Re: [Tutor] Better flow for this?

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Gauld
On 12/02/14 02:06, R. Alan Monroe wrote: Based on a very quick look, its 2:36am!! (pseudo code) - playing=True while playing: #phase 1 - fly every turn, you might die if dead: playing=false break if you make it home intact: playing=false br

[Tutor] Better flow for this?

2014-02-11 Thread R. Alan Monroe
I started on an implementation of a solitaire board game simulating a B52 bombing run ( http://victorypointgames.com/details.php?prodId=119 ). It seems like there ought to be a better way to structure this program flow, but it's escaping me at the moment. (pseudo code) - playing=True while pla

Re: [Tutor] Recommendation For A Complete Noob

2014-02-11 Thread Dave Angel
Bob Williams Wrote in message: > to slice those lines to get the artist and album > names into a list. > > So far, so good but my output contains duplicates, so my final task is > to work out how to get rid of them. > Hint: a set will contain only one of each item. So if you have a list o

Re: [Tutor] Recommendation For A Complete Noob

2014-02-11 Thread Bob Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/14 22:37, Altrius wrote: > Hi, > > I’m completely new to programming in general and everything I have > read so far has pointed me to Python. I’ll put this another way: > All I know is that a programming language is a medium for a human > to

Re: [Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-11 Thread Peter Otten
Peter Otten wrote: > As a bonus the turtle changes its direction when you hit the left or right > array. I think "arrow" and my fingers decide they'd rather write "array". I'll start proof-reading of these days... ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.o

Re: [Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-11 Thread Peter Otten
Ian D wrote: > Thanks for the help on the last one. > > Is it possible to restart a while loop? This doesn't work at all (surprise > surprise) > > import turtle as t > > def start(): > global more > more = True > > def stop(): > global more > more = False > > more = True >

Re: [Tutor] Python .decode issue

2014-02-11 Thread Peter Otten
eryksun wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately the bytes --> bytes conversion codecs in Python 2 have no >> convenient analog in Python 3 yet. >> >> This will change in Python 3.4, where you can use >> > import codecs > codecs.de

Re: [Tutor] Python .decode issue

2014-02-11 Thread eryksun
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > > Unfortunately the bytes --> bytes conversion codecs in Python 2 have no > convenient analog in Python 3 yet. > > This will change in Python 3.4, where you can use > import codecs codecs.decode(b"ff10", "hex") > b'\

Re: [Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-11 Thread Dave Angel
Ian D Wrote in message: > Thanks for the help on the last one. > > Is it possible to restart a while loop? This doesn't work at all (surprise > surprise) > > import turtle as t > > def start(): > global more > more = True > > def stop(): > global more > more = False > >

Re: [Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Gauld
On 11/02/14 11:06, Ian D wrote: Is it possible to restart a while loop? Sorry, I'm sure you know what you mean but I'm not clear. What do you mean by "restart a while loop"? Do you mean after you exited it? If so put the loop in a function and call the function again. Do you mean from inside

[Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-11 Thread Ian D
Thanks for the help on the last one. Is it possible to restart a while loop? This doesn't work at all (surprise surprise) import turtle as t def start(): global more more = True def stop(): global more more = False more = True while True: while more: t.onkey(

Re: [Tutor] how can I exit a while loop in turtle graphics

2014-02-11 Thread Peter Otten
Ian D wrote: > I am trying to exit a while loop whilst using turtle graphics. > I don't seem to have the logic correct at all. > I have tried a few different things > > These might seem a bit illogical to you guys but to me they make some > sense, sadly > > I just don't really grasp these while

[Tutor] how can I exit a while loop in turtle graphics

2014-02-11 Thread Ian D
I am trying to exit a while loop whilst using turtle graphics. I don't seem to have the logic correct at all. I have tried a few different things These might seem a bit illogical to you guys but to me they make some sense, sadly I just don't really grasp these while loops and their usage.(obviou

Re: [Tutor] if >= 0

2014-02-11 Thread rahmad akbar
Alan, roger that and thanks a bunch. now replying with reply all, i am a super noob and thanks for the kind adivce On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:31 AM, ALAN GAULD wrote: > CCing the list. Please use Reply All when responding. > > > thanks Alan, i understand now zero is False. > > That's right. but

Re: [Tutor] Python .decode issue

2014-02-11 Thread Peter Otten
james campbell wrote: > I have been currently trying to get a small piece of code to work, but > keep getting an error: > > header_bin = header_hex.decode('hex') > AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode' > > > The source of this code is from: > https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_ha