Re: [Tutor] smtplib mail header problem
It has been great for 11ish months, now all my mail is classed as spam junked :( dave, i'm a little surprised by this. if your code has been working for almost a year and suddently breaks, that can only be explained by 1 or 2 things: 1. your code was modified 2. the server was modified (or both). things just don't all of a sudden break. do you know what changed in the system? Apparently the reason for it being junked is ... 'No subject' and 'No Sender' : from_ = 'Dave Selby[EMAIL PROTECTED]' from just observing your From line, it looks like you need a space between your name and the '' that begins the e-mail address. i don't think that without the space, it's a valid RFC2822 e-mail address. i don't know if this is the entire problem, but it can't hurt to remedy it and see if it helps. good luck! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Core Python Programming, Prentice Hall, (c)2006,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Exceptions vs. Status Codes
not have an answer. Is it a better practice to have a function raise an exception on error, so that the error can be caught; or return a status code indicating that the function was unsuccessful? Exceptions are nearly always better. For some of the reasons why, see my tutorial topic on Error Handling Alan G Author of the learn to program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Exceptions vs. Status Codes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a general question regarding programming style which may or may not have an answer. Is it a better practice to have a function raise an exception on error, so that the error can be caught; or return a status code indicating that the function was unsuccessful? Hmm, this is a harder question than I thought :-) My first response was to say, in general using exceptions to indicate errors is more useful. But after a little reflection I realized that I use status codes of a sort quite a bit as well. Long ago and far away I programmed for Mac OS 9. This OS was meticulous about returning status codes from every system call. Well-written client code had to be equally meticulous about checking the codes and returning them back to callers. As a result, any function that used the OS would return an error code; actual return values would be returned by reference in a parameter to the function. Client code ended up looking like this: int errno; if (errno=doSomethingImportant() != noError) return errno; int param; if (errno=getParameter(param) != noError) return errno; if (errno=doSomethingWithParam(param) != noError) return errno; etc. As you can see, the code is dominated by the error handling, even though all it does is return the error codes to the caller, it doesn't actually handle any errors. The same code written using exceptions would be stripped of all the error handling code, like this: doSomethingImportant(); int param = getParameter(); doSomethingWithParam(param); This is *far* more readable and much easier to write. Also consider the consequences of forgetting to check an error code. Suppose that due to ignorance or lazinesss the first code had been written like the second, ignoring the error codes. If an error does occur, it won't be recognized until some secondary failure occurs; maybe doSomethingWithParam() will crash catastrophically because doSomethingImportant() didn't suceed. The second code doesn't have to do anything special to handle exceptions; at some higher level in the code it can catch exceptions and deal with them. If there is no exception handler an uncaught exception will terminate the program with a stack trace showing the location of the error. On the other hand, when a function is returning a value and there is a reasonable sentinal value for failure (such as None) and the caller can't reasonably proceed without the returned value, I will sometimes return None to signify failure instead of raising an exception. For example, suppose our program needs to load a Foo resource that may be found in one of two places. We have functions getFooFromA() and getFooFromB() that return either a Foo or None. Client code is simple: foo = getFooFromA() if foo is None: foo = getFooFromB() if foo is None: raise FooNotFoundError If the getFooFromX() functions raised FooNotFoundError themselves, the client code would be try: foo = getFooFromA() except FooNotFoundError: foo = getFooFromB() Hmm, not a very convincing example! Maybe I should be using exceptions more :-) Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] regular expressions
hi,
I am a new python learner. i am trying to parse a
file using regular expressions.
LOCUS NM_005417 4145 bpmRNA
linear PRI 04-DEC-2005
DEFINITION Homo sapiens v-src sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin
A-2) viral oncogene
homolog (avian) (SRC), transcript variant
1, mRNA.
