Re: [Tutor] unicode problem

2007-09-23 Thread Emad Nawfal
Hi Tutors, I've just realized that i forgot to thank Kent Johnson for his advise on Unicode. Thank you kent. Best, Emad On 9/18/07, Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emad Nawfal wrote: *Hi All Tutors,* *I'm new and I'm trying to use unicode strings in my code (specifically Arabic),

[Tutor] pythons xf86misc documentation ?

2007-09-23 Thread dave selby
Can anyone tell me where the documentation for pythons xf86misc module is, ie what methods are avalible ? Many thanks Dave -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ___

Re: [Tutor] Counting method calls

2007-09-23 Thread Daniel Kavic
Ok I have been a multimedia major for a few years now. I have tried javascript and that was bad, Java is just too difficult, so I joined this mailing list a while back. I have been frustrated because I just don't get entirely how OOProgramming works and how to actually write the stuff

[Tutor] Learning a Language

2007-09-23 Thread Michael Langford
First off, please don't pick a random message and reply to it. Please send an email directly to tutor@python.org if you have a new conversation topic. Some people's mail readers group emails together by what email you hit reply on, so it will put your email with messages it doesn't really belong

Re: [Tutor] Advice for a Multimedia Major [was: Counting method calls]

2007-09-23 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Daniel Kavic wrote: Ok I have been a multimedia major for a few years now. I have tried javascript and that was bad, Java is just too difficult, so I joined this mailing list a while back. I have been frustrated because I just don't get entirely how OOProgramming works and how to

Re: [Tutor] Learning a Language

2007-09-23 Thread Boykie Mackay
You could also try the showmedo videos at: http://showmedo.com/videos/python I started with Java and am still learning Java but after just a few days of learning python I knew more about programming in python than I knew about in Java.I have also found it helpful trying out some of the

[Tutor] python problem - help!!

2007-09-23 Thread Chris
I need your help! I have this problem that I can’t seem to figure out. Can you help? The problem is listed below, and below it is my code that I have so far. Two hockey teams play eight

Re: [Tutor] Counting method calls

2007-09-23 Thread Kent Johnson
Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Kent Johnson wrote: One more reference: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/252151 This appears as recipe 6.6 in the second edition of the printed cookbook. Kent Thanks Kent. I guess I got into deep waters. It's a shame though that you can not do

Re: [Tutor] Counting method calls

2007-09-23 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Kent Johnson wrote: Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Kent Johnson wrote: One more reference: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/252151 This appears as recipe 6.6 in the second edition of the printed cookbook. Kent Thanks Kent. I guess I got into deep waters. It's a shame

[Tutor] Python course at Foothill College

2007-09-23 Thread Elaine
If you would like to learn Python, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills California is offering a course starting this Wednesday evening, 26 Sept. The course is designed for students who are already familiar with some type of programming. Here is the course description: CIS 68K INTRODUCTION TO

Re: [Tutor] python problem - help!!

2007-09-23 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Chris wrote: I need your help! I have this problem that I can’t seem to figure out. Can you help? The problem is listed below, and below it is my code that I have so far. What results / errors are you getting, how are they different from the results you want to get? -Luke

[Tutor] [Fwd: Re: python problem - help!!]

2007-09-23 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Chris wrote: If I sent you the problem can you build it so I know what it is suppose to look like? I've spend too much time it, and made it worse...all I know is that it does not produce the wanted results and is missing a loop... It looks like a homework problem, so we can't just give you

Re: [Tutor] [Fwd: Re: python problem - help!!]

2007-09-23 Thread Chris
It's not a homework problem it is a practice problem to figure out how to code, to be able to do the assignments... Chris wrote: If I sent you the problem can you build it so I know what it is suppose to look like? I've spend too much time it, and made it worse...all I know is that it does