Re: [Tutor] Python algorithms (Lang line simplification algorithm)

2014-04-15 Thread Laura Kauria
+pyt...@benfinney.id.au: Laura Kauria lacat...@gmail.com writes: Thanks a lot for all the help! I got the courage to start at least.. Congratulations! Courage is a necessary ingredient when starting :-) Could you please avoid top-posting, and instead use interleaved style URL:https

Re: [Tutor] Python algorithms (Lang line simplification algorithm)

2014-04-14 Thread Laura Kauria
Thanks a lot for all the help! I got the courage to start at least.. I started by converting the pseudocode I had to python. Still I have problems with perpendicular distance and creating a line with python. I need to create a line between two points and then check what is the distance between a

Re: [Tutor] Python algorithms (Lang line simplification algorithm)

2014-04-14 Thread Laura Kauria
don't know how to create the line. Laura 2014-04-14 22:21 GMT+03:00 bob gailer bgai...@gmail.com: On 4/14/2014 11:30 AM, Laura Kauria wrote: Thanks a lot for all the help! I got the courage to start at least.. Some requests regarding posts. 1) put your comments following the relevant text

[Tutor] Python algorithms (Lang line simplification algorithm)

2014-04-06 Thread Laura Kauria
Hi all, I'm new with python and have done little coding with Java. At uni I would need to start a coding task with python writing a proper/working code and we don't get much help at school. Can someone help with which kinds of libraries I need to download to start to work with lists consisting