Anthony Smith wrote:
This is my first post - I will be brief...
One: I have programmed before - but it has been DECADES...so just a
few simple queries:
1. A brief (but complete) description regarding the use of script
editor (I will be using
command prompt in Windows), as:
a. details about loading and saving programs (not in that
order) and little
specs about pathnames or other requirements (I will
probably store all
my little goodies in one folder or space).
Hi,
You save programs by writing them in a file with a .py extension. Ex.:
myProgram.py
Then there are different ways of loading a program, from the dos command
line you can do: C:\myProgram.py, that one I couldn't find in the
litterature, I had to ask, thank you Alan.
That should get me going ... a book and manual by my side should
suffice for
the rest - - - except for one thing:
2. I have been unable to locate the gizmo in the literature to get
ascii codes
in python. In the old days, it was a list of 256 (or so)
characters that represented all keyboard symbols (A equalled 36; B
equalled 37; et cetera).
To assign a value, you used "Let A$ = ASC (36)" where A$ was a
variable
and 36 was the ASCII value for 'A'. I believe the reverse of this
process
was PRINT VAL(A$) or something. I want to play with a program
that will
assign a number to a word (using a simple algorhythm that will give a
specific number to every word). Other stuff is pretty easy to
find with
the book and on-line literature. I will need to get an ascii code
out of
a string (whose content is not known to the programmer, as
raw_input).
Then to assign, I will need the actual list with assigned numbers.
You will be giving me probably the only boost I will need! I will be
available later on,
if I want to take part in the ask/answer system here.
Thanks a lot,
Anthony
8:27 pm PST October 4th, 2008
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