Re: [Tutor] smtplib mail header problem

2005-12-10 Thread dave s
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 22:47, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson wrote: > Heheh, yah, the Python docs take a bit of scrutinisation to yield fruit. > Also, when working with emails, you'll probably end up trying to figure > what exactly what a RFC or three mean. > > Good luck, > > Liam > But its all wor

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread david
::= is bnf notation for "is defined as"   please spend that extra minute googling before you bother all the nice people on this list.   - Original Message - From: david To: tutor@python.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 6:23 AM hello everyone. i was looking

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2005-12-10 Thread david
hello everyone. i was looking at python docs and i came across this   letter ::= lowercase | uppercase   what does ::= mean?   ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread vikas mohan
Hi again   I have a question regarding lowercase|uppercase. How can one turn an input, and output it back in lowercase or uppercase?  cheers/V  On 12/10/05, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ::= is bnf notation for "is defined as"   please spend that extra minute googling before you bother all the

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread Brian van den Broek
david said unto the world upon 2005-12-10 06:31: > ::= is bnf notation for "is defined as" > > please spend that extra minute googling before > you bother all the nice people on this list. > > - Original Message - > From: david > To: tutor@python.org > Sent: Saturday, December

Re: [Tutor] lowercase, uppercase

2005-12-10 Thread david
i am thinking that string.upper and string.lower may be what you are looking for.   - Original Message - From: vikas mohan To: david Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] bnf Hi again   I have a question re

Re: [Tutor] lowercase, uppercase

2005-12-10 Thread Python
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 16:56 -0600, david wrote: > i am thinking that string.upper and string.lower may be what you are > looking for. >>> x = 'This is Some Mixed CaSe TExt' >>> x.lower() 'this is some mixed case text' >>> x.upper() 'THIS IS SOME MIXED CASE TEXT' Unless you are using a very old ve

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread Danny Yoo
> > hello everyone. i was looking at python docs and i came across this > > > > letter ::= > >lowercase | uppercase > > > > > > what does ::= mean? > > goodness knows, maillists and usenet would be better if more people > (myself included) would do a better job of their own go

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread Brian van den Broek
Danny Yoo said unto the world upon 2005-12-10 20:23: >>> hello everyone. i was looking at python docs and i came across this >>> >>> letter ::= >>> lowercase | uppercase >>> >>> >>> what does ::= mean? >> >>goodness knows, maillists and usenet would be better if more people >>(myse

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread Danny Yoo
> I take your point about the information being available to the OP in the > docs. I was reacting to the follow up post which I read as saying > something like "Don't bug us if you are lazy". That struck me as less > friendly than the usual tone on the list. Hi Brian, Yes. I read the tone as tha

Re: [Tutor] bnf

2005-12-10 Thread Liam Clarke
> Hi Danny and all, > > I take your point about the information being available to the OP in > the docs. I was reacting to the follow up post which I read as saying > something like "Don't bug us if you are lazy". That struck me as less > friendly than the usual tone on the list. > > The mistake wa

Re: [Tutor] smtplib mail header problem

2005-12-10 Thread Liam Clarke
Ah, good to hear. I like it when stuff gets fixed. :-) On 12/10/05, dave s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 22:47, Liam Clarke-Hutchinson wrote: > > Heheh, yah, the Python docs take a bit of scrutinisation to yield fruit. > > Also, when working with emails, you'll probabl