ACCESSION NM_005417
VERSION NM_005417.3 GI:38202215
CDS 450..2060
/gene=SRC
/EC_number=2.7.1.112
/note=v-src avian sarcoma
(Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) viral
oncogene homolog; protooncogene
SRC, Rous sarcoma;
tyrosine-protein kinase SRC-1;
tyrosine kinase pp60c-src;
go_component: ubiquitin ligase
complex [goid 151]
[evidence NAS] [pmid 14976165];
go_function: ATP binding [goid
0005524] [evidence IEA];
go_function: nucleotide binding
[goid 166] [evidence
IEA];
go_function: protein binding
[goid 0005515] [evidence IPI]
[pmid 15546919];
go_function: protein binding
[goid 0005515] [evidence IPI]
[pmid 15749833];
go_function: transferase activity
[goid 0016740] [evidence
IEA];
go_function: SH3/SH2 adaptor
activity [goid 0005070]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9020193];
go_function: protein-tyrosine
kinase activity [goid
0004713] [evidence IEA];
go_function: protein-tyrosine
kinase activity [goid
0004713] [evidence TAS] [pmid
9020193];
go_process: protein kinase
cascade [goid 0007243]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9020193];
go_process: signal complex
formation [goid 0007172]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9924018];
go_process: protein amino acid
phosphorylation [goid
0006468] [evidence IEA]
/codon_start=1
/product=proto-oncogene
tyrosine-protein kinase SRC
I want to pullout LOCUS, go_process, go_function,
go_compartment into columns so that i can fill my
postgres tables. although i know well to some extenet
sql stuff, i am finding it difficult to get these
elements from this raw text.
an idea that might have worked however, due to
incompetence it did not work. i seek help of this
forum.
import re
f1 = open('this_raw_text','r')
dat = f1.readlines()
pat1 = re.compile('LOCUS')
pat2 = re.compile('go_component')
pat3 = re.compile('go_process')
pat4 = re.compile('go_function')
for line in dat:
a = pat1.match(line)
b = pat2.match(line)
c = pat3.match(line)
d = pat4.match(line)
loc = a.group(1)
comp =b.group(1)
proc = c. group(1)
func = d. group(1)
print loc+'\t'+func
print loc+'\t'+comp
print loc+'\t'+func
print loc+'\t'+proc
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#12, line 6, in ?
loc = a.group(1)
IndexError: no such group
In the second attempt:
for line in dat:
a = pat1.match(line)
b = pat2.match(line)
c = pat3.match(line)
d = pat4.match(line)
print a, b, c, d
_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x00D53330 None None None
rest all lines are NONE. However, b,c,d are there in
the file.
I do not know if this is the correct procedure.
Can any one help me please.
thanks a lot.
M
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[Tutor] cas and python
hi, does one of you knows if there is a python module which implements CAS(Central Authentication Service): https://clearinghouse.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/Home thanks in advance Ced. -- Cedric BRINER Geneva - Switzerland ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Read XML
Joseph Quigley wrote: How do I read xml? The python documentation doesn't help me. Or, how can I remove the (tags?) stuff in these things?If you want to strip out all the tags and just leave the text,Strip-o-Gram might do it. http://www.zope.org/Members/chrisw/StripOGramThere was a thread here recently about other tools for stripping textout of HTML but I can't find it.Kent Thanks. This looks like it will do the trick. -- There are 10 different types of people in the world.Those who understand binary and those who don't. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] to process data from several dictionaries
Let's forget for the time being my previous
topic (files - strings - lists). As a result of (not only) my efforts I
arrived to the point that I have data I need but I do not know how to process
them. Form each (game) file a dictionary is created containing player names
(key) and the scores + boards played (tuple), ex.:
from file 1 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(21.0, 24)], 'Stankiewicz': [(-28.0, 24)], ... more ...}
from file 2 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(45.0, 25)], 'Orlicka':
[(-27.0, 25)], ... more ...}
from file 3 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(-23.0, 25)], 'Stankiewicz':
[(20.0, 25)], ... more ...}, etc.
Eventually I will have 10 files to process.
I need help how to calculate a final ranking for each player using individual
data. Many names will be repeated but there will be some that appear only
once or twice. So for Chrabalowski we'll have:
(21.0 + 45.0 - 23.0)/(24 + 25 + 25),
and for Stankiewicz:
(- 28.0 + 20.0)/(24 + 25)
I have no clue how to do it. Maybe dictionaries
are not good for that, maybe I should be using lists of lists? Please help.
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Re: [Tutor] to process data from several dictionaries
Andrzej Kolinski wrote:
Let's forget for the time being my previous topic (files - strings -
lists). As a result of (not only) my efforts I arrived to the point that
I have data I need but I do not know how to process them. Form each
(game) file a dictionary is created containing player names (key) and
the scores + boards played (tuple), ex.:
from file 1 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(21.0, 24)], 'Stankiewicz': [(-28.0, 24)], ... more ...}
from file 2 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(45.0, 25)], 'Orlicka': [(-27.0, 25)], ... more ...}
from file 3 -
{'Chrabalowski': [(-23.0, 25)], 'Stankiewicz': [(20.0, 25)], ... more
...}, etc.
