Re: [Tutor] Suggestions about documenting a function
Thanks for all your help guys, but after trying to read just bits and pieces of the manual and not understanding a single sentence, much less a single chapter, I decided to just put this function on hold until I read the whole Tutorial from start to finish. I just hope it doesn't take to long... ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] One million and counting
Congrats! I know that what I know about Python I learned from your guide, so a personal thanks from me :) Alan Gauld wrote: > Hi folks, > > In just thought I'd mention that my web tutor has now passed > the million visitors mark. Thanks to all those on the tutor > list who have paid a visit. > > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Suggestions about documenting a function
Thanks for your help guys. It will take me some time to understand exactly what you suggested to fix the function (I'm still a newb at this) but thanks for your help. I'll keep you posted on the updates :) ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Suggestions about documenting a function
I'm writing a function that generates a list with user defined length, that consists only of non-repeating random integers in a user defined range. Even I don't understand what I just wrote, so I'm just going to post the code and an example of the results :P ## Test module ## Last revision 31 October 2006 import random def randomList(n1,n2,len): '''n1-n2 range of numbers, len - length of the final list Returns a list''' i=0 rndlist=[] if len > n2: return 'The length of the list must be greater than n2' else: while i < len: rand=random.randint(n1,n2) if rndlist.count(rand) == 0: rndlist.append(rand) i=i+1 return rndlist randomList(1,9,9) [9, 8, 1, 4, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2] Not sure if the indentation in this message is correct, but the module works, so that's not the problem. What I really want to ask is: Any suggestions on how to improve the documentation part of the module? I'd like to warn the user about the fact that len must be greater than n2 before he runs it, but I can't think of a short enough way to say it so that it still appears in that little window that shows up when you start writing the arguments to a function. Sorry if this is confusing ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Mailing list question
Danny Yoo wrote: > > >>> Not so much a question about Python, but here goes: >>> >>> How do I reply to a specific thread in the mailing list? If I place >>> "Re:bla bla" in the subject line, I notice that I start a new >>> thread, I don't continue one that already exists. How do I go about >>> doing this? Thanks for any info >> >> What e-mail client are you using? Most have a reply-to-all button >> you can use so that you won't have to start a new message to reply to >> someone. > > There's a little bit of extra information that Mailman uses to detect > threads. The archives don't cluster messages based on the subject > line, but instead use a specific header value whose name I'm > completely forgetting right now... *grin* (I think it's the > 'In-Reply-To' header line.) Your email client should be the one > responsible for maintaining that threading information. > I'm trying to use the Reply All button on my mail client (I use Thunderbird, by the way) like you guys suggested. Let's see if it works :-P ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Mailing list question
Not so much a question about Python, but here goes: How do I reply to a specific thread in the mailing list? If I place "Re:bla bla" in the subject line, I notice that I start a new thread, I don't continue one that already exists. How do I go about doing this? Thanks for any info ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to programming and Python
First off, I don't know if I'm doing this right, I've never used a mailing list before, so I'm not sure if I'm sending this to the right place. Thanks for all the help you guys gave me ( e vocês também pessoal, é bom saber que há pessoal português por aqui :-) ). I'll try and read as many tutorials as I can and start to work on some programs of my own. Let's hope I can make something useful or fun. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] New to programming and Python
Hi guys ( and gals ) I'm totally new to the whole programming scene (I decided to enter it for many reasons, one of which is the fact that I *want* to know how to program my computer) and I decided to start out with Python. I'm reading lots of tutorials on it, trying to understand how to work with it, but for some reason or another, it all seems a great mess to me. Am I doing something wrong? Also, can anyone give me any pointers on how to start working with Python? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me - Jorge ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
