----------------------------- On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 5:56 PM CEST Rustom Mody wrote:
>On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:11:12 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> >On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:33:57 PM UTC+5:30, Seymore4Head wrote: >> > On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:55:35 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote: >> > >> > >On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:56 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote: >> > > >> > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:16 +0000 (UTC), Denis McMahon wrote: >> > > >> > >>Try the following 3 commands at the console: >> > > >> > >You obviously didn't, so I'll try again. Try each of the following three >> > >commands in the python console at the ">>" prompt. >> > > >> > >1) 10 >> > 10 >> > >> > >2) range(10) >> > range(0, 10) >> > >> > >3) str(range(10)) >> > 'range(0, 10)' >> > [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >> > > >> > >Show *and* describe the output in each case. Describing the output that >> > >you see is actually the key here, as it will allow us to assess whether >> > >you understand what you are actually seeing or not, and if you don't >> > >understand the output you see in the console, then we need to fix that >> > >very fundamental and basic issue before moving on to more complex stuff! >> > > >> > > Ok Thanks >> > > >> > >You were expected to answer the question in the original. I have now set >> > >it as a clearer and more specific task. >> > > >> > >If you're not going to do these things that are intended to help you >> > >learn some of the basic features of the language, then I and everyone >> > >else here that has so far been attempting to help you are wasting our >> > >time. >> > >> > I did try them. I may have missed replying your to your specific >> > comment, but I tried them. >> > >> > BTW str(range (10)) does work with Python 2 which is where I may have >> > got the idea. I happened to be using Python 3 at the time I tried to >> > implement it. It is a little confusing jumping back and forth, but >> > for the moment, I am going to tough it out. u0_a100@condor_umts:/ $ python Python 3.2.2 (default, Jun 23 2014, 00:13:13) [GCC 4.8] on linux-armv7l Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> list(range(10)) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> >> > I do appreciate all the help too. >> > >> >Hi Seymore! >> > >> >Happy to see that you are moving on from >> >"reading much; understanding nothing; thrashing" >> > >> >to >> > >> >"reading a bit; understanding a bit" >> >[And thanks to Denis to getting you out of your confusion-hole] >> > >> >So heres a small additional question set that I promise will more than repay >> >you your time. >> > >> >Better done in python 2. But if you use python3, below replace >> >range(10) >> >with >> >list(range(10)) > ><Other details skipped> > > >1. You are reading too much >2. Trying tooooo hard > >Think of riding a bicycle. >Cant do it by reading many books on cycling -- thats 1. >Nor by holding the handle so hard you tremble -- thats 2. > >Just relax a bit... >And take small steps > >Chill... as Chris joked, no monster in the computer (or on this list!) +1 for that remark. Talking about chill: grab a couple of beers (suggest: sixpack) and enjoy an evening of Python! > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
