Re: MySQL - Jython2.2

Thanks, everyone. I will give it a try. Don't know a lot about mySQL (or any flavor SQL) but from some minute exposure to the ODBC connector I am guessing that jdbc provides a connector. Wish me luck jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Re printing on same line.

>... ruining the > output? > ? None. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Html parser

Thanks, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re printing on same line.

I want to print a count down timer on the same line. I tried print '\r', timeLeft, which just appends to the same line. thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

MySQL - Jython2.2

I thought I had a winner mySql-python but it require2 python 2.3-5 and the tool I am using (maxq) is based on jython 2.2. Is there another way that I could perform queries from python? thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Html parser

Could you recommend an html parser that works with python (jython 2.2)? HTMLParser does not seem to be in this library. To test some of our browser based (mailnly php) code I seek for field names and values associated with them. Thanks, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: Moving items from list to list

Thanks. That will work. The 2nd, smaller lst starts out empty but this is easily adapted. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Moving items from list to list

Just wondered if there was some python idiom for moving a few items from one list to another. I often need to delete 2 or 3 items from one list and put them in another. Delete doesn't seem to have a return value. I don't care which items I get so now I just use a couple of pops or a for loop for m

Re: Goto

Thanks folks! jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Goto

How does one effect a goto in python? I only want to use it for debug. I dasn't slap an "if" clause around the portion to dummy out, the indentation police will nab me. Thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: List sequential initialization

Thanks for the explaination. It didn't seem natural and from the tutorial I read: A value can be assigned to several variables simultaneously: >>> x = y = z = 0 # Zero x, y and z Maybe I infer too much thanks again, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Forgetting an import

Thanks for the reloads folks. This is a big help as I am running a jython based tool (maxq) and re-starting takes awhile. Can't seem to make reload work using the form "from dvTime import ...". So I am prefacing my calls with the module name now. thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

List sequential initialization

I thought if I could do this: >>> a = b = '' >>> a = 'a' >>> a 'a' >>> b '' then this would behave similarly: >>> la = lb = [] >>> la.append('a') >>> la ['a'] >>> lb ['a'] I thought wrong! But don't know why. Inquiring minds want to know. thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Forgetting an import

I imported a set of functions from a file I wrote to interpreter shell: from myFile import * Now if I change functions in this file how can I make python forget it so I can force a fresh import? thanx, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Repository - file scanner

Thank you all. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Repository - file scanner

> > Why not use grep? With Windows XP? jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Repository - file scanner

Greetings, Could someone point my muddled head at a/the python repository. I know that one exists but cannot find it again. In particular I am looking for a standalone search tool that given a path searches files for a text string. Thanks, jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Scope - import and globals

In the file snippet below the value for the global hostName is determined at runtime. Functions imported from the parent baseClass file such as logon also need access to this variable but cannot see it the with the implementation I have attempted here. Also, functions in this file and in the imp

Inheritance

I am trying to understand the 'if' statement and the exec statement in the code below. I would like to add several common routines to this class and then inherit it into a class in another file. This other class would need to access these common functions as well as inherit the PyHttpTestCase clas

Re: try

On May 17, 7:51 am, Dustan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 16, 4:22 pm, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HMS Surprise wrote: > > > I read in the ref man that try-except-finally did not work in earlier > > > versions, I am u

Re: Declaring variables

On May 17, 9:34 am, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-05-16, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No haven't had to endure Pascal. Mostly C/C++, Tcl, and assembler. > > I must have you mixed up with somebody else who recently > menti

Re: Declaring variables

On May 16, 6:48 pm, Matimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 16, 9:57 am, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I looked in the language but did not find a switch for requiring > > variables to be declared before use. > > > Is such an option availa

try

I read in the ref man that try-except-finally did not work in earlier versions, I am using jython 2.2. Does this imply that try-except without finally does not work either? I get a syntax error on the else below. Some of the functions embedded in the try section try to convert strings to ints, etc

Re: Declaring variables

No haven't had to endure Pascal. Mostly C/C++, Tcl, and assembler. Oh yeah, and a (thankfully) short stint of Ada. But I glad to hear of the proofing tools. Working a lot of data parsed from web pages and the developer there a different naming convention from what I am accustomed so sometimes I i

Declaring variables

I looked in the language but did not find a switch for requiring variables to be declared before use. Is such an option available? Thanks, jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Name of function caller

On May 15, 5:13 pm, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 15, 4:59 pm, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way that a function may access the doc string or func_name > > of the caller? > > > Thanks, > > > jvh > &

Name of function caller

Is there a way that a function may access the doc string or func_name of the caller? Thanks, jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Splitting a string

Thanks everyone. The shell's display really threw me off. Don't really understand why it looks different typing t vs print t. Now that I can see past that split works just as advertised. Not real clear on triple quotes but I have seen it used and I can see where triple is needed to differentiate fr

Re: Splitting a string

On May 15, 2:04 pm, Nick Vatamaniuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 15, 2:28 pm, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The string s below has single and double qoutes in it. For testing I > > surrounded it with triple single quotes. I want to

Re: Splitting a string

I found my problem, the backslash isn't really there. It is just the way it was displayed in the shell after being split from a larger string. Printing it yields D132259','','status=no,location=no,width=630,height=550,left=200,top=100')" target="_blank" class="dvLink" title="Send an Email to select

Re: File record separators.

