Re: [Tutor] Already Initialized Object Inheritance?

2011-06-14 Thread WolfRage
Unfortunately I am not able to inherit "stdscr" using that method. As Python returns with an error stating that "stdscr" is not defined. This error is returned at run time and by the compiler prior to actual execution. If you would like I can write a quick example that will generate the error messa

[Tutor] Already Initialized Object Inheritance?

2011-06-14 Thread WolfRage
I can not get this to behave in the manor that I would like. I am trying to have an object refereed to as CursesApp.Screen become the already initialized object "stdscr". To elaborate I would like it to become that object but to also be able to define additional methods and properties, so more alon

Re: [Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Willoughby
As always, Alan has given a lot of great advice and useful information. There's just one piece at the end I would question, however: On 14-Jun-11 16:36, Alan Gauld wrote: > python reader.py < `python writer.py` Almost, but not quite. The backticks mean the command is executed and the output

Re: [Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs

2011-06-14 Thread Alan Gauld
"Jacob Bender" wrote I know how to do it in the command line, but not through another program. Generating the random tries for the password isn't the issue, but entering the password(s) in between the two programs is an issue because I don't know how to make programs communicate through raw

Re: [Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 14-Jun-11 15:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Normally you would do this by redirecting standard input. What operating system are you using? In Linux, you would do something like: # run script foo.py taking input from the output of bar.py foo.py < bar.py Actually, no, that will send the *source

Re: [Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs

2011-06-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Jacob Bender wrote: Dear Python Tutors, I was wondering how to break into my one program I made using brute force methods. Here's the code: password = "Helloworld" try= raw_input("What's the password?") while try != password: try = raw_input("Incorrect, what's the password?") I know how t

Re: [Tutor] Break stament issue

2011-06-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez wrote: Hello members! I'm doing a script that needs to loop to get some information, in order to do that I'm using modules from OGR and Mapnik. These to get data from shapefiles, but some of the files have 0 elements, I wrote a line to validate it, but it hasn't w

[Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs

2011-06-14 Thread Jacob Bender
Dear Python Tutors, I was wondering how to break into my one program I made using brute force methods. Here's the code: password = "Helloworld" try= raw_input("What's the password?") while try != password: try = raw_input("Incorrect, what's the password?") I know how to do it in the command

Re: [Tutor] Break stament issue

2011-06-14 Thread James Reynolds
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez < susana.delgad...@utzmg.edu.mx> wrote: > Hello members! > > I'm doing a script that needs to loop to get some information, in order to > do that I'm using modules from OGR and Mapnik. These to get data from > shapefiles, but some of

Re: [Tutor] trying to translate and ebcidic file

2011-06-14 Thread Jerry Hill
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Prinn, Craig wrote: > I am looking for a way to translate and ebcidic file to ascii. Is there a > pre-existing library for this, or do I need to do this from scratch? If from > scratch and ideas on where to start? If the file is essentially a text file, I would re

[Tutor] Fwd: Break stament issue

2011-06-14 Thread Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez
-- Forwarded message -- From: Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez Date: 2011/6/14 Subject: Break stament issue To: tutor@python.org Hello members! I'm doing a script that needs to loop to get some information, in order to do that I'm using modules from OGR and Mapnik. These to get d

Re: [Tutor] trying to translate and ebcidic file

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 14-Jun-11 11:40, Prinn, Craig wrote: I am looking for a way to translate and ebcidic file to ascii. Is there a pre-existing library for this, or do I need to do this from scratch? If from scratch and ideas on where to start? Bear in mind that there's no 100% straight-across translation, beca

[Tutor] Break stament issue

2011-06-14 Thread Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez
Hello members! I'm doing a script that needs to loop to get some information, in order to do that I'm using modules from OGR and Mapnik. These to get data from shapefiles, but some of the files have 0 elements, I wrote a line to validate it, but it hasn't worked, so I added a break to keep working

[Tutor] trying to translate and ebcidic file

2011-06-14 Thread Prinn, Craig
I am looking for a way to translate and ebcidic file to ascii. Is there a pre-existing library for this, or do I need to do this from scratch? If from scratch and ideas on where to start? thanks Craig Prinn Document Solutions Manager Office Phone 919-767-6640 Cell Phone410-320-9962 Fax

Re: [Tutor] Floating point exercise 3 from Learn python the hard way

2011-06-14 Thread amt
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Re: [Tutor] Floating point exercise 3 from Learn python the hard way

2011-06-14 Thread Sander Sweers
On 14 June 2011 15:20, amt <0101...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> But I can't understand at line 2 and 3. I mean it makes no difference >>> for me. Saying 30 or 30.0 is the same thing. >>> As well as saying 97 or 97.0. >> >> Precisely, thats why I asked the question. > > As a beginner at line 2 and 3 I see

Re: [Tutor] Floating point exercise 3 from Learn python the hard way

2011-06-14 Thread Lisi
I too am working through Learn Python the Hard Way. On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:20:43 amt wrote: > sadly the author of the > book doesn't provide the solutions to the exercises. He gives the answers to the questions in the main block of the chapter, just not for the extra credit questions. I hav

Re: [Tutor] Floating point exercise 3 from Learn python the hard way

2011-06-14 Thread amt
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > I can understand why at line 5 I use floating point. 6,75 is more >> precise than saying 7. >> > > Exactly, no problem with line 5 (except the odd comment about 6.83) The comment on line 5 was a mistake. > > But I can't understand at lin