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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:19:27 -0400, Steve Holden wrote:
I'm the same myself, and I know from personal experience that while I am
(simply?) seeking accuracy and truth it sometimes bugs the hell out of
people ...
By the way, why are we acting as if seeking accuracy
On Wednesday 31 March 2010 22:50:02 Steve Holden wrote:
When I say 'use soap'
*use* soap? Sounds awfully Perlish to me, perhaps you meant import soap ;-)?
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:54:40 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote:
There is a (not very subtle) difference between saying Oh, you meant a
list, not a string (especially when the context was a discussion of
list processing), and printing a traceback for something that nobody was
discussing, based on a
On Apr 1, 12:48 am, Abethebabe abrahamalra...@gmail.com wrote:
I wanted to know if there was a way I could get a Python program to
run off of my flash drive as soon as the computer (Windows) detected
the device?
For example I could have a a simple program that would create a text
document on
Hello!
I need to format a decimal (floating point) number in the following
way:
10 results in '10'
10.5 results in '10.5'
10.50 results in '10.5'
10.5678 results in 10.57
How can I achieve this using standard Python string formatting
operations?
Something like '%.2f' works almost as expected:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Lacrima lacrima.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello!
I need to format a decimal (floating point) number in the following
way:
10 results in '10'
10.5 results in '10.5'
10.50 results in '10.5'
10.5678 results in 10.57
How can I achieve this using standard Python
Hi Maxim,
If it's the trailing zeroes you're concerned about, here's a work-around:
('%.2f' % 10.5678).rstrip('0')
'10.57
I'm sure there are better solutions. But this one works for your need,
right?
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En Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:23:48 -0300, Paul McGuire pt...@austin.rr.com
escribió:
On Mar 31, 5:49 am, Nathan Harmston iwanttobeabad...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I have a slightly complicated/medium sized regular expression and I
want to generate all possible words that it can match (to compare
Hello, Chris!
Thanks for your really quick reply! It works!
On 1 April 2010 12:14, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Lacrima lacrima.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello!
I need to format a decimal (floating point) number in the following
way:
10 results
On Apr 1, 6:53 am, rantingrick rantingr...@gmail.com wrote:
3 fields: quantity - description of the piece bought - price
So what is your plan...?
* Pop up a dialog with three entrys,
* have him fill out the three entrys,
* then have python insert the data into the spreadsheet?
The idioms
def f(*args, **kwargs):
# Do something.
and
args = (1, 2, 3)
kwargs = dict(a=4, b=5)
g(*args, **kwargs)
are often useful in Python.
I'm finding myself picking up /all/ the arguments and storing them for
later use (as part of a testing framework). So for me it
My town office uses Microsoft operating system. They have a proprietary
accounting system that uses excel for their accounting reports.
I would like to read these report and reproduce the report so that
the report can be seen on the web. I was thinking about using xlrd and
xlwt along with some
hi experts,
i m new to python, i m writing crawlers to extract data from some
chinese websites, and i run into a encoding problem.
i have a unicode object, which looks like this u'\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4'
which is encoded in gb2312, but i have no idea of how to convert it
back to utf-8
to re-create
On Mar 31, 7:36 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
JavierMontoyawrote:
Dear all,
I'm a newbie in python and would be acknowledge if somebody could shed
some light on associative arrays.
More precisely, I would like to create a multi-dimensional associative
array. I have for
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Javier Montoya jmonto...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:36 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
JavierMontoyawrote:
Dear all,
I'm a newbie in python and would be acknowledge if somebody could shed
some light on associative arrays.
More precisely, I
2010/4/1 Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com:
hi experts,
i m new to python, i m writing crawlers to extract data from some
chinese websites, and i run into a encoding problem.
i have a unicode object, which looks like this u'\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4'
which is encoded in gb2312,
No! Instances of type
Javier Montoya wrote:
Is it possible to sort the dictionary by the student's grades in
descending order?
You cannot sort dictionaries, but you can put dictionary items into a list
and then sort that.
Assumming that you have a dictionary student_dict that maps student IDs to
Student
On Apr 1, 7:22 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
2010/4/1 Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com:
hi experts,
i m new to python, i m writing crawlers to extract data from some
chinese websites, and i run into a encoding problem.
i have a unicode object, which looks like this
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:40:30 -0700, Javier Montoya wrote:
Dear all,
I'm a newbie in python and would be acknowledge if somebody could shed
some light on associative arrays.
