Wojtek Walczak wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:42:13 -0400, Ben Keshet wrote:
Thanks. I tried to use 'for' instead of 'while' as both of you
suggested. It's running well as my previous version but breaks
completely instead of just skipping the empty file. I suspect the
reason is that this
Ben Keshet wrote:
...
I ended up using another method as someone suggested to me. I am still
not sure why the previous version got stuck on empty files, while this
one doesn't:
receptors = ['A' 'B']
*** Alarm bells *** Do you mean ['AB'], or do you mean ['A', 'B']?
...(more code one way)
John Machin a écrit :
(snip)
A quick rule of thumb for Python: if your code looks ugly or strained
or awkward, it's probably also wrong.
+1 QOTW
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Thanks. I tried to use 'for' instead of 'while' as both of you
suggested. It's running well as my previous version but breaks
completely instead of just skipping the empty file. I suspect the
reason is that this part is inside another 'for' so it stops
everything. I just want to it to
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:42:13 -0400, Ben Keshet wrote:
Thanks. I tried to use 'for' instead of 'while' as both of you
suggested. It's running well as my previous version but breaks
completely instead of just skipping the empty file. I suspect the
reason is that this part is inside another
Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John Machin a écrit :
(snip)
A quick rule of thumb for Python: if your code looks ugly or
strained or awkward, it's probably also wrong.
+1 QOTW
Merely a special case of the truism that Your code is probably wrong
(regardless of any other
Hi -
I am writing now my second script ever in python and need some help with
'while'. I am reading text from a set of files and manipulating the data
somehow. I use 'while 'word' not in line' to recognize words in the
texts. Sometimes, the files are empty, so while doesn't find 'word' and
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:01:25 -0400, Ben Keshet wrote:
somehow. I use 'while 'word' not in line' to recognize words in the
texts. Sometimes, the files are empty, so while doesn't find 'word' and
runs forever. I have two questions:
1) how do I overcome this, and make the script skip the empty
Thanks for the reference. I tried it with a general example and got it
to work - I used an index that counts up to a threshold that is set to
break. It does not work though with my real code. I suspect this is
because I cannot really read any lines from an empty file, so the code
gets stuck
Ben Keshet wrote:
Thanks for the reference. I tried it with a general example and got it
to work - I used an index that counts up to a threshold that is set to
break. It does not work though with my real code. I suspect this is
because I cannot really read any lines from an empty file, so
On Aug 22, 9:01 am, Ben Keshet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the reference. I tried it with a general example and got it
to work - I used an index that counts up to a threshold that is set to
break. It does not work though with my real code. I suspect this is
because I cannot really
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