Re: make a string a list

2008-05-30 Thread iapain
On May 29, 11:30 pm, Nikhil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or a string iterable ? How can I do that. I have lots of '\r\n' characters in the string which I think can be easier if it were made into a list and I can easily see if the required value (its a numeral) is present in it or not after some

Re: Python Unicode to String conversion

2007-09-01 Thread iapain
First make sure your DB encoding is UTF-8 not the latin1 The error I keep having is something like this: ERREUR: Séquence d'octets invalide pour le codage «UTF8» : 0xe02063 then try this: def smart_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'): Returns a bytestring version of 's',

Re: escaping only double quotes

2007-08-31 Thread iapain
string = Butler's 15\ TV s = my string goes here %s % string Couldn't find anything wrong in string = Butler's 15\ TV s = my string goes here %s % string -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: escaping only double quotes

2007-08-31 Thread iapain
You could write a simple escape function. def escape(html): Return the given TEXT with ampersands, quotes and carets encoded. return html.replace('', 'amp;').replace('', 'lt;').replace('', 'gt;').replace('', 'quot;').replace(', '#39;') --

Re: JavaScript

2007-08-31 Thread iapain
python has modules for forms and other things... and for it? Check out httplib and urlib2, it might be useful for you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: So what exactly is a complex number?

2007-08-31 Thread iapain
On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 20:11 -0500, Lamonte Harris wrote: Like in math where you put letters that represent numbers for place holders to try to find the answer type complex numbers? You shouldnt worry about it in python, its pretty large to handle all your calc. --

Re: Google spreadsheets

2007-08-31 Thread iapain
On Aug 31, 5:40 pm, Michele Simionato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to upload a tab-separated file to a Google spreadsheet from Python. Does anybody have a recipe handy? TIA, Michele Simionato Probably its irrelevant to python. Use should see Google Spreadsheet API and use it in

Re: sorting a list of lists

2007-08-27 Thread iapain
i would like to sort a list of lists. The list is first sorted on the second item in the sub-lists (which I can do), then on the third item (which I can't). Write a comparator instead of dirty hacks mylistoflist.sort(mycomparator) def mycomparator(a, b): #do --

Re: sorting a list of lists

2007-08-27 Thread iapain
Taking advantage of stable sorting is totally not a hack. The OP just tried the two sorting steps in the wrong order. I didnt say not to use stable sorting, but write a generic function and hacky code. It is always better to adopt a generic approach. --

Re: Learning Python - Have Question.

2006-08-26 Thread iapain
I'm just learning Python, and I have a question about os.path.join(dirpath, name) and its use. Simply put, I haven't figured out how to use it. First thing you have to remember while using python is everything is an object. os.join.path concatenates one or more path for example

Re: Python web service ...

2006-08-26 Thread iapain
My question is how difficult is to set up a web server that can run python easy ? should I try ZOPE or there is something better in mind ? Just install Apache and run Python as CGI thats the best solution I found for my apps. Thats the best and faster way to move python apps on web. --

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-12 Thread iapain
Do you have an IBM s/370 running VM/CMS? VM was sort of an OS for running multiple OSs, so it would be the restricted environment G I'm having currently working on OS/2 and Linux platform, I've designed a web based ide for python and i wish to restrict some commands and user can only

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-12 Thread iapain
! Best! iapain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
. Use some tricks to encrypt the user path and do lots of replacement on user code and o/p. or something else? Best! iapain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
unless you're willing to build a restricted runtime that runs on top of the core inter- preter, you should assume that anyone writing a Python script that's executed by your program has access to everything that your Python process has access to... I think using replacements I can ban

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
of Sun's resources and talent, security holes are sometimes found even in Java. Does that mean there is no way to implement restricted enviorment? Best! iapain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best command for running shell command

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
where I'm not interested in the output, I only want to make sure that the command was executed OK. How should I invoke this (in a Unix/linux environment)? Remember few things about executing program within python 1. Create a subprocess or child process and execute it. 2. You should use Timeout

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
The most knowledgeable people have effectively given up, in regard to Python. I guess now I am up with only one option, i.e hope that user input code wont be evil to the system. **which is rarely possible** -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-11 Thread iapain
Brett Cannon is currently trying to come up with a comprehensive spec and implementation of a sandboxed Python interpreter, for use in Mozilla as a JavaScript replacement. (look in the python-dev archives for more) I'm not sure he is working or not, latest i read was he purposed new

Restricted Access

2006-07-10 Thread iapain
') # If this PATH is defined then use can access files else he cant .. is there is any way? Regards! iapain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Restricted Access

2006-07-10 Thread iapain
Tim Chase wrote: If you're prepared for the massive breakage that will ensue, you can chmod go-rwx /usr/lib/python2.3/os.* No, I cant change permission or delete the module, the best would be something to detect 'import os' in user code .. but If i go with chroot jail approch then

Re: Executing a DOS program from within Python

2006-03-16 Thread iapain
Use os.system and if you wanna get rid of console window use subprocess as gary said, you could have better options like killing proc if it hang/stuck using win32api (if you are using windows) else process timeout. ret = os.system('sample.exe') # ret will have return code and os.system execute

Re: timeout a process

2006-01-22 Thread iapain
Thanks Tim, Yeah win32api is working normally. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

timeout a process

2006-01-13 Thread iapain
Hello, I am trying to build and infinite loop handler in python 2.4 on windows platform. The problem is that i want to create a process and forcely kill/timeout after 2 sec to handle infinite loop in a gcc complied exe on cygwin. something like below os.system(mycpp.exe) # this exe is compiled

Re: import module and execute function at runtime

2006-01-13 Thread iapain
Hi, if you want to import module dynamically, you can use __import__ .. always remember modules are objects .. mStr=sys mod=__import__(mStr) # Now u can use mod.version .. but cant specify the attribute using other variable, like u did mod.version should read it