Eventually I will have 10 files to process. I need help how to calculate
a final ranking for each player using individual data. Many names will
be repeated but there will be some that appear only once or twice. So
for Chrabalowski we'll have:
(21.0 + 45.0 - 23.0)/(24 + 25 + 25),
and for Stankiewicz:
(- 28.0 + 20.0)/(24 + 25)
I think you would be better off creating a single dictionary whose keys
are the player names and values are a list of tuples of game data. In
your example the dict would be
{'Chrabalowski': [(21.0, 24),(45.0, 25),(-23.0, 25)], 'Stankiewicz':
[(-28.0, 24)(20.0, 25)], 'Orlicka': [(-27.0, 25)], ... more ...}
Then it will be much simpler to process each player because all his data
will be in one place.
There is a compact idiom for creating a dict where the values are
accumulated in lists. Imagine you have a dict, key and value d, k, v and
you want to append v to the list associated with k. A simple approach
might be something like this:
lst = d.get(k)
if lst is None:
lst = []
d[k] = lst
lst.append(v)
Note there is no need to assign d[k] = lst in the case where d[k] is
already defined, because the list returned by get() is still in the dict
and will be modified by the append(). (See the recent thread How to
Pass lists by value if you don't understand this part.)
dicts actually have a (confusingly named) method which already does most
of the above - dict.setdefault(). Using setdefault() the above code can
be written as
lst = d.setdefault(k, [])
lst.append(v)
or even simpler:
d.setdefault(k, []).append(v)
Kent
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Re: [Tutor] regular expressions
sorry for repost. awaiting to hear from some members.
a scientist suggested me to try biopython. This point
is not just with genbank sequences. what will i do if
i have to parse a paragraph for some expression.
thanks again.
hi,
I am a new python learner. i am trying to parse a
file using regular expressions.
LOCUS NM_005417 4145 bpmRNA
linear PRI 04-DEC-2005
DEFINITION Homo sapiens v-src sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin
A-2) viral oncogene
homolog (avian) (SRC), transcript variant
1, mRNA.
ACCESSION NM_005417
VERSION NM_005417.3 GI:38202215
CDS 450..2060
/gene=SRC
/EC_number=2.7.1.112
/note=v-src avian sarcoma
(Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) viral
oncogene homolog; protooncogene
SRC, Rous sarcoma;
tyrosine-protein kinase SRC-1;
tyrosine kinase pp60c-src;
go_component: ubiquitin ligase
complex [goid 151]
[evidence NAS] [pmid 14976165];
go_function: ATP binding [goid
0005524] [evidence IEA];
go_function: nucleotide binding
[goid 166] [evidence
IEA];
go_function: protein binding
[goid 0005515] [evidence IPI]
[pmid 15546919];
go_function: protein binding
[goid 0005515] [evidence IPI]
[pmid 15749833];
go_function: transferase activity
[goid 0016740] [evidence
IEA];
go_function: SH3/SH2 adaptor
activity [goid 0005070]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9020193];
go_function: protein-tyrosine
kinase activity [goid
0004713] [evidence IEA];
go_function: protein-tyrosine
kinase activity [goid
0004713] [evidence TAS] [pmid
9020193];
go_process: protein kinase
cascade [goid 0007243]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9020193];
go_process: signal complex
formation [goid 0007172]
[evidence TAS] [pmid 9924018];
go_process: protein amino acid
phosphorylation [goid
0006468] [evidence IEA]
/codon_start=1
/product=proto-oncogene
tyrosine-protein kinase SRC
I want to pullout LOCUS, go_process, go_function,
go_compartment into columns so that i can fill my
postgres tables. although i know well to some extenet
sql stuff, i am finding it difficult to get these
elements from this raw text.
an idea that might have worked however, due to
incompetence it did not work. i seek help of this
forum.
import re
f1 = open('this_raw_text','r')
dat = f1.readlines()
pat1 = re.compile('LOCUS')
pat2 = re.compile('go_component')
pat3 = re.compile('go_process')
pat4 = re.compile('go_function')
for line in dat:
a = pat1.match(line)
b = pat2.match(line)
c = pat3.match(line)
d = pat4.match(line)
loc = a.group(1)
comp =b.group(1)
proc = c. group(1)
func = d. group(1)
print loc+'\t'+func
print loc+'\t'+comp
print loc+'\t'+func
print loc+'\t'+proc
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#12, line 6, in ?
loc = a.group(1)
IndexError: no such group
In the second attempt:
for line in dat:
a = pat1.match(line)
b = pat2.match(line)
c = pat3.match(line)
d = pat4.match(line)
print a, b, c, d
_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x00D53330 None None None
rest all lines are NONE. However, b,c,d are there in
the file.
