Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

On 29 Nov 2006 08:25:35 -0800, "Leandro Ardissone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >great, thanks > >And how I can compare this "" output ? >I want to decide what to do if the var is an string and what to do if >not.. > >Tried with: >if type(artistList) == "": > >and >if type(artistList) == "list": > >

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

great, that is just what I need! Thank you all! -- Leandro Ardissone On Nov 29, 1:29 pm, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leandro Ardissone wrote: > > And how I can compare this "" output ? > > I want to decide what to do if the var is an string and what to do if > > not.. > > > T

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Re: trouble writing results to files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can try that. Is using range(len(a)) a bad solution in the sense > that its likely to create an unexpected error? Or because there is a > more efficient way to accomplish the same thing? for-in uses an internal index counter to fetch items from the sequence, so

Re: Overloading "if object" unary operator

On Nov 29, 11:26 am, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarcastic Zombie wrote: > > is there any way to overload the 'if' unary usage to detect if a > > variable has a value?Define a __nonzero__() or __len__() method. > > Peter Thanks to both of you, it worked perfectly. I must have missed

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

Leandro Ardissone wrote: > And how I can compare this "" output ? > I want to decide what to do if the var is an string and what to do if > not.. > > Tried with: > if type(artistList) == "": > > and > if type(artistList) == "list": > > but nothing.. type() doesn't return a string, it returns a

Re: Overloading "if object" unary operator

Sarcastic Zombie wrote: > is there any way to overload the 'if' unary usage to detect if a > variable has a value? Define a __nonzero__() or __len__() method. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

Thanks, I don't store Python objects in xml, but I get an object from a library that parses xml and converts it to objects. On Nov 29, 12:43 pm, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-11-29, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2006-11-29, Leandro Ardissone <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

great, thanks And how I can compare this "" output ? I want to decide what to do if the var is an string and what to do if not.. Tried with: if type(artistList) == "": and if type(artistList) == "list": but nothing.. On Nov 29, 12:41 pm, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-11-29

Re: Overloading "if object" unary operator

Sarcastic Zombie wrote: > For example, in the code: > > a = A(56) > if a: >print "Hoo hah!" > > how can I insure that the if will come back true and fire off the print > if and only if self.id is defined? I want to do this in an overloaded, > generic way, if possible; I know that I could test

Re: Reading GDSII layouts

Le mardi 28 novembre 2006 18:46, Jacob Rael a écrit : > Funny, I started writing one this past weekend as a learning exercise > (handling large files and start to use classes). If ipkiss does not > work out, let me know specifically what you need and maybe my hack will > work. > > jr Well, if you

Re: Reading GDSII layouts

Le mardi 28 novembre 2006 17:56, Paddy a écrit : >> The link you gave states this near the top: > IPKISS is a python-based library for the generation of GDSII layouts, > including hierarchy. > It has grown out of the GDS_KEY library, but it is more flexible and > object oriented. Contrary > t

Re: trouble writing results to files

Roberto Bonvallet wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > import csv > > output = csv.writer(open('/Python25/working/output.csv', 'a')) > > a = ["apple", "cranberry", "tart"] > > for elem in range(len(a)): > >output.writerow(a[elem]) > > output.writerow expects a sequence as an argument. You ar

Overloading "if object" unary operator

Good morning, If I have a class class A: __init__(id) self.id = id is there any way to overload the 'if' unary usage to detect if a variable has a value? For example, in the code: a = A(56) if a: print "Hoo hah!" how can I insure that the if will come back true and fire off th

Re: trouble writing results to files

Neil Cerutti wrote: >> BTW, iterating over range(len(a)) is an anti-pattern in Python. > > Unless you're modifying elements of a, surely? and needs to run on a Python version that doesn't support enumerate. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Re: trouble writing results to files

On 2006-11-29, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Cerutti wrote: >> On 2006-11-29, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> BTW, iterating over range(len(a)) is an anti-pattern in Python. >> >> Unless you're modifying elements of a, surely? > > enumerate is your friend :)

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

Leandro Ardissone wrote: > Hi, > > I want to know what type is a variable. > For example, I get the contents of an xml but some content is a list or > a string, and I need to know what type it is. type(variable) Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

On 2006-11-29, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-11-29, Leandro Ardissone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I want to know what type is a variable. For example, I get the >> contents of an xml but some content is a list or a string, and >> I need to know what type it is. > x = '

Re: How to detect what type a variable is?

On 2006-11-29, Leandro Ardissone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to know what type is a variable. For example, I get the > contents of an xml but some content is a list or a string, and > I need to know what type it is. >>> x = 'asdf' >>> type(x) >>> i = 0 >>> type(i) >>> -- Grant Edward

Re: trouble writing results to files

Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2006-11-29, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BTW, iterating over range(len(a)) is an anti-pattern in Python. > > Unless you're modifying elements of a, surely? enumerate is your friend :) for n, item in enumerate(a): if f(item): a[n

How to detect what type a variable is?

Hi, I want to know what type is a variable. For example, I get the contents of an xml but some content is a list or a string, and I need to know what type it is. Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: trouble writing results to files

On 2006-11-29, Roberto Bonvallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, iterating over range(len(a)) is an anti-pattern in Python. Unless you're modifying elements of a, surely? -- Neil Cerutti You can't give him that cutback lane. He's so fast, and he sees it so well. He can also run away from you i

Re: Calling functions with dynamic arguments

Roberto Bonvallet wrote: > SeanDavis12 wrote: > > I have a dictionary like: > > > > {"a":1, "b":2} > > > > and I want to call a function: > > > > def func1(a=3,b=4): > >print a,b > > > > so that I get a=1,b=2, how can I go about that? > > func1(**yourdict) Thanks, Roberto. Sean -- http:

Re: trouble writing results to files

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > import csv > output = csv.writer(open('/Python25/working/output.csv', 'a')) > a = ["apple", "cranberry", "tart"] > for elem in range(len(a)): >output.writerow(a[elem]) output.writerow expects a sequence as an argument. You are passing a string, which is a sequence o

Re: Detecting recursion loops

robert wrote: > My code does recursion loops through a couple of functions. Due to > problematic I/O input this leads sometimes to "endless" recursions and after > expensive I/O to the Python recursion exception. > What would be a good method to detect recursion loops and stop it by > user-Exce

Re: Calling functions with dynamic arguments

SeanDavis12 wrote: > I have a dictionary like: > > {"a":1, "b":2} > > and I want to call a function: > > def func1(a=3,b=4): >print a,b > > so that I get a=1,b=2, how can I go about that? func1(**yourdict) -- Roberto Bonvallet -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Calling functions with dynamic arguments

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