More precisely, I would like to create a multi-dimensional associative
array. I have for example a list of students
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 1, 7:22 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
2010/4/1 Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com:
hi experts,
i m new to python, i m writing crawlers to extract data from some
chinese websites, and i run into a encoding
Mister Yu, 01.04.2010 13:38:
i m still not very sure how to convert a unicode object **
u'\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4 ** back to 中文 the string it supposed to be?
You are confused. '\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4' is an encoded byte string, not a
unicode string. The fact that you have it stored in a unicode string
On Apr 1, 8:13 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 1, 7:22 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
2010/4/1 Mister Yu eryan...@gmail.com:
hi experts,
i m new to python, i m writing crawlers to extract
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:27:51 +0100, MRAB wrote:
A decorator shouldn't call the function it's decorating.
*raises eyebrow*
Surely, in the general case, a decorator SHOULD call the function it is
decorating? I'm sure you know that, but your wording is funny and could
Wayne wrote:
My town office uses Microsoft operating system. They have a proprietary
accounting system that uses excel for their accounting reports.
I would like to read these report and reproduce the report so that
the report can be seen on the web. I was thinking about using xlrd and
xlwt
MRAB wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:27:51 +0100, MRAB wrote:
A decorator shouldn't call the function it's decorating.
*raises eyebrow*
Surely, in the general case, a decorator SHOULD call the function it is
decorating? I'm sure you know that, but your wording is funny
Mister Yu, 01.04.2010 14:26:
On Apr 1, 8:13 pm, Chris Rebert wrote:
gb2312_bytes = ''.join([chr(ord(c)) for c in u'\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4'])
unicode_string = gb2312_bytes.decode('gb2312')
utf8_bytes = unicode_string.encode('utf-8') #as you wanted
Simplifying this hack a bit:
gb2312_bytes =
Greetings!
Perhaps I woke up too early this morning, but this behaviour has me baffled:
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information.
-- test = object()
-- setattr(test, 'example', 123)
On Apr 1, 1:54 am, Steven D'Aprano
ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au wrote:
At the risk of offending you further, I will suggest that I'm not the
only one who needs to apply some introspection here. If your skin is so
thin that you react so explosively to such a minor slight, how are you
On Apr 1, 6:16 am, Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com wrote:
MRAB wrote:
I had the following idea: define the terms 'decorator', 'decoration' and
'decoratee'. The decorator applies the decoration to the decoratee. The
decoratee is the function defined locally in the decorator.
It would
On Apr 1, 6:46 am, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote:
Greetings!
Perhaps I woke up too early this morning, but this behaviour has me baffled:
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type help, copyright, credits or license for more
Ethan Furman wrote:
Greetings!
Perhaps I woke up too early this morning, but this behaviour has me
baffled:
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information.
-- test = object()
--
On Apr 1, 12:50 am, Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com wrote:
I can well imagine that everybody who has to work with you thoroughly
enjoys proving you wrong as often as possible.
I am glad I wasn't drinking when I read this. Liquid in one's nose is so
uncomfortable.
Well, in that case, I'm
Ethan Furman wrote:
Greetings!
Perhaps I woke up too early this morning, but this behaviour has me
baffled:
Python 3.1.1 (r311:74483, Aug 17 2009, 17:02:12) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information.
-- test = object()
--
Cheetah would work, but it would be a major pain to debug (I hate those 500
Server Error pages) something django (as mentioned above) or turbogears
(with Kid) would get you rolling quickly.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:38 PM, KB ke...@nekotaku.com wrote:
Hi there,
Years ago I wrote a LAMP app
On Apr 1, 9:31 pm, Stefan Behnel stefan...@behnel.de wrote:
Mister Yu, 01.04.2010 14:26:
On Apr 1, 8:13 pm, Chris Rebert wrote:
gb2312_bytes = ''.join([chr(ord(c)) for c in u'\xd6\xd0\xce\xc4'])
unicode_string = gb2312_bytes.decode('gb2312')
utf8_bytes = unicode_string.encode('utf-8')
On Mar 31, 1:09 pm, Raymond Hettinger pyt...@rcn.com wrote:
On Mar 30, 4:25 pm, s...@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) wrote:
I have two arrays, made with numpy. The first one has values that I want
to use as sorting keys; the second one needs to be sorted by those keys.
Obviously I could
Django will probably get you where you want to go the fastest:
http://www.djangoproject.com/
In particular, its admin interface will probably automatically generate a
usable
UI for you without your having to write many templates at all.
