Re: [Tutor] Assistance with UnicodeDecodeError
On 01/31/2015 08:37 AM, J Mberia wrote: Hi, Welcome to Python tutor. Thanks for posting using text email, and for specifying both your Python version and Operating system. I am teaching myself programming in python and assistance with UnicodeDecodeError I am trying to scrap text from a website using Python 2.7 in windows 8 and i am getting this error *"**UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap codec can't encode character u'\u2014 in position 11231 character maps to "* *How do i resolve? Pls assist.* You can start by posting the whole error message, including the stack trace. Then you probably should include an appropriate segment of your code. The message means that you've got some invalid characters that you're trying to convert. That can either be that the data is invalid, or that you're specifying the wrong encoding, directly or implicitly. -- DaveA ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Umm.. I need help on changing Global Variables.
On 01/29/2015 12:16 PM, Tallen Grey Smith wrote: So, I’m trying to make a very simple game that involves time management properly, but I’m having an issue. thats my code, and I want it to where if I type charge it’ll make my charge go up 10, my steps go down 1, my divs going down 1, and it to go to Python (like any modern procedural language) does not have a goto command. You're calling the other function, which means that eventually the other function will return back to game(). That's probably a big mistake, but it won't matter for the moment. my charge_1 function, which should do the same thing but with a tweaked dialog box I don't see any dialog boxes in that code. But no matter how hard i try, once it gets to the charge_1, it always says that the variables that I changed where referenced in previous functions and it can’t pull them. Don't paraphrase the effect. Show just what got displayed. I've never seen an exception called "it can't pull them" How can I change this to get a variable that when changed in my If statement, would be useable in other functions? Thanks. Use of global variables is thoroughly discouraged. I'd suggest making a Game class, and making all these "variables" attributes of an instance of Game. Then you just pass that instance around between the various functions, as a formal parameter. -- DaveA ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Lost message re serial comms - oops!
On 31/01/15 00:39, Alan Gauld wrote: While managing the moderation queue I saw a message about using Python for serial comms using a RaspberryPi. It came from a C/C++ programmer wanting to use python. I think I accidentally hit reject instead of accept. The OP resent the post and I definitely approved it this time but it still hasn't come through. Could the OP please mail me direct so I can figure out what's going wrong. apologies, -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Assistance with UnicodeDecodeError
Hi, I am teaching myself programming in python and assistance with UnicodeDecodeError I am trying to scrap text from a website using Python 2.7 in windows 8 and i am getting this error *"**UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap codec can't encode character u'\u2014 in position 11231 character maps to "* *How do i resolve? Pls assist.* *Jerry* ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
