Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard Flanagan
All would anyone happen to have code to generate Cutter Numbers: eg. http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/library/cod-web/Cutter-numbers.htm or is anyone looking for something to do?-) (I'm under pressure!) def cutter(lname, fname, book_title): (maybe more to it than that). cheers Gerard -- http:/

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread skryskalla
Gerard Flanagan wrote: > All > > would anyone happen to have code to generate Cutter Numbers: > > eg. http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/library/cod-web/Cutter-numbers.htm > > or is anyone looking for something to do?-) (I'm under pressure!) > > def cutter(lname, fname, book_title): > What do you use lna

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread Tim Chase
> I am stumped about what to do when the first letter is Q not > followed by U. It says to use numbers 2-29 for the second > letters a-t, but that is obviously not right (for one thing t > would be 21, not 29). > > Since you seem a little bit more experienced in library > science could you ex

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread Rick Zantow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:1148133784.844430.23130@ 38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > Gerard Flanagan wrote: >> All >> >> would anyone happen to have code to generate Cutter Numbers: >> >> eg. http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/library/cod-web/Cutter-numbers.htm >> [...] > > I wrote a script to see if

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard Flanagan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gerard Flanagan wrote: > > All > > > > would anyone happen to have code to generate Cutter Numbers: > > > > eg. http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/library/cod-web/Cutter-numbers.htm > > > > or is anyone looking for something to do?-) (I'm under pressure!) > > > > def cutter(lnam

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-20 Thread Terry Reedy
"Gerard Flanagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm cataloging a small library and want to generate a unique id (called > a 'call number') for each book. This id is composed of: > > * Dewey 3-digit Subject Classification Number > * Dewey Decimal (always 0 for the

Re: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-22 Thread Gerard Flanagan
Terry Reedy wrote: > "Gerard Flanagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm cataloging a small library and want to generate a unique id (called > > a 'call number') for each book. This id is composed of: > > > > * Dewey 3-digit Subject Classification Number > > * D

UPDATE: Generating Cutter numbers

2006-05-23 Thread Gerard Flanagan
Gerard Flanagan wrote: > All > > would anyone happen to have code to generate Cutter Numbers: > > eg. http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/library/cod-web/Cutter-numbers.htm > > or is anyone looking for something to do?-) (I'm under pressure!) > > def cutter(lname, fname, book_title): > > (maybe more to it