[Tutor] Is there a better way

I have an sqlite database as a source {Asset and Test data from a Megger PAT Tester}, which contains a number of tables, and I end up with an OpenOffice spreadsheet, with numerous sheets The data is proceesed in three parts, each using a separate Class. I extract the useful tables, and store

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

On 2018-08-14, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > - Use a list for objects(*) where you might need to > change the value of one of the objects A list is standard practice when you need an ordered collection of objects of the same type, e.g., a bunch of numbers, a bunch of chickens, etc.. It is most

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

On 14/08/18 07:56, Rafael Knuth wrote: > List comprehension is really cool. One thing I like about list > comprehension is that you can get a dictionary, tuples or lists as a > result by just changing the type of braces. > > # dictionary > colors = ["red", "blue", "white", "yellow"] > colors_len

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

Use List comprehension: animals = ["Dog", "Tiger", "SuperLion", "Cow", "Panda"] animals_lol = [[animal, len(animal)] for animal in animals] print(animals_lol) [['Dog', 3], ['Tiger', 5], ['SuperLion', 9], ['Cow', 3], ['Panda', 5]] If you want to read more about list comprehension,

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

> I wrote this code below > I was wondering if there is a shorter, more elegant way to accomplish this > task. > Thanks! thank you so much everyone! List comprehension is really cool. One thing I like about list comprehension is that you can get a dictionary, tuples or lists as a result by just

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

On 2018-08-13, Rafael Knuth wrote: > I wrote this code below which aims to concatenate strings with their > respective string length. I was wondering if there is a > shorter, more elegant way to accomplish this task. Thanks! > > animals = ["Dog", "Tiger", "SuperLion", "Cow", "Panda"] You can

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

On 08/13/2018 09:53 AM, Rafael Knuth wrote: > I wrote this code below which aims to concatenate strings with their > respective string length. did you mean concatenate? because you don't do any concatenation... any time you hear keeping a data element with some information associated, you should

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

On 13/08/18 16:53, Rafael Knuth wrote: I wrote this code below which aims to concatenate strings with their respective string length. I was wondering if there is a shorter, more elegant way to accomplish this task. Thanks! animals = ["Dog", "Tiger", "SuperLion", "Cow", "Panda"] # step one:

[Tutor] Is there a better way to write my code?

I wrote this code below which aims to concatenate strings with their respective string length. I was wondering if there is a shorter, more elegant way to accomplish this task. Thanks! animals = ["Dog", "Tiger", "SuperLion", "Cow", "Panda"] # step one: convert the animal list into a list of lists

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On 10/05/16 07:03, Ondřej Rusek wrote: Dne 9.5.2016 v 10:13 Chris Roy-Smith napsal(a): Hi Python 3.4 Linux (ubuntu) This code does what I want. curs is the result of a mysql query data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs:

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On 10/05/16 12:01, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 06:13:32PM +1000, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs: data[row][0]=ddate data[row][1]=mood data[row][2]=walk

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 06:13:32PM +1000, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] > for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs: > data[row][0]=ddate > data[row][1]=mood > data[row][2]=walk > data[row][3]=lag >

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 09/05/16 22:03, Ondřej Rusek wrote: > >> but for 'tuples in list'... simple: >> >> data = [] >> for record in curs: >>data += [record] > > Couldn't that be abbreviated to: > > date = list(curs) > I thought I

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On 09/05/16 22:03, Ondřej Rusek wrote: > but for 'tuples in list'... simple: > > data = [] > for record in curs: >data += [record] Couldn't that be abbreviated to: date = list(curs) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

Dne 9.5.2016 v 10:13 Chris Roy-Smith napsal(a): Hi Python 3.4 Linux (ubuntu) This code does what I want. curs is the result of a mysql query data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs: data[row][0]=ddate data[row][1]=mood

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > Hi > Python 3.4 Linux (ubuntu) > > This code does what I want. > curs is the result of a mysql query > > > data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] > for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs: > data[row][0]=ddate > data[row][1]=mood >

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Chris Roy-Smith wrote: > Hi > Python 3.4 Linux (ubuntu) > > This code does what I want. > curs is the result of a mysql query > > does this work (untested)? data = [] for stuff in curs: data.append(stuff) > > While I

[Tutor] is there a better way to do this?

Hi Python 3.4 Linux (ubuntu) This code does what I want. curs is the result of a mysql query data = [[" " for x in range(9)] for y in range(count)] for (ddate, mood, walk, lag, sleep) in curs: data[row][0]=ddate data[row][1]=mood data[row][2]=walk

[Tutor] Is there a better way?

Hello, I've been slowly teaching myself python, using it for small projects when it seems appropriate. In this case, I was handed a list of email addresses for a mailing but some of them had been truncated. There are only 21 possible email suffixes so I planned to just identify which it

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way?

