Re: [Tutor] Lost message re serial comms - oops!

2015-01-31 Thread Alan Gauld
On 31/01/15 00:39, Alan Gauld wrote: While managing the moderation queue I saw a message about using Python for serial comms using a RaspberryPi. It came from a C/C++ programmer wanting to use python. I think I accidentally hit reject instead of accept. The OP resent the post and I definitely

[Tutor] Assistance with UnicodeDecodeError

2015-01-31 Thread J Mberia
Hi, I am teaching myself programming in python and assistance with UnicodeDecodeError I am trying to scrap text from a website using Python 2.7 in windows 8 and i am getting this error ***UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap codec can't encode character u'\u2014 in position 11231 character maps to

Re: [Tutor] Umm.. I need help on changing Global Variables.

2015-01-31 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/29/2015 12:16 PM, Tallen Grey Smith wrote: So, I’m trying to make a very simple game that involves time management properly, but I’m having an issue. Snip thats my code, and I want it to where if I type charge it’ll make my charge go up 10, my steps go down 1, my divs going down

Re: [Tutor] Assistance with UnicodeDecodeError

2015-01-31 Thread Dave Angel
On 01/31/2015 08:37 AM, J Mberia wrote: Hi, Welcome to Python tutor. Thanks for posting using text email, and for specifying both your Python version and Operating system. I am teaching myself programming in python and assistance with UnicodeDecodeError I am trying to scrap text from a