Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-07 Thread Alan Gauld
> Is there a forum for the complete beginning Python student? Yes, this is it! Welcome. Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-07 Thread Alan Gauld
>Does sp1 and sp2 in Wwindows XP block certain python commands? Nope. Although SP2 does various strange things that could cause some bits of Python to behave strangely but there are plenty people using SP2 and Python suvccessfully. Alan G. ___ Tuto

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-13 Thread Kent Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * ok i have learned that on the python shell or new window you can type in..>>>print "hello world"...and the output is ..'hello world'.. or you can put in anything realy and it say it back to you.is this a program or what and what is the purpose of this can yo

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-13 Thread Alan Gauld
> ok i have learned that on the python shell or new window you can type > in..>>>print "hello world"...and the output is ..'hello world'.. or you can > put in anything realy and it say it back to you.is this a program or what Yes it is a program. And believe it or not the PC processor

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-13 Thread R. Alan Monroe
> ok i have learned that on the python shell or new window you can type in..print "hello world"...and the output is ..'hello world'.. or you can > put in anything realy and it say it back to you.is this a program or what Yep, that's a program. Just an ultra, ultra-simple one.

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-03-13 Thread C Smith
On Sunday, Mar 13, 2005, at 05:01 America/Chicago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if this is not a program please teach me what is a program and what i need to know to write them and if this is a program teach me how to write better programs i can use outside of the python shell... OK, how about this

[Tutor] help (fwd)

2005-04-13 Thread Danny Yoo
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:12:55 +0200 From: Feziwe Mpondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: help how to run a programm after you have typed in the commands ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.or

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-04-17 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, james middendorff wrote: > I was wondering if there was a tutorial and or module that would help me > create a program to use a parallel port to turn on/off a device in > linux? I have searched but cannot find a tutorial on a good way to do > this. The whole project would be

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-05-05 Thread Danny Yoo
On Wed, 4 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i need help with my wmconnect service. it keeps on losing connection > once logged on-line every 5 or 10 minutes. i have to continuosly keep > trying to make a connetion. Hello Keisha, I hope you don't mind me asking, but how is this related to P

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-05-11 Thread Chris Smith
On Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at 08:09 America/Chicago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi > i'm trying to extend a list program by adding a test, problem is after > getting the menu of taking the test i can't seem to get the test > running > i.e viewing of questions and answers. here's what i tried t

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-08-09 Thread Alan G
Hi Dan, I think you need to back up a little and build the program piece by piece. > i am making a simple script to get the hang of Tkinter. The script is quite complex for a starter. You could focus down on just a single control initially, the area button. Get that to pop up the dialog and

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-08-09 Thread jfouhy
Quoting Dan Deternova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ok. i know python and want to turn all my programs i made when i was > learning python into Tkinter programs. i dont know how to make if > satments and display the output like this in python: > if cmd == quit: > print "press exit to quit" > i have n

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-08-10 Thread mailing list
Also, you may want to consider something like easygui - http://www.ferg.org/easygui/ if all you need is simple dialogs. You may also want to consider Pythoncard - pythoncard.sourceforge.net, it's quite capable of more elaborate GUI stuff, but it's built on wxPython, which can be a little intimidat

Re: [Tutor] help

2005-08-11 Thread geon
Dan Deternova napsal(a): i am making a simple script to get the hang of Tkinter. i want to use the input of the user from a Entry and calcuate the area. i have tryied many way... as you can see in my script.   the Entry is under def area():  and the output i want is under def cal():  ... please

[Tutor] Help required

2013-04-04 Thread Arijit Ukil
I am new to python. My intention is to read the file digi.txt and store in separate arrays all the values of each columns. However, the following program prints only the last value, i.e. 1350696500.0. Please help to rectify this. f = open ("digi.txt", "r+") datafile = f.readlines() list_of_lis

[Tutor] Help needed!!