> > > Would like to use pickle but it is apparently unavailable in the > > package I am using, Jython 2.2. > > I am pretty sure some version of pickle or cPickle is available in Jython 2.1, > though. I'd take a second look, to be sure. Many thanks Boris! import cPickle caused no errors! -- ht

Splitting a string

The string s below has single and double qoutes in it. For testing I surrounded it with triple single quotes. I want to split off the portion before the first \, but my split that works with shorter strings does not seem to work with this one. Ideas? Thanks, jvh s = D132258\',\'\', \'status=

Re: File record separators.

Thanks folks. Was unaware of enumerate , still have a lot to learn about python. Sorry for the poorly phrased request, but you gathered the gist of it. My wonderment is how to write the following 2 lines and make sure they are saved as separate records or lines so that I pull in only one at a time

File record separators.

I need to write 2 member lists to a file. For each record the number of these lists can be different. I think a good way to handle that may be to make each record a list of lists. I am restricted to using version 2.2. That being the case what is a good standard record separator to use to ensure th

Class name as argument

Snippet 1 below doesn't do much but works (more code is inserted by a generator). In the next to last line the class name is also used as argument. I have seen this construct before and have had error messages tell me that the name is expected. Why is this so? In snippet 2 that I concocted is not r

Re: Time

> > Do you mean 12 Noon or 12 Midnight? 12AM and 12PM don't exist, > do they? > >>> t = (2007, 5, 14, 12, 0,0,0,0,0) >>> strftime('%p', t) 'PM' >>> t = (2007, 5, 14, 0,0,0,0,0,0) >>> strftime('%p', t) 'AM' >>> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Time

On May 14, 9:22 am, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if t[2] == 'PM': > > hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12 > > Oops, should be: > hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0] > if t[2] == 'PM': > hrMn[0] += 12 Oops +=1, should be: hrMn[0] = int(hr

Re: Time

On May 14, 9:09 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On May 14, 9:00 am, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for posting. I sure am sorry that I wasted your time. I should > > have started the post stating I am using jython 2.2.3 and apparently > &

Re: Time

> if t[2] == 'PM': > hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0]) + 12 > Oops, should be: hrMn[0] = int(hrMn[0] if t[2] == 'PM': hrMn[0] += 12 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Time

Thanks for posting. I sure am sorry that I wasted your time. I should have started the post stating I am using jython 2.2.3 and apparently it has no datetime module. But I will keep datetime in mind for future reference. Since I had no datetime I cobbled out the following. Seems to work thus far.

Re: Time

Sorry, reading a little closer I see that the time tuple is apparently an ordinary list. jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Time

> > Could you point to an example of a python time_t struct? > Or maybe that should be a tm struct??? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Time

I need to convert the string below into epoch seconds so that I can perform substractions and additions. I assume I will need to break it up into a time_t struct and use mktime. Two questions if you will please: Is there a way to use multiple separator characters for split similar to awk's [|] st

File writing success

If file writing has no return value (http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin- file-objects.html), how do you know if the write was successful? Should one assume that if the open was successful then write are also? Thanks, jvh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: File modes

On May 10, 7:11 pm, Jon Pentland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't really see the use for being able to do that. Have you tried > Well, I think I found a reason and it probably happens quite a bit. I open the file and read it into a list. I pop some elements from the list for processing and th

Re: Better way to isolate string

On May 11, 10:45 am, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise wrote: > > I suppose a one liner would look better, but I am alway leery of these > > things 'breaking'. > > > t = s.split('">')[-1].split('<')[0] &g

Re: Better way to isolate string

I suppose a one liner would look better, but I am alway leery of these things 'breaking'. t = s.split('">')[-1].split('<')[0] s ='G132153' jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Better way to isolate string

Greetings. Given the string s below and using only python built-in capabilities, I am trying to isolate the substring G132153. This string may have any number of digits but the pieces around it will not change. I have accomplished this with split but there must be a more elegant and compact way t

File modes

After reading a file is it possible to write to it without first closing it? I tried opening with 'rw' access and re-winding. This does not seem to work unless comments are removed. Also, does close force a flush? Thanks, jh #~~ f = open('c:\\tempMaxq\\incidents.tx

Re: append

> > Do you really mean syntax? > Thought so? A few sources I bookmarked to avoid future google two-steps. http://www.diveintopython.org/native_data_types/lists.html http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Lists http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/python22.pdf Thank you all. jh --

