Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread bob gailer
On 3/31/2011 1:07 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information

Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Prasad, Ramit wrote: In any event, you shouldn't be worrying about something like overhead until after your base prorgram is written. Base programs are written. I was just looking into insight about the mechanics behind importing :) For instance, do these libraries normally lazy load? If you

Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Prasad, Ramit wrote: The joins are really just random calls. I was just curious if importing os.path could avoid any reading/overhead that might occur by importing os. No. Python has no way of knowing what os.path is until it has imported os and can do an attribute lookup on os.path. This is

Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Prasad, Ramit
>> In any event, you shouldn't be worrying about something like overhead until >> after your base prorgram is written. Base programs are written. I was just looking into insight about the mechanics behind importing :) For instance, do these libraries normally lazy load? If you have mod1.mod2 and

Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread eire1130
You could just use from os import path and use it like path.xxx I don't know know if it saves on overhead or not. In any event, you shouldn't be worrying about something like overhead until after your base prorgram is written. Generally if all I use is path, for example, I use from import. If n

Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Prasad, Ramit
The joins are really just random calls. I was just curious if importing os.path could avoid any reading/overhead that might occur by importing os. Ramit Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology 712 Main Street | Houston, TX 77002 work phone: 713 - 216 - 5423 ---

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2011-03-31 Thread Greg Richards
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Re: [Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 3/31/2011 11:07 AM Prasad, Ramit said... Hi everyone, I was wondering if there is a difference in import os os.path.join(string1,string2) AND import os.path os.path.join(string1,string2) A quick test shows they're the same: ActivePython 2.6.6.15 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on

[Tutor] Importing sub modules

2011-03-31 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Hi everyone, I was wondering if there is a difference in >>>import os >>>os.path.join(string1,string2) AND >>>import os.path >>>os.path.join(string1,string2) The only difference that I could think of is if the os module does not get loaded on the second example. I am not sure if it does. Ram

Re: [Tutor] Data frame packages

2011-03-31 Thread Ben Hunter
I appreciate all the responses and apologize for not being more detailed. An R data frame is a tightly grouped array of vectors of the same length. Each vector is all the same datatype, I believe, but you can read all types of data into the same variable. The benefit is being able to quickly subset

Re: [Tutor] String formatting question.

2011-03-31 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 31-Mar-11 09:46, bob gailer wrote: IMHO % formatting is the easiest to use and understand. I am sorry that it has been slated for removal. I had the same reaction, but I think it was mostly because of my long background as a C programmer, since it's essentially the equivalent of printf() f

Re: [Tutor] String formatting question.

2011-03-31 Thread bob gailer
IMHO % formatting is the easiest to use and understand. I am sorry that it has been slated for removal. -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill NC ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python

Re: [Tutor] String formatting question.

2011-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Wayne Werner wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: Is there a difference (or preference) between using the following? "%s %d" % (var,num) VERSUS "{0} {1}".format(var,num) Practically there's no difference. In reality (and under the hood) there are more differences, som

Re: [Tutor] Data frame packages

2011-03-31 Thread James Reynolds
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Blockheads Oi Oi wrote: > On 31/03/2011 09:38, Ben Hunter wrote: > >> Is anybody out there familiar with data frame modules for python that >> will allow me to read a CSV in a similar way that R does? pydataframe >> and DataFrame have both befuddled me. One requir

Re: [Tutor] Data frame packages

2011-03-31 Thread Blockheads Oi Oi
On 31/03/2011 09:38, Ben Hunter wrote: Is anybody out there familiar with data frame modules for python that will allow me to read a CSV in a similar way that R does? pydataframe and DataFrame have both befuddled me. One requires a special stripe of R that I don't think is available on windows an

Re: [Tutor] Converting a numpy matrix to a numpy array

2011-03-31 Thread Peter Otten
David Crisp wrote: > Hello, > > I have a very simple question / problem I need answered. The problem > is imnot entirely sure of the correct terminology and langauge to use > to describe it. (One of the reasons im using this miling list) > > I have a 2d matrix representing the X the Y and the

Re: [Tutor] Data frame packages

2011-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Ben Hunter wrote: Is anybody out there familiar with data frame modules for python that will allow me to read a CSV in a similar way that R does? pydataframe and DataFrame have both befuddled me. One requires a special stripe of R that I don't think is available on windows and the other is either

Re: [Tutor] Converting a numpy matrix to a numpy array

2011-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
David Crisp wrote: I have a 2d matrix representing the X the Y and the Z value of a point. I wish to convert that matrix to an array.What is a good way of doing so? Eg: Matrix 012345 0xo 1xo 2ox 3oo 4ox 5ox It's not clear what this matrix actually is. Is this fro

[Tutor] Data frame packages

2011-03-31 Thread Ben Hunter
Is anybody out there familiar with data frame modules for python that will allow me to read a CSV in a similar way that R does? pydataframe and DataFrame have both befuddled me. One requires a special stripe of R that I don't think is available on windows and the other is either very buggy or I've