2013-05-15 Thread Linsey Raaijmakers
Hello, I have a file with actions and time points at which they occur. I want to find how many times an action occurs, and how many times it occurs in combination with an other action at the same time point (overlapping between onset and apex) Below is the input file. in this file, action 50 occu

Re: [Tutor] Help

2013-06-23 Thread eryksun
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Antonio Zagheni wrote: > > I am a begginer in Python. > I did a function that returns a string and I want to copy this to the > clipboard. > I have tried a lot of suggestions found at Google but nothing works properly. > Is there an easy way to do that? > I am usi

[Tutor] Help Beginning

2013-10-08 Thread Connor Moody
Hello, I'm starting off programing with python and i like it (so far). Im having trouble finding a website that simply teaches it. I have never programmed before and i thought this would be a great place to start. What websites should I use to start off? Sent from my iPad __

[Tutor] Help please

2013-10-17 Thread Pinedo, Ruben A
I was given this code and I need to modify it so that it will: #1. Error handling for the files to ensure reading only .txt file #2. Print a range of top words... ex: print top 10-20 words #3. Print only the words with > 3 characters #4. Modify the printing function to print top 1 or 2 or 3 #

Re: [Tutor] help

2014-01-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 09:52:04AM +0100, Tihomir Zjajic wrote: > Please, can you help me convert this code from python 3 to python 2.6 Change input() to raw_input(). That will make it compatible with Python 2.6. But that is not the cause of the error you get. The error that you get is that your

Re: [Tutor] help

2014-01-09 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/01/14 08:52, Tihomir Zjajic wrote: Please, can you help me convert this code from python 3 to python 2.6 The main gotchas are that 1) input in Python 3 -> raw_input() in Python 2 2) print (XXX) in Python 3 -> print XXX in Python 2 Start from there then read any error messages and fix as

[Tutor] help me

2014-02-01 Thread hind fathallah
hi can you answer this question for me plz   Modify the Guess My number program from this chapter so that the player has only five guesses. If the player run out of guess, the program should end the game and display an appropriately chastising message. ___

Re: [Tutor] help

2014-03-18 Thread Joel Goldstick
List On Mar 18, 2014 11:08 AM, "y j" wrote: > how can i split a word into letters in python 2.7.6? > > -- > Y D Jain > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Tutor] help

2014-03-18 Thread Alan Gauld
On 18/03/14 18:21, Joel Goldstick wrote: List On Mar 18, 2014 11:08 AM, "y j" mailto:yashp...@gmail.com>> wrote: how can i split a word into letters in python 2.7.6? or more specifically list(aString) - lowercase and with params. That will give you a list of the individual letters. Assum

[Tutor] Help needed

2014-04-25 Thread Suhana Vidyarthi
Hi, I need help with coding for the problem below. I am new in this area, so needed help. If anyone can help me program the below scenario, I will be thankful. I have this file: 1,3,5,0.03 2,3,5,5,4,0.11 3,3,5,5,4,5,8,0.04 2,5,8,7,8,0.04 3,14,10,14,13,17,13,0.04 1,14,18,0.06 4,10,13,

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread vishwajeet singh
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Oshan Modi wrote: > i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble > running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could help? > How are you trying to run it ?? -- Vishwajeet Singh +91-9657702154 | dextrou...@gmail.com | h

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread Christian Witts
Oshan Modi wrote: i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could help? ___ Tutor maillist

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:00:45 pm Oshan Modi wrote: > i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble > running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could > help? Are you running Linux or Mac? At the command prompt, run: python myfile.py and report any erro

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread Christian Witts
Forwarding to the list. Martijn wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Christian Witts mailto:cwi...@compuscan.co.za>> wrote: Oshan Modi wrote: i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble running a .py file in the command prompt.. if

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread Christian Witts
Oshan Modi wrote: I have Windows 7 and am using python 2.6.. I added python.exe's address in the path option under enviromental variables.. i can run python in command prompt.. its just that i dont know to make it execute a file directly rather than typing the whole program again and again..

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread Martijn
Simple; just write python program.py in your command line :) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Christian Witts wrote: > Oshan Modi wrote: > >> I have Windows 7 and am using python 2.6.. I added python.exe's address in >> the path option under enviromental variables.. i can run python in command >>

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-30 Thread bob gailer
On 3/28/2010 10:00 PM, Oshan Modi wrote: i am only a novice and just started programming.. i am having trouble running a .py file in the command prompt.. if anyone of you could help? Please learn how to ask questions. In a situation like this we'd like to know what operating system you are us

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-31 Thread bob gailer
Thank you for specifics. Please always reply-all so a copy goes to the list. On 3/30/2010 3:41 PM, Oshan Modi wrote: I have windows 7 (ultimate), python 2.6.3... when i try to run the file echoinput.py Please post a copy of this file. it doesnt respond to the request Actually you should

