When I pickle a SQL result into a file (ASCII mode), it lays out the data in
an interesting format. When I send it to the printer, I'd like to see it
arranged more like it is on the console screen - in tabbed columns. None of
the tutorial type stuff I've seen even mentions printing files, or acce
> I would like to see something more like when the file is printed:
>
> AustinJames704-111-1234
> AustinJanet704-111-1234
> etc.
>
> Is this a simple task, or am I jumping into deep water? :)
Hi Don,
Not too bad; I think you'll looking for "String Formatting":
http://www.p
> In your example, it looks like every row is ten characters long. A
^^^
Hi Don,
Gaa, that's why I'm so bad at matrix math. I meant "column", not "row".
Sorry about that.
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Don Parris wrote:
> When I pickle a SQL result into a file (ASCII mode), it lays out the data in
> an interesting format.
pickle format is not intended for pretty-printing or readability for that
matter. You have to write the file yourself in the format you want.
> When I send it to the printe
> arranged more like it is on the console screen - in tabbed columns.
None of
> the tutorial type stuff I've seen even mentions printing files,
One reason is that printing is one of those things that
is different on evry operating system. So tutorials
(including mine) tend to steer clear of it.
I
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:29:22 -0400
From: Don Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for Tuples
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:52:08 -0700 (PDT)
Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Don Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for Tuples
>
> I guess I'm asking two closely-related questions:
> (1) how to format the file so it can be readable, and
If you like the recip
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:32:08 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Don Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for Tuples
> >
> > I guess I'm asking two
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:32:08 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Don Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for Tuples
> >
> > I guess I'm asking two
Don Parris wrote:
> Just getting back to this - Mondays are always hectic. This recipe is the
> one I saw and like. It looks cool! In my brief efforts tinkering with it,
> I am not really getting very far. I saved the recipe, and import it into
> the file containing all my database functions.
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:50:54 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> > Just getting back to this - Mondays are always hectic. This recipe is
> > the one I saw and like. It looks cool! In my brief efforts tinkering
> > with it, I am not really getting very far. I sav
Don Parris wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:50:54 -0400
> Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>The problem is you are just passing one record to indent(). It processes
>>the whole table at once so you have to pass the list of records, i.e.
>>mbrPhone.write(indent(Results, hasHeader=Fals
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:38:36 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:50:54 -0400
> > Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the explanation of indentation! I kind of understood that, but
wanted to be sure I understood correctly w
Don Parris wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:38:36 -0400
> Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Don Parris wrote:
> However, it seems that the function doesn't like the
> value I give it.
>
> ### Using Results as the argument to indent() ###
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "ekkles
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:37:45 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:38:36 -0400
> > Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Don Parris wrote:
>
> This is a tough one to interpret. The value being returned from wrapfunc()
> is expected to
Don Parris wrote:
> ### playing with wrapfunc (all other args are the same) ###
> wrapfunc=lambda x:wrap_onspace(str(rows), x))
>
> also
> wrapfunc=lambda x:str(wrap_onspace(rows, x)))
This is way off base. wrap_onspace takes two arguments - the string to wrap,
and the width to wrap to. You are
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:09:41 -0400
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> > ### playing with wrapfunc (all other args are the same) ###
> > wrapfunc=lambda x:wrap_onspace(str(rows), x))
> >
> > also
> > wrapfunc=lambda x:str(wrap_onspace(rows, x)))
>
> This is way off base
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From: "Don Parris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for Tuples (fwd)
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:09:41 -0400
> Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Do
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"Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Don Parris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
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> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Alternative File I/O for T
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