Re: append

Found list popping at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Lists :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

append

Trying not to be a whiner but I sure have trouble finding syntax in the reference material. I want to know about list operations such as append. Is there a pop type function? I looked in tutorial, language reference, and lib for list, append, sequence. Is there a place where us doofi ( who may not

EOL character

I have two files apparently identical until I open them with winMerge which reports that they use different EOL characters. They are both jython scripts built using the maxq tool. When the one would not work I stripped it down to bare minimums and then duplicated it. The duplicate works, the origin

Re: File I/O

> [lst.append(list(line.split())) for line in file] Thanks, this is the direction I wanted to go, BUT I must use v2.2 so the line above gives me the error: AttributeError: __getitem__ But the write format will be helpful. Thanks again, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

File I/O

If one has a list of lists such as lst = [['a','1'],['b','2']] is there a standard python idiom for writing and reading the pairs to/ from a file? Thanks, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

input

Just wanted a input routine that would let me pause my jython program until I press enter. Searched tutorial, lang ref, and lib and found input and raw_input. Both hang the program and it must be killed. s = raw_input('--> ') What has Mr Duh done wrong now? jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: String parsing

BTW, here's what I used, the other ideas have been squirreled away in my neat tricks and methods folder. for el in data.splitlines(): if el.find('LastUpdated') <> -1: s = el.split("=")[-1].split('"')[1] print 's:', s Thanks

Re: String parsing

> This looks to be simple HTML (and I'm presuming that's a type on > that ?> ending). A quick glance at the Python library reference (you do > have a copy, don't you) reveals at least two HTML parsing modules... > No that is not a typo and bears investigation. Thanks for the find. I foun

Re: String parsing

Thanks all. Carsten, you are here early and late. Do you ever sleep? ;^) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: String parsing

On May 8, 9:19 pm, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it could, after I isolate that one string. Making sure I that I > isolate that complete line and only that line is part of the problem. > It comes in as one large string... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: String parsing

Yes it could, after I isolate that one string. Making sure I that I isolate that complete line and only that line is part of the problem. thanks for posting. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: String parsing

Thanks for posting. Could you reccommend an HTML parser that can be used with python or jython? john -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

String parsing

The string below is a piece of a longer string of about 2 characters returned from a web page. I need to isolate the number at the end of the line containing 'LastUpdated'. I can find 'LastUpdated' with .find but not sure about how to isolate the number. 'LastUpdated' is guaranteed to occur o

Re: Another easy pair of questions

> Press the cursor-up key. > > Martin Should have mentioned that I tried that hunting around earlier and it did not work. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Another easy pair of questions

In a python Tk shell in Windows, what is the equivalent of unix's pwd? In a python Tk shell in Windows, is there an easy way to reoeat an earlier command, similar to Tcl/Tk's hist? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: chdir()

On May 8, 3:06 pm, Carsten Haese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 12:54 -0700, HMS Surprise wrote: > > Tried executing os.chdir("c:\twill") from a python Tk shell and got > > the error message: > > > WindowsError: [Error 123] The filen

chdir()

Tried executing os.chdir("c:\twill") from a python Tk shell and got the error message: WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'c:\twill'. I have the directory exists as I copied the name from the explorer window that was open to it. What is

Re: No module named urllib

Great idea Dennis, I will look into that. Thanks, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Atttribute error

PS > Add this directly after the ``import`` to see what's happening: > > print urllib.__file__ > print dir(urllib) > C:\maxq\bin\testScripts\.\urllib.py ['__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'string'] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Atttribute error

On May 8, 11:37 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HMS Surprise > wrote: > > > The snippet below causes an attribute error. > > > AttributeError: module 'urllib' has no attribute 'urlopen&#

Re: sys.path

On May 8, 10:40 am, Klaus Alexander Seistrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise wrote: > > Have I misused .extend? > > The .extend() method expects an iterable, try .append() instead. > > Cheers, > > -- > Klaus Alexander Seistruphttp://klaus.seistru

Atttribute error

The snippet below causes an attribute error. AttributeError: module 'urllib' has no attribute 'urlopen' I am using python 2.2.3. According to the documentation at C: \Python22\Doc\lib urllib has a function called urlopen. #~~~ import urllib class logi

sys.path

Is sys.path setup differnently in jython vs python? I have environment variables pythonpath and jythonpath set to include C:\python22 but the initial printout indicates it is being ignored. Also when I used sys.path.extend, the added pathname shows up as a series of single characters. Have I misus

Re: No module named urllib

On May 8, 9:13 am, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To summarize the summary, are you sure you need to use Jython instead of > > standard CPython? > > Thanks for all your help Carsten, you have been more than patient with > me. > > To answer your quest