I do not know if this is the correct procedure.
Can any one help me please.
thanks a lot.
M
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Re: [Tutor] regular expressions
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, ps python wrote: I am a new python learner. i am trying to parse a file using regular expressions. Hello, Just as an aside: parsing Genbank flat files like this is not such a good idea, because you can get the Genbank XML files instead. For example, your locus NM_005417 has a perfectly good XML representation (using the GBSeq XML format): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotideqty=1c_start=1list_uids=38202215dopt=gbxdispmax=5sendto= This format contains the same content as the human-readable text report, but structured in a way that makes it easier to extract elements if we use an XML parser like ElementTree. http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm And even if that weren't avaliable, we might also consider using the parsers that come with the BioPython project: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/moac/currentstudents/peter_cock/python/genbank/ http://www.biopython.org/docs/tutorial/Tutorial004.html#toc13 I guess I'm trying to say: you might not want to reinvent the wheel: it's been done several times already. *grin* If you're doing this to learn regular expressions, that's fine too. Just be aware that those other modules are out there. Let's look at the code. for line in dat: a = pat1.match(line) b = pat2.match(line) c = pat3.match(line) d = pat4.match(line) Use the search() method, not the match() method. match() always assumes that the match must start at the very beginning of the line, and it'll miss things if your pattern is in the middle somewhere. There's a discussion about this in the Regex HOWTO: http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/regex.html#SECTION00072 If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] (no subject)
david said unto the world upon 2005-12-03 20:36:
hello again. i think my dig function is working correctly now.
any input on how to save and restore all the rooms and descriptions?
thanks for helping.
Hi David,
I'm catching up on mail backlog, so I'm a bit late, but I've a
suggestion or two about other aspects of your code.
class Room:
def __init__(self,coords):
# sniped code
def nextdoor(self,direction):
if direction == 'n':
nextdoor = (self.coords[0], self.coords[1] + 1)
return list(nextdoor)
elif direction == 's':
nextdoor = list((self.coords[0], self.coords[1] - 1))
return nextdoor
elif direction == 'e':
nextdoor = list((self.coords[0] +1, self.coords[1]))
return nextdoor
elif direction == 'w':
nextdoor = (self.coords[0] -1, self.coords[1])
return list(nextdoor)
This looks a bit ugly to me :-)
First, I think it's a bad thing that some of your if clauses convert
the value to a list in the nextdoor assignment, and others in the
return. It is easier to grok what is going on if the like operations
are effected in the same way.
Further, why not just
return list((self.coords[0], self.coords[1] - 1))
and so forth, dispensing with the nextdoor assignment? (I get that the
name has documentation value, but I think it'd be better to do without
and put the documentation in a docstring.)
If that is changed, then all four clauses are almost identical. That
is often a sign that there is a better way. I'd suggest:
def nextdoor(self,direction):
'''direction - list of co-ordinates for next location
(Perhaps more description here.)
'''
xy_difs = {'n':(0, 1), 's':(0, -1), 'e':(1, 0), 'w':(-1, 0)}
x_dif, y_dif = xy_difs[direction]
return list(self.coords[0] + x_dif, self.coords[1] + y_dif)
Once you get used to it, this style is often easier to understand
quickly than is a list of if tests. Perhaps best of all, this way
makes it much easier to add other directions like 'nw'.
Likewise, where you have:
def opdir(direction):
if direction == 'n':
return 's'
if direction == 's':
return 'n'
if direction == 'e':
return 'w'
if direction == 'w':
return 'e'
I'd suggest
def opdir(direction):
return {'n':'s', 's':'n', 'e':'w', 'w':'e'}[direction]
Since that has dropped it down to a single line, it might even be
better to dispense with the function entirely. But, I'd likely leave
it, as the function provides a good place to document just what the
point of the code is.
A further advantage with what I've given over yours is what occurs if
an unexpected value is passed to opdir(). Your version will return
None (i.e. fail silently). Mine will raise an exception immediately.
{'n':'s', 's':'n', 'e':'w', 'w':'e'}['bad']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1, in -toplevel-
{'n':'s', 's':'n', 'e':'w', 'w':'e'}['bad']
KeyError: 'bad'
It often helps track down bugs if you try to arrange things so that
the problem surfaces as soon as possible.
