Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing

2012-04-02 Thread wesley chun
greetings walter, and welcome to the Python family! it looks like you've got your machine all set up. hopefully installing Python 3 wasn't too difficult -- users constantly have issues with their own installs clash with the Python that's pre-installed by Apple. as far as learning Python for begin

Re: [Tutor] group txt files by month

2012-04-02 Thread Asokan Pichai
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:29 AM, questions anon wrote: > I think what I am trying to do is relatively easy but can't get my head > around how to do it. > I have a list of txt files that contain daily rainfall for many years. I > would like to produce a list that contains the year-month and the max,

[Tutor] group txt files by month

2012-04-02 Thread questions anon
I think what I am trying to do is relatively easy but can't get my head around how to do it. I have a list of txt files that contain daily rainfall for many years. I would like to produce a list that contains the year-month and the max, min and mean of rainfall for each month. My main question at t

Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing

2012-04-02 Thread Shane Keene
I don't currently use Python 3 and don't recommend that you use it to learn with, mostly because the bulk of the docs and learning resources are Python 2.x focused and the two are not compatible. That said, here are some resources that you may find useful (particularly if you choose to learn using

[Tutor] New to Python programing

2012-04-02 Thread Walter Luna
Hi everybody, my name is Walter I am a new beginner with no programing experience. I am using OSX Lion, and successfully installed Python version 3. I am looking for a programing guide for beginners with no programing experience. Can you please suggest me a good one to use. Thank you. Walter

Re: [Tutor] Problem Stripping

2012-04-02 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Please keep your reply on the list, unless you have something private to say. That way others can help, or learn from your questions. I've taken the liberty of putting this back into the list. Leam Hall wrote: On 04/01/2012 09:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: leam hall wrote: Python 2.4.3 on R