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-03-31 Thread Oshan Modi
i understood.. its working fine now. thank u all.. ^_^ On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:20 PM, bob gailer wrote: > Thank you for specifics. > > Please always reply-all so a copy goes to the list. > > > On 3/30/2010 3:41 PM, Oshan Modi wrote: > >> >> I have windows 7 (ultimate), python 2.6.3... >> when

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-14 Thread Abhishek Mishra
Not sure if I understood the problem exactly, but you could linearize the text by using something like this -- >>> foo = '''ACTGTGTTC ... ACGTCGACC ... AVGTT ... ACGTTaGTC''' >>> foo 'ACTGTGTTC\nACGTCGACC\nAVGTT\nACGTTaGTC' >>> linear1 = ''.join(foo.split('\n')) >>> linear1 'ACTGTGTTCACGT

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-14 Thread Hugo Arts
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Abhishek Mishra wrote: > linear1 = ''.join(foo.split('\n')) linear2 = foo.replace('\n','') > ^^ these are the two ways in which you can linearize the input text by > removing all  '\n' +1 for the replace. More obvious, cleaner, more efficient. Hugo

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 14 May 2010 06:08:30 pm she haohao wrote: > Say I have a .fa file and I want to print a subsequence from the file > without the \n how can i do it. > > Example: Inside the test.fa file I have > > >chromosome 1 > > ACTGTGTTC > ACGTCGACC > AVGTT > ACGTTaGTC > > so if I say i wan the subs

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Angel
she haohao wrote: > Hi, > > I have some questions that I am unable to figure out. > > Let say I have a file name peaks.txt. > > Chr17 9 4.5 5.5 > chr10 6 9 3.5 4.5 > chr1 10 6 2.5 4.4 > > Question is how can i sort the fi

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-15 Thread Alan Gauld
"she haohao" wrote Question is how can i sort the file so that it looks like this: Chr17 9 4.5 5.5 chr1 10 6 2.5 4.4 chr10 6 9 3.5 4.5 I have no idea! How would you do it manually? In what way is this considered s

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Angel
extract all the p values and how do i > sort the file and how i open the respective file. Thanks for helping > > >> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 19:58:33 -0400 >> From: da...@ieee.org >> To: einstein...@hotmail.com >> CC: tutor@python.org >> Subject: Re: [Tut

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-06-17 Thread Modulok
Solution: width times height. On 6/17/10, KB SU wrote: > help > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-06-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:28:37 pm KB SU wrote: > help No no, don't tell us what you need help about! I love guessing games! Let me see now... I'm guessing that your problem is that don't know how to work out the length of a string. Here's one way: string = "something" count = 1 for char in string

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/06/2010 08:28, KB SU wrote: help ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor Help, I need somebody, Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-06-17 Thread Lowell Tackett
>From the virtual desk of Lowell Tackett  --- On Thu, 6/17/10, Mark Lawrence wrote: From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: [Tutor] help To: tutor@python.org Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 8:30 AM On 17/06/2010 08:28, KB SU wrote: >

Re: [Tutor] help

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/06/2010 19:22, Lowell Tackett wrote: From the virtual desk of Lowell Tackett --- On Thu, 6/17/10, Mark Lawrence wrote: From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: [Tutor] help To: tutor@python.org Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 8:30 AM On 17/06/2010 08:28, KB SU wrote: help Help, I need

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread Nitin Pawar
Hi, You have two different problems 1) Easiest algorithm to find a prime number 2) and then coding the algorithm By my knowledge,The Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm is the fastest to find a prime number. The algorithm works on the basis that if a number n is prime, then all multiples of it are no

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread Andre Engels
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > I was trying to write a code that prints prime numbers between 1 and 20. > > I have by myself seen that something is wrong with my code and also my > brain. > > Could anyone be kind enough to tell me what to do > > Where I am confused is

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread Nitin Pawar
Adding to what Andre said, another way of optimizing the problem would be storing the prime number in the range you want to check an array and see if the given number is divisible by any of those prime number This improves the performance. Thanks, nitin On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Andre En

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread Dave Angel
Dipo Elegbede wrote: I was trying to write a code that prints prime numbers between 1 and 20. I have by myself seen that something is wrong with my code and also my brain. Could anyone be kind enough to tell me what to do Where I am confused is how to test for other numbers without one and

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread bob gailer
You have gotten good advice from others. My request is that you provide a meaningful subject when you post a question. We track by subject. "Help" is not the best subject. Better would be "How to find prime numbers" -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill NC __