Re: No module named urllib

> To summarize the summary, are you sure you need to use Jython instead of > standard CPython? > Thanks for all your help Carsten, you have been more than patient with me. To answer your question I must admit I do not know. I am trying to use a tool called maxq (maxq.tigris.org) that has limited

Re: No module named urllib

On May 7, 6:54 pm, Carsten Haese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 16:24 -0700, HMS Surprise wrote: > > Since sys.path = ['.', 'C:\\maxq\\lib\\Lib', 'C:\\maxq\\jython'] I > > copied urllib to c:\maxq\lib\Lib. > > > Now I

Re: No module named urllib

On May 7, 6:31 pm, Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Since sys.path = ['.', 'C:\\maxq\\lib\\Lib', 'C:\\maxq\\jython'] I > > copied urllib to c:\maxq\lib\Lib. > > > Now I get the e

Re: No module named urllib

Since sys.path = ['.', 'C:\\maxq\\lib\\Lib', 'C:\\maxq\\jython'] I copied urllib to c:\maxq\lib\Lib. Now I get the error - Traceback (innermost last): File "", line 5, in ? File "C:\maxq\lib\Lib\urllib.py", line 1148 _hextochr = dict(('%02x' % i, chr(i)) for i in range(256))

Re: No module named urllib

On May 7, 6:00 pm, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 8, 8:06 am, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I edited environment varialbes and have added C:\Python25\Lib to > > PYTHONPATH but get the no module message when the statement > >

Re: No module named urllib

On May 7, 5:45 pm, Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Perhaps I should have put qoutes in my sentence. > > Or I should have read it slowly. ;-) > > > I get the "no module message named urllib". >

Re: No module named urllib

On May 7, 5:29 pm, Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I edited environment varialbes and have added C:\Python25\Lib to > > PYTHONPATH but get the no module message when the statement > > > import urllib > &g

No module named urllib

I edited environment varialbes and have added C:\Python25\Lib to PYTHONPATH but get the no module message when the statement import urllib is executed. Even tried copying the urllib file to my working directory. Any suggestions? Thanks, jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: cannot import name .....

Thanks for posting. pythonpath = .;c:\maxq\bin\testScripts; c:\maxq\bin;c:\maxq\jython Both files are in c:\maxq\bin\testScripts. Also I do not get the message "no module named...: File nCreateIncident.py, the importer: from PyHttpTestCase import PyH

cannot import name .....

Greetings. What is the implication of the error message 'cannot import name .'? It occurs when executing the line: from nBaseTest import nBaseTest The file exists and the class within it exists. Changing it to from nBaseTest import x gives me the same result so it is as though th

Re: Time functions

On May 2, 12:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HMS Surprise > wrote: > > > I wish to generate a datetime string that has the following format. > > '05/02/2007 12:46'. The leading zeros a

Re: Time functions

On May 2, 12:00 pm, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish to generate a datetime string that has the following format. > '05/02/2007 12:46'. The leading zeros are required. > > I found '14.2 time' in the library reference and have pulled in

Time functions

I wish to generate a datetime string that has the following format. '05/02/2007 12:46'. The leading zeros are required. I found '14.2 time' in the library reference and have pulled in localtime. Are there any formatting functions available or do I need to make my own? Perhaps there is something s

Re: Using python with MySQL

> hi, > download this module:http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python > and look at the tutorial here:http://www.kitebird.com/articles/pydbapi.html Done, thank you too. jh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using python with MySQL

On May 1, 2:58 pm, "Greg Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1 May 2007 12:40:20 -0700, HMS Surprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I need to peform some simple queries via MySQL. Searching the list I > > see that folks are accessing it with python. I

Using python with MySQL

Greetings, I need to peform some simple queries via MySQL. Searching the list I see that folks are accessing it with python. I am very new to python and pretty new to MySQL too. Would appreciate it if you could point me to some documentation for accessing MySQL via python. Something of the "Pytho

Re: Executing a list of functions

On Mar 16, 6:44 pm, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HMS Surprise wrote: > > Seems to me that one should be able to put the names of several > > functions in a list and then have the list executed. But it seems the > > output of the functions is hidden, only th

Executing a list of functions

Seems to me that one should be able to put the names of several functions in a list and then have the list executed. But it seems the output of the functions is hidden, only their return value is visible. Is this because the list execution is another scope? Thanx, jh ~~~

Re: Importing

Thanks for posting. I continued to read and realized the instantiation was not a function call soon after I posted. Oh well... Still unsure about the best way to break up the large #start - #end section. I appreciate your answers and try to digest them more fully. Then maybe I will have a better i

Importing

Greetings, First I will admit I am new to Python but have experience with C++ and some Tcl/Tk. I am starting to use a tool called MaxQ that uses jython. I have been studying Rossum's tutorial but still am unclear on importing, the use of self, and calling functions with their own name in quotes.