On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:06:09 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 01:46:37 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
denismfmcma...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:02:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question
On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:19:39 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I have fewer issues with your conclusion and analogy than I do with the
basic premise that there is a connection between Seymore's problem here
and the use, or non-use, of print in the interactive interpreter. I don't
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
The issue is not only that print is bad but that the interpreter is
good for learning and trying out.
Are these two really unconnected. Lets see... One can
- use print without the interpreter
- use the interpreter
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
So pushing beginners away from print can push them up the learning
curve more quickly
Or more quickly discourage them. I still use print for all sorts of
things. In my opinion, there is often no need for fancy loggers,
On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 9:58:11 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
So pushing beginners away from print can push them up the learning
curve more quickly
Or more quickly discourage them. I still use print for all sorts of
things. In
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:07:50 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
Here is the exact question, I was trying to post something similar. I
failed.
http://i.imgur.com/iUGh4xf.jpg
Please don't post screen shots if you can avoid it. You almost certainly
can copy and paste the text from the web page. And
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:18:13 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
I think I get it now. You are using a sample of answers. So you could
actually just run through them all. (I haven't tried this yet)
for x in range(lo,hi)
print((15 = x 30) == (15= x and x 30))
Yes, except using print is
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
With two numbers, 15 and 30, all you really need is five test cases:
My solution assumed integers also, but after I posted it, I thought:
What about floating points?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:18:13
14x=29
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Ned Batchelder n...@nedbatchelder.com wrote:
On 10/5/14 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry Seymore if this sounds condescending -- its not a complaint
against you but against those who treat the print statement/expression as
kosher for newbies.
So if you're not griping about Seymore's original post, are
On Monday, October 6, 2014 6:34:27 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Sorry Seymore if this sounds condescending -- its not a complaint
against you but against those who treat the print statement/expression as
kosher for newbies.
So if
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
Consider the sequence:
1. Drives on the wrong side of the road
2. Has no clue that there's such a concept as 'wrong side of road'
3. Teaches people to drive without conveying anything about 'wrong side of
road'
On Monday, October 6, 2014 10:22:27 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Consider the sequence:
1. Drives on the wrong side of the road
2. Has no clue that there's such a concept as 'wrong side of road'
3. Teaches people to drive without
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, October 6, 2014 10:22:27 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Consider the sequence:
1. Drives on the wrong side of the road
2. Has no clue that there's such
On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:05:40 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote:
On Monday, October 6, 2014 10:22:27 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Consider the sequence:
1. Drives on the wrong side of the road 2. Has no clue that there's
such a concept as
On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:05:40 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote:
On Monday, October 6, 2014 10:22:27 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Consider the sequence:
1. Drives on the
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:02:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
I think part of the problem here is that you don't understand
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 01:46:37 + (UTC), Denis McMahon
denismfmcma...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:02:31 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
So the right answer is 15= x or x 30
but one of the other answers is
not (15= x and x 30)
But it says.remember you can try
In article h2j33adothf9uctcdp5psqk2cclr019...@4ax.com,
Seymore4Head Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
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On 10/5/14 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
So the right answer is 15= x or x 30
No, 15 = x 30 is equivalent to 15 = x and x 30
On Oct 5, 2014 6:07 PM, Seymore4Head Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
Maybe
30 x = 15
? Seems more similar
On 10/5/2014 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
So the right answer is 15= x or x 30
but one of the other answers is
not (15= x and x
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:14:27 -0400, Ned Batchelder
n...@nedbatchelder.com wrote:
On 10/5/14 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
So
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:47:40 -0400, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu
wrote:
On 10/5/2014 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
So
On 10/5/14 8:07 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:14:27 -0400, Ned Batchelder
n...@nedbatchelder.com wrote:
On 10/5/14 7:02 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants
On Monday, October 6, 2014 5:04:11 AM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
On Oct 5, 2014 6:07 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
For the record, I don't want a hint. I want the answer.
I see a practice question is similar to this.
15 = x 30 And it wants a similar expression that is equivalent.
Maybe
- Original Message -
[...]
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure
there's a
reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ?
r'\'
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
Even in a raw string, string quotes can be escaped with a
On 02/04/2013 11:23 PM, Anthony Correia wrote:
Just started learning Python. I just wrote a simple copy files script. I use
Powershell now as my main scripting language but I wanted to extend into the
linux platform as well. Is this the best way to do it?
import os
objdir =
- Original Message -
On 02/04/2013 11:23 PM, Anthony Correia wrote:
Just started learning Python. I just wrote a simple copy files
script. I use Powershell now as my main scripting language but I
wanted to extend into the linux platform as well. Is this the
best way to do it?
[...]
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure there's a
reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ?
r'\'
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
Even in a raw string, string quotes can be escaped with a backslash,
but the backslash remains in the
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:32:32 +0100 (CET), Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure
there's a reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ?
r'\'
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
I hit this all the time with Vim's
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:17:54 AM UTC-5, pytho...@tim.thechases.com
wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:32:32 +0100 (CET), Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm sure
there's a reason for that... (python 2.5) Anyone knows ?
r'\'
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Anthony Correia akcorr...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:17:54 AM UTC-5,
pytho...@tim.thechases.comwrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:32:32 +0100 (CET), Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
By the way, did someone ever notice that r'\' fails ? I'm
On 02/05/2013 11:53 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Anthony Correia akcorr...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:17:54 AM UTC-5, pytho...@tim.thechases.comwrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:32:32 +0100 (CET), Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
By the way, did
Just started learning Python. I just wrote a simple copy files script. I use
Powershell now as my main scripting language but I wanted to extend into the
linux platform as well. Is this the best way to do it?
import os
objdir = (C:\\temp2)
colDir = os.listdir(objdir)
for f in
distutils generates a number of files automatically in my projects,
including MANIFEST, build/* and dist/*
Is there any reason why I would want or need to track them in mercurial?
I currently have this .hgignore file:
syntax: glob
*.pyc
*~
exclude/*
build/*
dist/*
MANIFEST
Good practice or
On Sep 18, 8:28 am, Frank Millman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all
This is not strictly a Python question, but as I am writing in Python,
and as I know there are some XML gurus on this list, I hope it is
appropriate here.
XML-schemas are used to define the structure of an xml document, and
On 20 Set, 07:59, Frank Millman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to introduce an element of workflow management (aka Business
Process Management) into the business/accounting system I am
developing. I used google to try to find out what the current state of
the art is. After several months of
Sorry for pressing the send button too fast.
On 20 Set, 07:59, Frank Millman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to introduce an element of workflow management (aka Business
Process Management) into the business/accounting system I am
developing. I used google to try to find out what the current
Hi all
This is not strictly a Python question, but as I am writing in Python,
and as I know there are some XML gurus on this list, I hope it is
appropriate here.
XML-schemas are used to define the structure of an xml document, and
to validate that a particular document conforms to the schema.
On 18 Set, 08:28, Frank Millman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am thinking of adding a check to see if a document has changed since
it was last validated, and if not, skip the validation step. However,
I then do not get the default values filled in.
I can think of two possible solutions. I just
Frank 1. Don't use default values - create the document with all values
Frank filled in.
Frank 2. Use python to check for missing values and fill in the defaults
Frank when processing the document.
Frank Or maybe the best practice is to *always* validate a document
Frank
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