing
Victor Binns wrote:
Please,
I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer.
This is with the latest version of python (Python 2.6.3 Windows installer)
Python 2.6.3 Windows installer
It's not the latest, but no problem. It's probably a good choice.
I have
Hi All,
looking for some advice on using Python with MySQL for test data
storage. What builds of Python work well with MySQL and what modules
allow the connection to the database and data transfer activities.
I'm thinking about using PhPMyAdmin to set-up and administer my
database in the first
David Jamieson wrote:
Hi All,
looking for some advice on using Python with MySQL for test data
storage. What builds of Python work well with MySQL and what modules
allow the connection to the database and data transfer activities.
SQLAlchemy is one option;
looking for some advice on using Python with MySQL for test data
storage. What builds of Python work well with MySQL and what modules
allow the connection to the database and data transfer activities.
You'll need the MySQLdb module to connect to MySQL from Python.
wrobl...@cmich.edu wrote:
Thank you for the reply.. I tried putting the print repr(n)
before I defined 'n' with raw_input. My script looks like
this--
def divisible(n):
if n%3 == 0:
print n, is divisible by 3
else:
print n, is not divisible by 3
n= raw_input(enter a
You top-posted, and sent the mail to me privately (off-list). That's
not how mailing lists work.
wrobl...@cmich.edu wrote:
Thank you for the reply.. I tried putting the print repr(n)
before I defined 'n' with raw_input. My script looks like
this--
def divisible(n):
if n%3 == 0:
You sent the mail to me privately (off-list). That's not how mailing
lists work.
wrobl...@cmich.edu wrote:
Thank you for the reply.. I tried putting the print repr(n)
before I defined 'n' with raw_input. My script looks like
this--
def divisible(n):
if n%3 == 0:
print n, is
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 20:38 -0700, Jessica Poveda wrote:
I need help writting a program.
1) Random string generation
2) no repeating letters
Can anyone help me,please? I am so confused. The only problem is I
have to use the code that is written there but add on to it.
import random
I need help writting a program.
1) Random string generation
2) no repeating letters
Can anyone help me,please? I am so confused. The only problem is I have to
use the code that is written there but add on to it.
import random
alphabet = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
myNewString =
for
I'm trying to make a very simple example to show alternate execution... if a
number is divisible by 3 it will say so and if it isnt, it will say so. Heres
my
program
n= raw_input(enter a number= )
def divisible(n):
if n%3 == 0:
print n, is divisible by 3
else:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:59 AM, wrobl...@cmich.edu wrote:
I'm trying to make a very simple example to show alternate execution... if
a
number is divisible by 3 it will say so and if it isnt, it will say so.
Heres my
program
n= raw_input(enter a number= )
def divisible(n):
if n%3
wrobl...@cmich.edu wrote:
I'm trying to make a very simple example to show alternate execution... if a
number is divisible by 3 it will say so and if it isnt, it will say so. Heres my
program
n= raw_input(enter a number= )
def divisible(n):
if n%3 == 0:
print n, is divisible
I need help writting a program.
1) Random string generation
2) no repeating letters
Can anyone help me,please? I am so confused. The only problem is I have to use
the code that is written there but add on to it.
import random
alphabet = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
myNewString =
for letters
be veryy thankful to you really for help.
Best Regards,
Waqas
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:39:27 -0600
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Help required
From: vinces1...@gmail.com
To: waqas...@hotmail.com
CC: python-l...@python.org; tutor@python.org
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:56 PM, waqas
Hi,
I dont know it is the right place to post this question. I need help to change
one search code line . can you help me please.
here is my search method code:
search=re.compile(^#acl InternationalGroup.*\n, re.M).search(pagetext)
if search:
ret=search.group()
else:
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:56 PM, waqas ahmad waqas...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I dont know it is the right place to post this question. I need help to
change one search code line . can you help me please.
here is my search method code:
search=re.compile(^#acl InternationalGroup.*\n,
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM, kevin parks k...@mac.com wrote:
Well, the only thing more annoying than off topic discussion is meta
discussion on lists and folks passing judgement on other people's posts (ie.
you should have x, your should not have Y... I shouldn't have this second
Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com wrote
I agree, but I can see how some people don't like it. It's similar to
the
Java vs. C++ debate I guess, Java is forced OO and C++ is optional.
While this is a genuine complaint for Java I have to be fair and say
that Ruby does a good job of
I think you will get at the least a slight bias toward Python. However,
I think you should do your own research and reach your own conclusions.
Simply to get you started I put the following into Google: 'Python or
Ruby: Which to learn' and got more than 1M hits.
Best of luck.
Robert
Well,
1. go to the book store
2. pull a copy of learning ruby by Michael Fitzgerald (ora.com)
3. pull a copy of learning python by Mark Lutz (ora.com)
4. read chapter 1 of each
5. make a decision
6. get to work
Alternately check comp.lang.python where this question comes up over
and over and over
ruby on the other is more 'implicit,' used more in web-apps (via ROR),
emphasizes code-readability/beauty, and is more flexible (i.e. has more than
one way of doing something).
You mean people actually like ruby's syntax? I think Python's the prettiest
language I've worked with syntactically.
I'd like to learn a programming language - and I need help deciding between
python and ruby. I'm interesting in learning what are the difference, both
objective and subjective, between the two languages. I know this is a python
mailing list, so knowledge/experience with ruby may be limited - in
A primary draw of Ruby has always been Ruby on Rails, a web framework.
Python has a lot of really good web frameworks now, though, so this is less
of a concern.When I tried to learn Ruby, the docs were terrible. The
primary developers are Japanese, and the translations were very poor and
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 06:18 -0700, dan06 wrote:
I'd like to learn a programming language - and I need help deciding between
python and ruby. I'm interesting in learning what are the difference, both
objective and subjective, between the two languages. I know this is a python
mailing list, so
I think you will get at the least a slight bias toward Python. However,
I think you should do your own research and reach your own conclusions.
Simply to get you started I put the following into Google: 'Python or
Ruby: Which to learn' and got more than 1M hits.
Best of luck.
Robert
On Fri,
dan06 dan.king...@yahoo.com wrote
I'd like to learn a programming language - and I need help deciding
between
python and ruby. I'm interesting in learning what are the difference,
There is lots of info on their web sites. asking a question like this is
troll baiting in a big way, any debate
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