HTH,
Brian vdB
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Re: [Tutor] cas and python
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Cedric BRINER wrote: does one of you knows if there is a python module which implements CAS(Central Authentication Service): https://clearinghouse.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/Home Hi Cedric, Not certain, but most likely. See: http://www.zope.org/Members/mrlex/ACUF which appears to be an implementation of a CAS client for Zope. It might be possible to extract their CAS client out of that package. The protocol's documentation in: https://clearinghouse.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/CAS+2.0+Architecture also looks fairly straightforward, at least at a casual glance. *grin* ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] regular expressions
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, ps python wrote: sorry for repost. awaiting to hear from some members. a scientist suggested me to try biopython. This point is not just with genbank sequences. what will i do if i have to parse a paragraph for some expression. thanks again. Hello, I just want to clarify: we're a volunteer group, so getting answers within two hours is not a guarantee, nor should that level of response be expected. We'll do what we can to help, but some answers take some careful consideration and research. We don't want to spit out the first thing that comes into our heads; otherwise, that could encourage some rude responses like RTFW, and that would be a terrible way to mess the atmosphere here. The page How to Ask Questions the Smart Way talks about this in less diplomatic language: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#urgent But the idea is: we see your question. At least one of us here on Tutor will reply when we have the time to contribute. If no one responds in some time, we'll say that we don't think we can help you, but we'll try to point you to people who can. Just try not hurry people to answer your questions here. Some of us have day jobs, and others haven't gotten out of their classrooms yet! *grin* Good luck to you. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] regular expressions
a scientist suggested me to try biopython. This point is not just with genbank sequences. what will i do if i have to parse a paragraph for some expression. One thing to watch is that re.match() only checks if the pattern is at the beginning of the line. You should maybe consider using re.search()? But I haven't looked in detail so that nay be way off beam... Alan G. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] file permissions
Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. Thanks ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] file permissions
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Eric Walker wrote: Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. Hi Eric, What have you looked at so far? One of the first hits to the Google query file permission python comes up with some good information: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/5707/fid/552 Forgive me: I'm giving you a hard time only because it didn't look like you did anything yourself yet. Next time you ask a question, also try to show what you've tried so far to find an answer, so that we know we're not following avenues that you've already pursued. We want to make sure you know how to look for answers. If the existing documentation sucks (and some of Python's documentation does need more work!), then we want to know that too so that we can help improve it by sending comments to the Documentation team. In summary, there's file permission stuff we can extract using the 'stat()' function in the 'os' module: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/os-file-dir.html#l2h-1629 The values we get back from os.stat() are a little obscure, but we can interpret the results using the 'stat' module: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-stat.html I'm not sure if there's nicer interface to the permission bits; most material I see on it looks fairly low-level. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. (But please show what work you've tried so far; that way, we have a better idea of your context.) Good luck! ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Run script automatically in IDLE shell
Hello, I'd like to have some scripts run directly inside the IDLE shell when I double click on some properly built shortcut, and not inside the DOS window. I've managed to do that under win98, but failed in win2000 and winXP. I dont' want to have to run module inside the idle editor, just direct execution when double clicking on some shortcut. In win98 my shortcut is : C:\Python22\pythonw.exe C:\PYTHON24\Tools\idle\idle.py prog.py and this opens an IDLE shell window in which my script is executed. Anyone knows how to do that in win2000 and winXP, with python24 ? P.S. I do all this to have accentuated characters (French) correctly displayed, and this is done in the IDLE Shell, but fails inside the DOS window. So this is why I want to have my scripts run directly inside the IDLE shell... -- Yann Le Du http://yledu.free.fr ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] file permissions
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:52:20AM -0800, Danny Yoo wrote: On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Eric Walker wrote: Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. Hi Eric, What have you looked at so far? I agree with Danny, the question lacks any evidence of prior investigation on the part of the poster, and that makes it a lousy candidate for the helpful guidance of the python tutor list. The documentation on this aspect of python, however, is pretty sparse, and the answer's not exactly intuitive, so I thought I'd mention the effbot's page about the os module as a good place to look, in addition to the documentation Danny listed. http://effbot.org/librarybook/os.htm What he's written there should be able to answer your question. If I may hijack the thread, does anyone more knowledgeable than me know why os.stat and stat are so low-level and esoteric? Am I crazy for wanting to replace oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(thefile)[stat.ST_MODE])) with, say, stat.getmode(os.stat(thefile)) or even os.getmode(thefile) ? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] file permissions
