This might be useful for reading values from a text value into a dictionary: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17775273/how-to-read-and-store-values-from-a-text-file-into-a-dictionary-python
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Danny Yoo <d...@hashcollision.org> wrote: >> Program read TXT file (c:\\slo3.txt) >> In this file there are two words per line separated by tab. >> First word is foreign language and second word is proper translation, like >> this: >> >> pivo beer >> kruh bread >> rdeca red >> krompir potatoe >> hisa house >> cesta road >> auto car >> >> (not even trying to mess with special characters for now, lol) > > Do look at: > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html > > because the fact that you're dealing with foreign language means you > want to get it right. > > > If it were me, I'd just say that the input is UTF-8 encoded text, and > always open up the file in utf-8 mode. > > myfile = open("slo3.txt", "r", encoding="utf8") > > and just know that we're working with Unicode from that point forward. > > > >> I was going to read content into dictionary, each pair as tuple but I gave >> up, couldn't figure it out. Looks like it is working with the list so no >> problem. >> >> Question 1: would be better to use dictionary, than list? > > It depends. > > If you're picking out a random entry, then having a dictionary in hand > is not going to need the key lookup support that dictionaries give > you. > > For the application you're describing right now, it doesn't sound like > you need this yet. > > > >> Question 2: slo3.txt is just small sample for now and before I type in all >> words, I would like to know is it better to use some other separator such as >> coma or empty space instead of TAB? I found on the internet example for TAB >> only, so this is what I'm using for now. > > TAB is a reasonable separator. You might also consider comma, as in > Comma-Separated Values (CSV). > > If your data starts having more structure, then check back with folks > on the tutor mailing list. There are richer formats you can use, but > your program's description suggests that you probably don't need the > complexity yet. > > > > >> >> I need help with two things. First one is simple, basic, but I couldn't >> figure it out. If I want to print out 'Wrong,,,,' part in the same line next >> to wrong answer, how do I do it? > > The print function puts a newline at the end. You can change this > default behavior by providing an "end" keyword to it. The > documentation mentions it here: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#print > > Small test program to demonstrate: > > ################ > print("Hello ", end="") > print("world ") > ################ > > > >> Now, big, huge help request. >> I would like to make it easy on my wife :-) instead of her needing to type >> in answer I would like that she could choose (click on) multiple choice. Say >> she get 4 or 5 possible answers and one of them is correct. Then she need to >> click on correct answer... >> >> What do I need to do? I understand there will be some graphic/windows things >> involved. I don't have any additional packages or libraries installed, nor >> do I know what/how do do it. Complete noob.... > > How about printing them with numbers, so that entry is just a number > rather than the typed word? > > > You can put a graphical user interface on the program, though it does > take a bit more effort to get it to work. > > Look into "Tkinter", which is a library for producing graphical user > interfaces: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter > > > > Another option might be to turn your program into a web site, so that > the interface is the web browser, which everyone is getting used to > these days. But this, too, is also... involved. :P > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