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread bob gailer
On 7/13/2010 5:50 AM, Dipo Elegbede wrote: I was trying to write a code that prints prime numbers between 1 and 20. Other suggestions - you need only test divisors up to the square root of the candidate. - you can easily eliminate all even numbers and numbers divisible by 3. for i in range(0,

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-13 Thread Shashwat Anand
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Dipo Elegbede wrote: > I was trying to write a code that prints prime numbers between 1 and 20. > > I have by myself seen that something is wrong with my code and also my > brain. > > Could anyone be kind enough to tell me what to do > > Where I am confused is

Re: [Tutor] Help

2010-07-14 Thread Andre Engels
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Nitin Pawar wrote: > Adding to what Andre said, > another way of optimizing the problem would be > storing the prime number in the range you want to check an array and see if > the given number is divisible by any of those prime number As I wrote, my code was not

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-01-15 Thread Alan Gauld
"walter weston" wrote how comes when I run code from a new window in python IDLE the text highlighting dissapears No idea, it doesn't do that for me. Can you be more specific about what you are doing. Also which version of Python, which OS etc? How exactly are you running the code? A

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Nitin Pawar
instead of input ... use raw_input() On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Chris Schiro wrote: > Hi, > > I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many years > ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from scratch > which has been walking me through just f

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Noah Hall
> I have found that this line will return an error every time while running > the completed program, unless I enter a number. If I enter a numeric value > the program will continue on as written. When it comes to things like error messages, you need to post enough code and the _exact_ error messag

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Andre Engels
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Chris Schiro wrote: > Hi, > > I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many years > ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from scratch > which has been walking me through just fine until: writing a program to > intera

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread عمـ نوفل ـاد
On 2/24/11, Chris Schiro wrote: > Hi, > > I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many years > ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from scratch > which has been walking me through just fine until: writing a program to > interact with user for feed

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Dipo Elegbede
That line only expects int and say numbers generally. If you want to print strings, use, raw_input in place of input. Try that out and then let's have a feedback. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Nitin Pawar wrote: > instead of input ... use raw_in

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Alan Gauld
"Chris Schiro" wrote I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many years ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from scratch which has been walking me through just fine until: writing a program to interact with user for feedback: name=input("Wh

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread Dipo Elegbede
i can mail free books on python 2. if you want. starting out with python 3.XXX restricts the amount of help you can get and also free resources. most resources i have come across are python 2.XXX. cheers. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andre Engels wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:15 AM,

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-02-24 Thread bob gailer
Request: When posting a question use a meaningful subject line, as some of us track email by subject. -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill NC ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-03-03 Thread Knacktus
Am 03.03.2011 22:28, schrieb Andrew Bouchot: okay so this is my comp sci lab * Problem: *ProductionTime.py It takes exactly 2 minutes and 7 second to produce an item. Unfortunately, after 143 items are produced, the fabricator must cool off for 5 minutes and 13 seconds before it can continue. W

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-03-03 Thread James Reynolds
This isn't so much as a python problem as it is a simple math problem, and I feel you are being lazy, but in the offchance you're having problems with the '/' operator: cooloff = (numitems/143)*313 total = cooloff + seconds I think you are using python 2.6 (and I guess 2.7) or older based on you

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-03-03 Thread David Hutto
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Knacktus wrote: > Am 03.03.2011 22:28, schrieb Andrew Bouchot: >> >> okay so this is my comp sci lab >> * >> >> Problem: >> >> *ProductionTime.py It takes exactly 2 minutes and 7 second to produce an >> item. Unfortunately, after 143 items are produced, the fabricat

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-03-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
James Reynolds wrote: [...] You are almost assuredly going to get flamed for not having a descriptive title and for asking what is obviously homework questions At least Andrew did the right thing by being honest that it was a homework question, and by showing the work he's done so far. But y

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-03-08 Thread Noah Hall
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Vickram wrote: > The python result is wrong because I may have misread the C++ code Well, really, I suggest you read a tutorial on Python - you don't seem to be getting a hang on the basics, for example, there's no need for to use the float() function.

