Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding. Peter use reply-all don't reply offlist please. -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter cyclesp...@windstream.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning python using Michael Dawson's book To: Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com Hi, The result in the book has lettering like the following: ___ __ __ | | | | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | | | | | |__| |__| |__| Well, that's definitely not what the code would be producing, nor does it seem to be related to what the example claims to be doing... Perhaps instead of print( ) which is a very strange idiom (though valid), you should write: print( _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| ) or perhaps you are looking at one example and the explanation of another? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
I posted this two days ago (I thought to the list...but apparently not). I'm hopeful it helps in some way. I have the same book. Using a text editor and the underscore and dash keys and a few others...the program example is creating an ASCII art version on the words Game Over. Type it manually probably means to type it out...NOT use copy and paste. Can't get it to work probably meansit doesn't display properly (as the book shows). What needs to be done is he needs to play with the spacing of the characters and different keys to get the letters drawn to display closer to the book's example. ___ |__ ___| _ _ | | / __\ / ___ \ _ | | | ||| | |___| | | |_| | | |__|| | /_ \/ \__/ \__| On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding. Peter use reply-all don't reply offlist please. -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter cyclesp...@windstream.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning python using Michael Dawson's book To: Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com Hi, The result in the book has lettering like the following: _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| Well, that's definitely not what the code would be producing, nor does it seem to be related to what the example claims to be doing... Perhaps instead of print( ) which is a very strange idiom (though valid), you should write: print( _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| ) or perhaps you are looking at one example and the explanation of another? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
Thank you for the responses to my question. This was my first posting and future questions will be made clearer to the group. Joseph, I have a feeling you are correct about the spacing. I will try that. Its easy to just load the code file and see the result, but I will learn more if I type out what I see in the book then see a result. Thank much, Peter On 5/19/2010 7:11 AM, Joseph Gulizia wrote: I posted this two days ago (I thought to the list...but apparently not). I'm hopeful it helps in some way. I have the same book. Using a text editor and the underscore and dash keys and a few others...the program example is creating an ASCII art version on the words Game Over. Type it manually probably means to type it out...NOT use copy and paste. Can't get it to work probably meansit doesn't display properly (as the book shows). What needs to be done is he needs to play with the spacing of the characters and different keys to get the letters drawn to display closer to the book's example. ___ |__ ___| _ _ | | / __\ / ___ \ _ | | | ||| | |___| | | |_| | | |__|| | /_ \/ \__/ \__| On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com mailto:andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com mailto:rabidpoob...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding. Peter use reply-all don't reply offlist please. -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter cyclesp...@windstream.net mailto:cyclesp...@windstream.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning python using Michael Dawson's book To: Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com mailto:rabidpoob...@gmail.com Hi, The result in the book has lettering like the following: _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| Well, that's definitely not what the code would be producing, nor does it seem to be related to what the example claims to be doing... Perhaps instead of print( ) which is a very strange idiom (though valid), you should write: print( _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| ) or perhaps you are looking at one example and the explanation of another? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com mailto:andreeng...@gmail.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org mailto:Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
I thought I had posted a reply on this but I don't see it in the archive... You should make sure your font is set to a mono-spaced variety for this kind of thing otherwise it gets very difficult to align everything... -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
Forwarding. Peter use reply-all don't reply offlist please. -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter cyclesp...@windstream.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning python using Michael Dawson's book To: Luke Paireepinart rabidpoob...@gmail.com Hi, The result in the book has lettering like the following: _____ __ |||| || ||__|| || |__ | || |||| || |__||__| |__| On 5/17/2010 9:54 AM, Luke Paireepinart wrote: I don't see any printing of dashes whatsoever. can you explain in more detail what output you're getting, how it's different from what you expected, and why you think that happened? On 5/17/10, Petercyclesp...@windstream.net wrote: Hello, I am at the very beginning of learning Python. If anyone is familiar with Michael Dawson's book: Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner The following script (according to the book) should create block lettering created by dashes and vertical lines. If I could show a picture of it I would. I do not get the same result as the book. Thank you for any input. Peter The script goes like this: --- #Game Over- Version 2 #Demonstrates the use of quotes in strings print(Program 'Game Over' 2.0) print(Same, message, as before) print(Just, a bit, bigger) print(Here, end= ) print(it is...) print( ) ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Sent from my mobile device ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
