[Tutor] Complied Python program...

2010-01-31 Thread Ken G.
In using Geany, I have the ability to complied a Python program. For example, I can complied program.py to program.pyc. What is the purpose of a complied Python program? Can it be transported to another computer without Python installed as run as it is? For example, use run program.pyc in

Re: [Tutor] Future Appointments...

2010-01-31 Thread Ken G.
[mailto:tutor-bounces+bermanrl=cfl.rr@python.org] On Behalf Of Ken G. Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:41 AM To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Future Appointments... Below is a program to determine when my next appointment is. Line numbers are provided for reference only. 01 import

Re: [Tutor] looking for tutor

2010-01-14 Thread Ken G.
maxwell hansen wrote: I have a decent amount of knowledge with QBASIC and am looking for a tutor who can help me learn the pythonic equivalent of QBASIC features and commands such as COLOR, LOCATE, IF...THEN, GOTO, loops, etc. as well as visual things and objects, which arent available in

[Tutor] Printing data to a printer...

2010-01-02 Thread Ken G.
Wow, I looked and looked. I can print out my program listing but can not print the resulted data produced by the program. How do I print out on my USB printer the data output of my Python program I ran in my Ubuntu terminal via Geany IDE? I already wrote several programs using raw_input,

Re: [Tutor] Printing data to a printer...

2010-01-02 Thread Ken G.
Rich Lovely wrote: 2010/1/2 Ken G. beach...@insightbb.com: Wow, I looked and looked. I can print out my program listing but can not print the resulted data produced by the program. How do I print out on my USB printer the data output of my Python program I ran in my Ubuntu terminal via

[Tutor] Error writing to file...

2009-12-25 Thread Ken G.
In writing the following program in creating random numbers and writing them to the file, I get an type error in writing to file. I have tried number = random(10,99), number = randint(10.99), and number = random.random(10,00) and still get various errors of writing to file. If I were to REM

Re: [Tutor] Error writing to file...

2009-12-25 Thread Ken G.
Thinking it was a reply to me on Python Tutor, I translated the following into English for the board. Ken � DIAGORN wrote: Bonjour, Je suis absente jusqu'au 03/01/10 inclus. En cas d'urgence Soprane, contacter notre adresse générique projet.sopr...@teamlog.com. Joyeuses fêtes de fin d'année.

Re: [Tutor] Error writing to file...(SOLVED)

2009-12-25 Thread Ken G.
Thanks! So a file will only take a numeric as a string? Lesson learned. Again, thanks. Ken Amit Sethi wrote: It is as the Error says a type error , the function takes a string and u are passing an int if you put file.write(str(number)) you will not get error ..

Re: [Tutor] Rép. : Sorting Data in Databases

2009-11-23 Thread Ken G.
Luhmann wrote: I'd suggest you load all your data into a list of lists, then use the .sort() method to sort it. The sort method takes a key= argument, which should be a function that does some transformation to your data, then returns something to be compared. for instance:

Re: [Tutor] R?p. : Sorting Data in Databases

2009-11-23 Thread Ken G.
Albert Sweigart wrote: Ken, You should probably use the sorting functionality that your DBMS provides. However, if you have a list of strings that end with a new line and start with an apostrophe, you can use list comprehensions to remove them: newlist = [x[1:-1] for x in newlist] You can

Re: [Tutor] Sorting Data in Databases

2009-11-23 Thread Ken G.
Che M wrote: Ken, I would also recommend trying out databases, if you have an interest. I found them a fun new aspect of using Python. I would recommend using SQLite, which very conveniently comes with Python. Alan Gauld's tutorial that you've read part of has a nice section on Working

[Tutor] Sorting Data in Databases

2009-11-22 Thread Ken G.
Greeting: Can someone give me a brief outline of sorting data in databases? I have five databases with numeric values for each item. To be more precise, they are sorted by date and if necessary, by time. Currently, I am using Ubuntu 9.04 in the language of Linux and Python is my choice of

Re: [Tutor] Outputting Data to Printer

2009-11-20 Thread Ken G.
Alan Gauld wrote: Ken G. beach...@insightbb.com wrote Is there a Python command to send data to printer? I have a Canon MX300 hooked up by USB. I can print from Firefox and Thunderbird. I am using Ubuntu 9.04 and Python 2.6.2. There is no universal easy way to print stuff unfortunately

Re: [Tutor] Outputting Data to Printer

2009-11-20 Thread Ken G.
ALAN GAULD wrote: There is no universal easy way to print stuff unfortunately. In console mode on Unix its not too bad, you can send data to lpr, just as you would from the shell. That is a surprise! I was so use to using lprint as in Basic. BASIC ran on a predefined platform so

[Tutor] Breaking out of loop...

2009-11-20 Thread Ken G.
I am trying to break out of a loop posted below. When asked for monthdate, it should break out if I entered the number zero and it does not. GRRR. Been working on this for almost an hour. monthdate = 999 while monthdate 0: monthdate = raw_input('Enter the month and date in

Re: [Tutor] Breaking out of loop...

2009-11-20 Thread Ken G.
Alan Gauld wrote: Ken G. beach...@insightbb.com wrote I am trying to break out of a loop posted below. When asked for monthdate, it should break out if I entered the number zero and it does not. GRRR. Been working on this for almost an hour. monthdate = 999 while monthdate 0

[Tutor] Outputting Data to Printer

2009-11-19 Thread Ken G.
Is there a Python command to send data to printer? I have a Canon MX300 hooked up by USB. I can print from Firefox and Thunderbird. I am using Ubuntu 9.04 and Python 2.6.2. I could print to a file and then use gedit to print out the content of the file but I was wondering if there was an

Re: [Tutor] Printing Sideway...

2009-11-08 Thread Ken G.
Okay, thanks. Understood. It's not a big thing here. Thought I would ask. Ken Alan Gauld wrote: Ken G. wrote: I am using Ubuntu 9.04 as my primary OS. I have Windows XP installed in the first partition (dual boot). I have Python 2.6.2 installed on both OS. The printer is a Cannon

[Tutor] Printing Sideway...

2009-11-07 Thread Ken G.
It is possible to print letters sideway in Python? Instead of printing from left to right on the long side of a #10 envelope, I wish to print sideway, printing from the left short edge of envelope to its right short edge. Thanks, Ken ___ Tutor

[Tutor] Using IDLE v2.6

2009-10-24 Thread Ken G.
I just reinstalled Python v2.6.2 due to a computer crash. I reinstalled IDLE v2.6 but I was wondering if there is something better than IDLE. I am using Ubuntu 9.04 so they do have some limited choices available. Thanks for your input. Ken ___

Re: [Tutor] Which version to start with?

2009-10-06 Thread Ken G.
I am just starting on Python 2.6.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 and I am slightly confused with the numerous tutorials and books available for learning the language. Is there any good recommendation for a good but easy tutorial on the Internet to learn Python? Ken wesley chun wrote: On Mon, Oct 5, 2009

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