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-03-08 Thread David Hutto
The first hundred pages of a thorough python tutorial, and a c++ tutorial should have you doing both of those quite well in a day or so. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-03-08 Thread Alan Gauld
"Vickram" wrote I need help in translating a C++ code into python.. Can you help please? The python result is wrong because I may have misread the C++ code The C++ code is really just C code, there is virtualy no C++ stuff there. But that aside your translation is pretty faithful (too fait

Re: [Tutor] HELP

2011-04-02 Thread Walter Prins
2011/4/2 ISAAC Ramírez Solano > > Hi... My name is Isaac, I need some help to programm in python, I know some > things that are really basic like lists and recursivity and with that we > shoul create an GPS with a global variable, but what I'm trying to do is to > make a function that could call

Re: [Tutor] HELP

2011-04-02 Thread Alan Gauld
"ISAAC Ramírez Solano" wrote Hi... My name is Isaac, I need some help to program in python, I know some things that are really basic like lists and recursivity I'm not sure what you mean by recursivity, but I'm betting its not what I mean by that term! :-) with that we should create an GPS

[Tutor] Help needed

2011-04-07 Thread Aaron Brown
I am in an online python class and am failing badly. I am not sure where the problem is here but any insight would be great. def main(): while (True): allowed = int(input("Please enter minutes allowed between 100 and 700: ")) used = int(input("How many minutes were used: "))

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-09-22 Thread Prasad, Ramit
From: tutor-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmorgan@python.org [mailto:tutor-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmorgan@python.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Shakespeare Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:05 PM To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Help! Hello, I am new Python (about 2 weeks) and need some help

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-09-22 Thread xDog Walker
Move the following two lines to immediately follow the while. player=raw_input("Please pick your throw: (r,s,p):") computer= random.choice(['r','s','p']) -- I have seen the future and I am not in it. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsub

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-10-07 Thread Alex Hall
On 10/7/11, rmntcver...@aol.com wrote: > I need serious help with this Rock, Paper, Scissors program. The program > runs smoothly but I can't get the score to print. Please help me with this > one aspect! Here is my code right now: > > > > import random > > > def computerrockPaperScissors(): >

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2011-10-07 Thread bob gailer
On 10/7/2011 12:32 PM, rmntcver...@aol.com wrote: I need serious help with this Rock, Paper, Scissors program. The program runs smoothly but I can't get the score to print. Please help me with this one aspect! Here is my code right now: Welcome to Python Help. In future please use a meaningfu

Re: [Tutor] help

2011-10-10 Thread Alan Gauld
On 10/10/11 20:23, George Nyoro wrote: On 10/10/2011, tutor-requ...@python.org wrote: Send Tutor mailing list submissions to tutor@python.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit snip >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specifi

Re: [Tutor] Help

2011-10-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Chris Kavanagh wrote: However, I'm confused on Line 30 {if chosenCave== str(friendlyCave)}. Here's the description of this line the author gives: "Here we check if the integer of the cave we chose ('1' or '2') is equal to the cave randomly selected to have the friendly dragon" My question i

Re: [Tutor] Help

2011-10-31 Thread Chris Kavanagh
Yes Steven, that solved my question(s). It also cleared up what was to be my next question! Thanks so much. You might not realize how grateful I am to be able to have you & others on the list answer my questions. Just trust me when I say, I am grateful. And I apologize for the code being mangle

Re: [Tutor] Help

2011-10-31 Thread Chris Kavanagh
I'm going to thank Steven once again, and answer my own question in the 2nd paragraph directly below (Steven hasn't had a chance to respond yet). I just learned that the Function definitions are not read by the interpreter UNTIL they are called. I was reading them and assuming they were execut

Re: [Tutor] Help

2011-11-01 Thread Dave Angel
(Pleas put your reply after the part you're quoting. What you did is called top-posting, and makes reading the messages very confusing) On 11/01/2011 12:10 AM, Chris Kavanagh wrote: I'm going to thank Steven once again, and answer my own question in the 2nd paragraph directly below (Steven hasn

Re: [Tutor] Help

2011-11-01 Thread Alan Gauld
On 01/11/11 04:10, Chris Kavanagh wrote: before. In other languages, ala C++, don't global variables have to be declared at the 'top' of the code?? No, that's just common usage. You can declare a variable anywhere in C/C++ provided it's before it is used. But that can lead to hard to read code

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-01-11 Thread jadrifter
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 14:01 -0800, rev pacce wrote: > I have no expierence using python. I was following a tutorial and i > kept getting a syntax error. it was >>> print "hello world!" hello > world was not coming up underneath it.. i tried to run the module but > that didnt work either. > > __

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-01-11 Thread Alan Gauld
"rev pacce" wrote I have no expierence using python. I was following a tutorial and i kept getting a syntax error. it was >>> print "hello world!" hello world was not coming up OK, I guess that you tried typing the >>> howerver that bit should be produced by the Python interpreter. You n