Sorry for the bad question. I did google and found the same pages that Danny mentioned. Just couldn't get the stuff to work, or understand what modules needed to be imported to get them to work. I typically use the tutor list as a last resort. After 4+ hours of playing around with this I made the futile post. On Wednesday 07 December 2005 01:42 pm, Gabriel Farrell wrote: On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:52:20AM -0800, Danny Yoo wrote: On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Eric Walker wrote: Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. Hi Eric, What have you looked at so far? I agree with Danny, the question lacks any evidence of prior investigation on the part of the poster, and that makes it a lousy candidate for the helpful guidance of the python tutor list. The documentation on this aspect of python, however, is pretty sparse, and the answer's not exactly intuitive, so I thought I'd mention the effbot's page about the os module as a good place to look, in addition to the documentation Danny listed. http://effbot.org/librarybook/os.htm What he's written there should be able to answer your question. If I may hijack the thread, does anyone more knowledgeable than me know why os.stat and stat are so low-level and esoteric? Am I crazy for wanting to replace oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(thefile)[stat.ST_MODE])) with, say, stat.getmode(os.stat(thefile)) or even os.getmode(thefile) ? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Eric Walker EDA/CAD Engineer Work: 208-368-2573 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] file permissions
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:51:55PM -0700, Eric Walker wrote: After 4+ hours of playing around with this I made the futile post. Don't let the post be futile! Post what you've tried so far and you'll get help. gsf ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] smtplib mail header problem
On Tuesday 06 December 2005 22:23, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson wrote: Okay, just checked the docs - sendmail( from_addr, to_addrs, msg[, mail_options, rcpt_options]) Note: The from_addr and to_addrs parameters are used to construct the message envelope used by the transport agents. The SMTP does not modify the message headers in any way. So my guess is that the spam agent is checking that from_addr, and getting an invalid email address and spitting the dummy. Most ISPs won't allow an invalid from_addr, although mine does.. Regards, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson Thanks for that I 'pydoc smtplib' but got somewhat confused :) Dave ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] file permissions
Looking for easiest way to get a files permissions in linux. look at the os.stat function. I'm in the middle of documenting its use but you might like to peruse the later sections of the following draft topic http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutos.htm Alan G Author of the learn to program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Run script automatically in IDLE shell
The IDLE documentation (run idle -h) says that idle -r file.py runs the commands in the file. Is that what you are doing? It looks different to your Win98 version. P.S. I do all this to have accentuated characters (French) correctly displayed, and this is done in the IDLE Shell, but fails inside the DOS window. So this is why I want to have my scripts run directly inside the IDLE shell... Do you have the correct language and locale settings set up in your DOS environment? It should be able to display French characters (and any other Western alphabet - not sure about unicode stuff though) just fine. Alan G. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] My First Program
Hi! My first ever program that I've created is a simple game called State Capitals. It's straight forward; 5 simple questions about state capitals in a non-GUI format. Can someone look over my code and offer tips, suggestions, criticism? Also, I'd like to be able to end the program if the user misses 3 questions (i.e., kick them out after the 3rd wrong answer). How can I do this? Thanks! print \nState Capitals! Answer a or b to the following questions.\n question = raw_input(Question 1 - What is the capital of NC, a: Raleigh or b: Atlanta? ) if question == a: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 2 - What is the capital of SC, a: Greenville or b: Columbia? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 3 - What is the capital of NY, a: Albany or b: Buffalo?) if question == a: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 4 - What is the capital of OH, a: Cleveland or b: Columbus? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n question = raw_input(Question 5 - What is the capital of TX, a: Houston or b: Austin? ) if question == b: print Yes\n else: print WRONG\n ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Escaping double quotes
* Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [051207 15:56]:
I must be having a Senior Moment here, but the following
baffles me:
label = 'this is quoted'
label.replace('','\')
'this is quoted'
## This works
label.replace('','\'')
this is 'quoted'
blush
What I should have been using is
label.replace('','\\')
:-) Nevermind.
tj
What am I missing here?
thanks
tim
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[Tutor] Escaping double quotes
I must be having a Senior Moment here, but the following
baffles me:
label = 'this is quoted'
label.replace('','\')
'this is quoted'
## This works
label.replace('','\'')
this is 'quoted'
What am I missing here?
thanks
tim
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