Re: [Tutor] Thanks a bunch (was Re: Tutor Digest, Vol 118, Issue 64)

2013-12-15 Thread Walter Prins
Hi, On 15 December 2013 05:38, eryksun eryk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Walter Prins wpr...@gmail.com wrote: Gmail matches the format of the sender. If I reply to a text format email, the reply is text format. If the original is HTML mail, it replies in HTML

Re: [Tutor] Thanks a bunch (was Re: Tutor Digest, Vol 118, Issue 64)

2013-12-15 Thread eryksun
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Walter Prins wpr...@gmail.com wrote: OK perhaps it remembers your preference for original emails sent by yourself as well, but for replies (which is what I was commenting on) my experience is as I described. To test it -- hit reply or reply-all on this

Re: [Tutor] trying to parse an xml file

2013-12-15 Thread Stefan Behnel
Steven D'Aprano, 14.12.2013 23:22: On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 09:29:00AM -0500, bruce wrote: Looking at a file -- http://www.marquette.edu/mucentral/registrar/snapshot/fall13/xml/BIOL_bysubject.xml The file is generated via online/web url, and appears to be XML. However, when I use

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread David Hutto
Well, it would fit the market penetration, of corporate-upper middle class-middle class- the lower socioeconomic level. It would also fit the market of individuals that have a population control that intertwines with the dissemination -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:*

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/12/13 05:24, David Hutto wrote: Well, it would fit the market penetration, of corporate-upper middle class-middle class- the lower socioeconomic level. It would also fit the market of individuals that have a population control that intertwines with the dissemination huh? I didn't

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2013 04:55, William Ray Wing wrote: On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 14/12/2013 17:14, Alan Gauld wrote: On 14/12/13 15:37, Mark Lawrence wrote: I believe that quantum computing is way OT for the Python tutor mailing list. Yeah, you are

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 03:40:38PM +, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 15/12/2013 04:55, William Ray Wing wrote: Well, as it turns out, there actually *IS* a commercially available quantum computer on the market today. It is built by a Canadian company D-Wave Systems and early prototypes have

[Tutor] Prime Numbers

2013-12-15 Thread Rafael Knuth
Hej, I stumbled upon this program here (Python 3.3.0) and I don't quite understand how the for loop plays with the return True statement: def is_prime(number): for element in range(2, number): if number % element == 0: return False return True Now, I would expect the

Re: [Tutor] Prime Numbers

2013-12-15 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Rafael Knuth rafael.kn...@gmail.comwrote: Hej, I stumbled upon this program here (Python 3.3.0) and I don't quite understand how the for loop plays with the return True statement: def is_prime(number): for element in range(2, number): if

Re: [Tutor] Prime Numbers

2013-12-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 05:54:10PM +0100, Rafael Knuth wrote: Hej, I stumbled upon this program here (Python 3.3.0) and I don't quite understand how the for loop plays with the return True statement: def is_prime(number): for element in range(2, number): if number % element

[Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Reuben
Hi, What is the best way to log the output of a python script execution. Do we need to use the logging module of python? Regards, Reuben ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: [Tutor] Prime Numbers

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2013 16:54, Rafael Knuth wrote: Hej, I stumbled upon this program here (Python 3.3.0) and I don't quite understand how the for loop plays with the return True statement: def is_prime(number): for element in range(2, number): if number % element == 0: return

Re: [Tutor] Prime Numbers

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/12/13 16:54, Rafael Knuth wrote: I stumbled upon this program here (Python 3.3.0) and I don't quite understand how the for loop plays with the return True statement: It doesn't. Remember that indentation is all important in Python. The return true statement is outside the loop so only

Re: [Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2013 17:43, Reuben wrote: Hi, What is the best way to log the output of a python script execution. Do we need to use the logging module of python? Regards, Reuben You don't need to, but why reinvent the wheel? Use your favourite search engine to find lots of articles on how to

Re: [Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/12/13 17:43, Reuben wrote: Hi, What is the best way to log the output of a python script execution. Best is always going to be subjective and depend on a lot of parameters. It might be that the best way of capturing the output is to use file redirection: $ python myscript.py

Re: [Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Tobias M.
Hi Reuben, Yes, I think the logging module is the best way to do it. And it's pretty easy, see this minimal example: import logging logging.basicConfig(filename=foo.log, level=logging.DEBUG) logging.debug(This is a log message) The log levels are a great way, to control how much will be

Re: [Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/12/13 18:01, Tobias M. wrote: Yes, I think the logging module is the best way to do it. And it's pretty easy, see this minimal example: import logging logging.basicConfig(filename=foo.log, level=logging.DEBUG) logging.debug(This is a log message) But The OP didn't ask how to record

[Tutor] Introduction

2013-12-15 Thread Arnas Ivoška
Hello, I would to hear Your thoughts on introductory book Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus Charles Dierbach. I do not see that in the introductory books. Please, advice is this a good book. Thank You in Advance ___

[Tutor] How to get nested boundaries in Multipart email

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Terry
Hello all, I'm trying to script email from database data. Following the examples at http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/email-examples.html I'm able to send simple emails, multipart emails with attachments, and multipart emails with alternative text. What I'm trying to do now is get multipart

Re: [Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 118, Issue 75

2013-12-15 Thread Keith Winston
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: Are you saying that it can't do list comprehensions, recursive functions and floating point arithmetic correctly? My understanding is that the answer here is essentially yes: that quantum computing requires a different approach to the

Re: [Tutor] Introduction

2013-12-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 09:08:49PM +0200, Arnas Ivoška wrote: Hello, I would to hear Your thoughts on introductory book Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus Charles Dierbach. I do not see that in the introductory books. Please, advice is this a good book. Thank

Re: [Tutor] Introduction

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2013 19:08, Arnas Ivoška wrote: Hello, I would to hear Your thoughts on introductory book Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus Charles Dierbach. I do not see that in the introductory books. Please, advice is this a good book. Thank You in Advance I

Re: [Tutor] Logging script output

2013-12-15 Thread Reuben
Thanks everyone - your posts helped me. On 16-Dec-2013 2:22 AM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: On 15/12/13 18:01, Tobias M. wrote: Yes, I think the logging module is the best way to do it. And it's pretty easy, see this minimal example: import logging