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-03-13 Thread Emile van Sebille
Sanhita Mallick wrote: help YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING . AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND DOWN A GULLY. Emile ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-03-13 Thread bob gailer
A hollow voice says PLUGH. Be sure your lantern is lit! -- Bob Gailer Chapel Hill NC 919-636-4239 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Help

2009-04-11 Thread David
krayzie...@yahoo.com wrote: Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel Don't have a BlackBerry, sorry can not help. -david -- Powered by Gentoo GNU/Linux http://linuxcrazy.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

[Tutor] Help Needed

2009-06-15 Thread Raj Medhekar
I am looking to build a program that gets a message from the user and then prints it backward. I 've been at it for hours now but I can't seem to figure it out. I've been having trouble trying to index the message so I can print it out backwards. I would've posted my code but I really haven't go

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-07-15 Thread Eric Walker
> >From: jonathan wallis >To: tutor@python.org >Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:54:16 PM >Subject: [Tutor] help > >>i have a duel loop that looks like thiswhile y > 0 and x > 0: >i cant figure out if there is a way to make so if one loop ends it s

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-07-15 Thread Michiel Overtoom
jonathan wallis wrote: i cant figure out if there is a way to make so if one loop ends it says something different than if the other loop ends. Maybe you could use two separate tests and break out of the loop if x or y gets too low. Because the tests are separated you could say something diff

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-07-16 Thread Lie Ryan
jonathan wallis wrote: > i have a duel loop that looks like thiswhile y > 0 and x > 0: > i cant figure out if there is a way to make so if one loop ends it says > something different than if the other loop ends. > while x > 0 or y > 0: ... if x > 0: print 'x is greater than 0'

Re: [Tutor] help

2009-07-16 Thread Alan Gauld
"jonathan wallis" wrote i have a duel loop that looks like this while y > 0 and x > 0: This is not any kind of loop its a while expression. It should have a body and that would then constitute a single while loop not a dual loop ( a duel lop has something to do with repeatedl

Re: [Tutor] Help...

2009-07-27 Thread Christian Witts
Ryan V wrote: For this source code, i am getting some errors, and not sure how to fix it, as i am returning all the values. it is telling me that there is no value for the variables i am returning. any help is greatly appreciated! Source #main function def main(): print 'The menu is:'

Re: [Tutor] Help...

2009-07-28 Thread Alan Gauld
"Ryan V" wrote as i am returning all the values. it is telling me that there is no value for the variables i am returning. any help is greatly appreciated! You are returning the values to variables in the main function. But in Python variables inside functions (aka local variables) are only

Re: [Tutor] Help...

2009-07-28 Thread Dave Angel
Ryan V wrote: For this source code, i am getting some errors, and not sure how to fix it, as i am returning all the values. it is telling me that there is no value for the variables i am returning. any help is greatly appreciated! Source #main function def main(): print 'The menu is:' pr

[Tutor] Help required

2009-09-25 Thread waqas ahmad
Hi, I dont know it is the right place to post this question. I need help to change one search code line . can you help me please. here is my search method code: search=re.compile("^#acl InternationalGroup.*\n", re.M).search(pagetext) if search: ret=search.group() else:

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Bowden
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 20:38 -0700, Jessica Poveda wrote: > I need help writting a program. > 1) Random string generation > 2) no repeating letters > Can anyone help me,please? I am so confused. The only problem is I > have to use the code that is written there but add on to it. > > import ran

Re: [Tutor] Help!

2009-09-29 Thread wesley chun
> I need help writting a program. > 1) Random string generation > 2) no repeating letters > Can anyone help me,please? I am so confused. The only problem is I have to > use the code that is written there but add on to it. > > import random > > alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" > myNewString =

Re: [Tutor] Help

2014-09-18 Thread C Smith
Check this guy's youtube channel. He has very basic examples. His username is thenewboston On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Art Pelletier wrote: > > I am a beginner with pythons programming I would like to see if their is a > site that has samples programs that I can practice on. > Sent from m

Re: [Tutor] Help

2014-09-18 Thread Danny Yoo
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Art Pelletier wrote: > > I am a beginner with pythons programming I would like to see if their is a > site that has samples programs that I can practice on. Hi Art, Yes, there are some good resources you can check out. Here's a link to some of them: htt

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