Robert,
Thank you very very much. I had a brief
On Apr 1, 3:34 am, Wayne infotech...@fairpoint.net wrote:
My town office uses Microsoft operating system. They have a proprietary
accounting system that uses excel for their accounting reports.
I would like to read these report and reproduce the report so that
the report can be seen on the
On Mar 30, 10:56 am, Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com wrote:
John Nagle wrote:
Chris Rebert wrote:
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:40 AM, gentlestone tibor.b...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi, how can I write the popular C/JAVA syntax in Python?
Java example:
return (a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'
My
On 1 Apr, 10:57, Jonathan Fine j.f...@open.ac.uk wrote:
The idioms
def f(*args, **kwargs):
# Do something.
and
args = (1, 2, 3)
kwargs = dict(a=4, b=5)
g(*args, **kwargs)
are often useful in Python.
I'm finding myself picking up /all/ the arguments and
On Mar 31, 3:47 pm, Martin v. Loewis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote:
WindowsError: [Error 14001] The application has failed to start
because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the
application event log for more detail
This is a configuration error on your system. The
On Mar 31, 3:47 pm, Martin v. Loewis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote:
WindowsError: [Error 14001] The application has failed to start
because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the
application event log for more detail
This is a configuration error on your system. The
Den wrote:
[...]
I've been following this thread for a few days now. My thoughts are
that, in view of a long known widely used syntax for this operator,
python's syntax seems like change for change sake. If current
programing paradigm provides that particular trinary operator, why
should
Jon Clements wrote:
I'm not sure this'll catch on, it'll be interesting to see other
comments.
However, I believe you can get the behaviour you desire something
like:
import inspect
class AllArgs(object):
def __init__(self, func):
self._func = func
self._spec =
wukong wrote:
On Mar 31, 3:47 pm, Martin v. Loewis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote:
WindowsError: [Error 14001] The application has failed to start
because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the
application event log for more detail
This is a configuration error on your system.
Steve Holden wrote:
MRAB wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:27:51 +0100, MRAB wrote:
A decorator shouldn't call the function it's decorating.
*raises eyebrow*
Surely, in the general case, a decorator SHOULD call the function it is
decorating? I'm sure you know that, but
Hi!
side-by-side configuration is incorrect
Others have given you an explanation.
A possibility: you use a DLL directly, without having installed.
That is OK with some DLL, and no OK with others DLL.
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In python 3.1,
import exceptions
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1, in module
import exceptions
ImportError: No module named exceptions
in 2.6 no exception is raised
It should be the same in 3.1, isnt it?
Joaquin
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There i no module named 'exceptions' in python 2.6 as well as python 3.1
What are you expecting ?
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Joaquin Abian gatoyga...@gmail.com wrote:
In python 3.1,
import exceptions
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1, in module
import
This is what he is expecting. Importing exceptions works fine in 2.6.4, not so
in python 3.1.
Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Nov 3 2009, 18:12:54)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information.
import exceptions
Tommy
On
On 4/1/2010 10:16 AM, Steve Howell wrote:
On Apr 1, 6:46 am, Ethan Furmanet...@stoneleaf.us wrote:
On 2.6.2 the error seems to be limited to instances of object. If you
subclass object, you are fine. I do not know why that is so;
As the other Steve said, object is a built-in class;
Hi,
For purposes I don't want to go into here, I have the following code:
def handleObj(obj):
if isinstance(obj, MyType):
return obj.handle()
elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set)):
return obj.__class__(map (handleObj, obj))
elif isinstance(obj, dict):
return
Hi All:
I am just a beginner in python. Can anyone please tell me what is
wrong with this piece of code?
import copy
class BaseDummyObject(object):
def __init__(self):
pass
def __getattr__(self, item):
try:
return self.__dict__.__getitem__(item)
Many thanks for the replies, and especially for the very detailed
explanation. Makes much more sense now.
~Ethan~
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On 2010-04-01 13:56 PM, Ani wrote:
Hi All:
I am just a beginner in python. Can anyone please tell me what is
wrong with this piece of code?
import copy
class BaseDummyObject(object):
def __init__(self):
pass
def __getattr__(self, item):
try:
return
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Joaquin Abian gatoyga...@gmail.com wrote:
In python 3.1,
import exceptions
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1, in module
import exceptions
ImportError: No module named exceptions
in 2.6 no exception is raised
It should be the
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:35 AM, hetchkay hetch...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
For purposes I don't want to go into here, I have the following code:
def handleObj(obj):
if isinstance(obj, MyType):
return obj.handle()
elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set)):
return obj.__class__(map
Joaquin Abian wrote:
In python 3.1,
import exceptions
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1, in module
import exceptions
ImportError: No module named exceptions
in 2.6 no exception is raised
It should be the same in 3.1, isnt it?