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Marco Casazza marco.vince...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been slowly teaching myself python, using it for small projects when it seems appropriate. In this case, I was handed a list of email addresses for a mailing but some of them had been truncated. There

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way?

On 2012-01-11 07:57, Joel Goldstick wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Marco Casazzamarco.vince...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been slowly teaching myself python, using it for small projects when it seems appropriate. In this case, I was handed a list of email addresses for a mailing

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Dave Angel d...@davea.name wrote: On 11/30/2011 07:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Norman Khine wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 Is that a question? Because I get a syntax error in my

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

hi On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote: Norman Khine wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 Is that a question? Because I get a syntax error in my brain when I parse it without the

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

On 11/30/2011 8:46 PM, Dave Angel wrote: On 11/30/2011 07:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Norman Khine wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 I stopped looking at his pastie once the background turned black. I'd have had to copy

[Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 thanks norman ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Norman Khine nor...@khine.net wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 After glancing at it the only change that I would recommend (possibly) making is lines 58 and 39 - you can wrap the

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

Norman Khine wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 Is that a question? Because I get a syntax error in my brain when I parse it without the question mark. wink Sorry to pick on you, but it astonishes me when people don't bother

Re: [Tutor] is there a better way to organise this code

On 11/30/2011 07:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Norman Khine wrote: hello, is there a better way to organise this code or optimise it. http://pastie.org/2944797 Is that a question? Because I get a syntax error in my brain when I parse it without the question mark. wink Sorry to pick on

[Tutor] Is there a better way to use scientific notation in an equation?

In the following code I'm trying to do basic calculations with coulumb's law #Coulombs Law ''' F = (9*(10**9)) * (Q1*Q2) / (d**2) ''' base = 10 Q1mult = raw_input('First enter multiplier of base 10 charge/coloumb(Q1):') Q1exp = raw_input('Now enter exponent of base 10(Q1):') Q1 =

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to use scientific notation in an equation?

On Mon, 3 May 2010 06:44:42 am David Hutto wrote: In the following code I'm trying to do basic calculations with coulumb's law #Coulombs Law ''' F = (9*(10**9)) * (Q1*Q2) / (d**2) ''' base = 10 Q1mult = raw_input('First enter multiplier of base 10 charge/coloumb(Q1):') Q1exp =

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to use scientific notation in an equation?

On Sunday May 2 2010 22:44:42 David Hutto wrote: Q1 and Q2 are to be entered as base ten scientific notation. When I try to input Q1 as raw input, entering in ((2*(10**7)), I get: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '((2)*(10**7))' Which is why I broke it down into it's

[Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

Better than this? http://py77.python.pastebin.com/fc7553a4 I've heard about BeautifulSoup. http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/. Is it worth learning? Is it crummy? ;-) So 2 questions. Thanks, Dick Moores ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

Here's one opinion, an answer to my second question. Dick Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:54:53 -0500 From: W W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python? Beautiful Soup is really awesome... I've used

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Here's one opinion, an answer to my second question. Dick And to answer your first: It depends on how you define better. Certainly Beautiful Soup will not be muh longer and a lot more elegant and probably more resilient. But to extract a single piece

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

At 09:47 AM 7/25/2008, Alan Gauld wrote: Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Here's one opinion, an answer to my second question. Dick And to answer your first: It depends on how you define better. Certainly Beautiful Soup will not be muh longer and a lot more elegant and probably more

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Certainly Beautiful Soup will not be muh longer and a lot more elegant and probably more resilient. Alan, expand a bit, please. Longer? Resilient? Longer as in lines of code. BS is good for extracting several different parts from the soup, but just to

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen quote with Python?

At 04:11 PM 7/25/2008, Alan Gauld wrote: Dick Moores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Certainly Beautiful Soup will not be muh longer and a lot more elegant and probably more resilient. Alan, expand a bit, please. Longer? Resilient? Longer as in lines of code. BS is good for extracting several

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to get a current mid-rate Yen

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[Tutor] Is there a better way to write this function?

This is a second... the first one never hit the list. *shrug* should i be using a different interface to post? is this a gateway to newsgroup?I am writing my first python program(at least in a really long time). Its purpose is to take csv or pipe delimintaed files and convert them to html pages.

[Tutor] Is there a better way to do this?

I am trying to do the usual thing of asking for an input and then checking it to see if it is valid. If the entry is not valid then ask again until you get the correct answer. I have come up with this class. I am trying to make a transition from procedural programming to object oriented. Is

Re: [Tutor] Is there a better way to do this?

John, In this case I think using a class is overkill. You can write a simple procedural version like this: def getOption(): while True: print Please choose from the following options. 1) - Normal Unit test with static data. 2) - Normal Unit test with missing