Joaquin
In 2.x,
In article
l2g50697b2c1004011245l80c169e6k5be038e8ca75b...@mail.gmail.com,
Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Joaquin Abian gatoyga...@gmail.com wrote:
In python 3.1,
import exceptions
Traceback (most recent call last):
File pyshell#6, line 1,
hetchkay wrote:
For purposes I don't want to go into here, I have the following code:
def handleObj(obj):
if isinstance(obj, MyType):
return obj.handle()
elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set)):
return obj.__class__(map (handleObj, obj))
elif isinstance(obj, dict):
how much is one half times one half?
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On Apr 1, 4:38 am, egl...@gmail.com egl...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, a spreadsheet based solution isn't best fit for such a task.
I'd recommend to store the data in sqlite3 (also 100% pure python as
the module is in the stdlib). CSV is good for making invoices or
something like that.
+1
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wukong novacomp...@gmail.com (w) wrote:
w also subprocess.py clearly says
w
w import sys
w mswindows = (sys.platform == win32)
w
It may sound strange, but even in 64-bit Python on Win64,
sys.plattform==win32.
You can check that subprocess is working, e.g. with
subprocess.call('dir',
superpollo wrote:
how much is one half times one half?
Uh, did you try it at the python prompt? If not, here's the answer:
0.1b * 0.1b = 0.01b
Now all you need is to find the recent thread that converts
binary floats to decimal floats ;-)
-tkc
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On Apr 1, 12:10 pm, Robert Kern robert.k...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2010-04-01 13:56 PM, Ani wrote:
Hi All:
I am just a beginner in python. Can anyone please tell me what is
wrong with this piece of code?
import copy
class BaseDummyObject(object):
def __init__(self):
On 2010-04-01 16:52 PM, Ani wrote:
On Apr 1, 12:10 pm, Robert Kernrobert.k...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2010-04-01 13:56 PM, Ani wrote:
Hi All:
I am just a beginner in python. Can anyone please tell me what is
wrong with this piece of code?
import copy
class BaseDummyObject(object):
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations. For example:
int foo(int x, int y, int z) {
static int first_time = TRUE;
static Mongo *mongo;
if (first_time) {
mongo = heavy_lifting_at_runtime();
first_time = FALSE;
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:34 PM, kj no.em...@please.post wrote:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations.
snip
Another approach would be to stuff the static values in the function's
__dict__. This is less satisfactory than the
Hi All,
Pydev 1.5.6 has been released
Details on Pydev: http://pydev.org
Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com
Release Highlights:
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* New Django project can be created through wizards
* Can set an existing project as
Chris Rebert wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:34 PM, kj no.em...@please.post wrote:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations.
snip
Another approach would be to stuff the static values in the function's
__dict__. This is less
On 4/1/2010 6:34 PM, kj wrote:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations. For example:
int foo(int x, int y, int z) {
static int first_time = TRUE;
static Mongo *mongo;
if (first_time) {
mongo =
On Apr 1, 6:10 pm, Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com wrote:
Chris Rebert wrote:
Personally, I hate such abuse with a passion; I think a global
variable is clearest.
But the real problem is that the OP is insisting on using purely
procedural Python when the problem is screaming for an
On Apr 1, 4:42 pm, Tim Chase python.l...@tim.thechases.com wrote:
superpollo wrote:
how much is one half times one half?
Uh, did you try it at the python prompt? If not, here's the answer:
0.1b * 0.1b = 0.01b
Now all you need is to find the recent thread that converts
binary floats to
Is there a way to developing a script on linux and give it
to someone on microsoft, so that they could run it on microsoft
without installing python?
Wayne
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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Spencer infotech...@fairpoint.net wrote:
Is there a way to developing a script on linux and give it
to someone on microsoft, so that they could run it on microsoft
without installing python?
Wayne
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Terry Reedy wrote:
On 4/1/2010 6:34 PM, kj wrote:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations. For example:
int foo(int x, int y, int z) {
static int first_time = TRUE;
static Mongo *mongo;
if (first_time) {
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Krister Svanlund
krister.svanl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Spencer infotech...@fairpoint.net wrote:
Is there a way to developing a script on linux and give it
to someone on microsoft, so that they could run it on microsoft
without
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Patrick Maupin pmau...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 1, 4:42 pm, Tim Chase python.l...@tim.thechases.com wrote:
superpollo wrote:
how much is one half times one half?
Uh, did you try it at the python prompt? If not, here's the answer:
0.1b * 0.1b = 0.01b
Now
I've recently finished reading A Byte Of Python and have the basics of
Python down. I want to continue practice but I'm unsure what I can do.
So I started looking for tutorials to open my mind a little, but
everything I come across are beginner tutorials that cover the same
topics...over and over.
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
That's because you need to promote one of them to a float so you
get a floating-point result:
1/2 * 1/2
0
1/2 * 1/2.0
0.0
Oh...wait ;-)
-tkc
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It's a browser-based MMOG: The High Seas (working title)
Basically it is a trading game set in 1600s or 1700s ... inspirations:
Patrician 3, Mine Things, Space Rangers 2, ...
Travel between cities takes several days: game updates trading ship
positions
On Apr 1, 7:25 pm, Abethebabe abrahamalra...@gmail.com wrote:
I've recently finished reading A Byte Of Python and have the basics of
Python down. I want to continue practice but I'm unsure what I can do.
So I started looking for tutorials to open my mind a little, but
everything I come across
* kj:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations. For example:
int foo(int x, int y, int z) {
static int first_time = TRUE;
static Mongo *mongo;
if (first_time) {
mongo = heavy_lifting_at_runtime();
first_time =
On Apr 1, 7:49 pm, Tim Chase python.l...@tim.thechases.com wrote:
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
That's because you need to promote one of them to a float so you
get a floating-point
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:27:53 -0700, Den wrote about Python's ternary
operator:
I've been following this thread for a few days now. My thoughts are
that, in view of a long known widely used syntax for this operator,
python's syntax seems like change for change sake. If current
programing
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:55:27 -0400, David Robinow wrote:
superpollo wrote:
how much is one half times one half?
[...]
Well, my python says:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
Python 2.x defaults to integer
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:49:43 -0500, Tim Chase wrote:
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
That's because you need to promote one of them to a float so you get a
floating-point result:
On 04/02/10 13:01, Patrick Maupin wrote:
On Apr 1, 7:49 pm, Tim Chase python.l...@tim.thechases.com wrote:
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
That's because you need to promote one of them to
On 01:14 am, srosbo...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I could use some advice on my project.
It's a browser-based MMOG: The High Seas (working title)
Basically it is a trading game set in 1600s or 1700s ... inspirations:
Patrician 3, Mine Things, Space Rangers 2, ...
Travel between cities takes several
On Apr 1, 9:50 pm, Lie Ryan lie.1...@gmail.com wrote:
On 04/02/10 13:01, Patrick Maupin wrote:
On Apr 1, 7:49 pm, Tim Chase python.l...@tim.thechases.com wrote:
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano
st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:49:43 -0500, Tim Chase wrote:
David Robinow wrote:
$ python -c print 1/2 * 1/2
0
But that's not what I learned in grade school.
(Maybe I should upgrade to 3.1?)
That's
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
That's because you need to promote one of them to a float so you get a
floating-point result:
1/2 * 1/2
0
1/2 * 1/2.0
0.0
Oh...wait ;-)
Tim, I'm sure you know the answer to this, but for the benefit of the
Original Poster, the problem is that you need to
kj no.em...@please.post writes:
When coding C I have often found static local variables useful for
doing once-only run-time initializations. For example:
int foo(int x, int y, int z) {
static int first_time = TRUE;
static Mongo *mongo;
if (first_time) { ...
Here are some cheesy
On 04/02/10 11:25, Abethebabe wrote:
I've recently finished reading A Byte Of Python and have the basics of
Python down. I want to continue practice but I'm unsure what I can do.
So I started looking for tutorials to open my mind a little, but
everything I come across are beginner tutorials
On Mar 30, 8:40 am, gentlestone tibor.b...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi, how can I write the popular C/JAVA syntax in Python?
Java example:
return (a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'
; first idea is:
return ('No','Yes')[bool(a==b)]
Is there a more elegant/common python expression for this?
The
In my opinion, the python official documents, include the tutorial, language
reference, library reference, distributing python modules, also extending
and embedding, Python/C API, are all what you need to learn python and use
it, as long as you can read into it. Also you can read other python
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