Re: [Tutor] I think I've broken my Python

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 3:31 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > Reconstruct the virtualenv you want maybe? Their whole concept is that > they're cheap and easy and can just be thrown away. Of course, you then > have to remember what you did to create it in order to make a new one... It's been 3 years,

[Tutor] I think I've broken my Python

I haven't coded in about 3 years and I used to use Python3.4 on openSUSE13.1. I had a virtual environment with this Python for a development Django website. Before I stopped coding, I upgraded to Python3.5, but everything still worked if I remember correctly. But now I'm back to coding I tried to

Re: [Tutor] When do you know you're ready to start applying for jobs?

Thank you all for replying, I really appreciate it. It's all I've been thinking about lately and your responses have really cleared up a lot of things for me. On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > > But there are things you can learn now that won't

[Tutor] When do you know you're ready to start applying for jobs?

Hi all. I took 2-3 years off in 2012 to teach myself programming. I learnt basic Javascript & Python with some Django. I don't have a Computer Science (CS) degree so I never applied for a job because I always thought I still had lots to learn and most jobs say a CS degree is required. In 2015 I

Re: [Tutor] Python programming for the absolute beginner

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > If you want to follow the book use the version the book > uses - probably 2.6 or something close? > I think the book uses either Python 3.0 or 3.1. It's been a while since I read it but it doesn't use Python 2. The

Re: [Tutor] GUI development with Python 3.4.1

PyQt or PySide offers QtDesigner. Which is a drag and drop builder. They are both quite complex GUI toolkits so you will need some basic knowledge on them first, but I Imagine there are good guides on using QtDesigner if it's your last option. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Juan Christian

[Tutor] python ssl error

Hi this might not be the correct place to ask this. I am using the google api and as soon as I use the build function: service = build('books', 'v1', developerKey=api_key) I get an SSL error. I'm not sure what build() does but it triggers an SSL error. Here's the error message:

Re: [Tutor] python ssl error

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Danny Yoo d...@hashcollision.org wrote: I would recommend checking whether the 'cacerts.txt' file in that subdirectory is user-readable or not. Make sure it's readable. If it isn't, chmod it and try again: that will probably fix it. Thanks ever so much for

Re: [Tutor] Python Socket Error: Connection refused

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Dave Angel da...@davea.name wrote: You will want to configure your DOS Box to make it easier to cut and paste. How is this done? I'm not on windows atm to test it. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To

Re: [Tutor] python sockets

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Jon Engle jon.en...@gmail.com wrote: startingPort=input(\nPlease enter starting port: ) startingPort=int(startingPort) def setup(PORT): PORT = startingPort#arbitrary port not currently in use There's a conflict with this PORT

[Tutor] Question about scraping

Hey all. I've been meaning to get into web scraping and was pointed to the directions of lxml (library) and scrapy (framework). Can I ask in terms of web scraping, what's the difference between a library and a framework? Surely everyone should use a framework but I get the idea more people use the

Re: [Tutor] Question about scraping

Thanks for the response Alan. I forgot to reply to tutor on my 2nd comment. Just incase someone might want to see it, here it is: Okay I think learning how to scrap (library or framework) is not worth the trouble. Especially if some people consider it illegal. Thanks for the input.

Re: [Tutor] Recommendation For A Complete Noob

Hi, I'm completely new to programming in general and everything I have read so far has pointed me to Python. I was just hoping to get some input as to where I might start. Start with Python programming for the absolute beginner Great author. The book gives you lots of exercises at the

[Tutor] Windows Install Issue

Hi I'm trying to install pyqt5.2 for Windows Vista (Python3.3). 1st i need to install sip but i run into this issue. after ./configure, a MAKEFILE is created. I'm supposed to do 'make' and 'make install', but i get this cmd error: C:\pathmake 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external

Re: [Tutor] Windows Install Issue

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Windows finding a binary installer is always the first thing to do, makefiles indeed. Go here http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download5, find the section Binary Packages and this gives Windows

Re: [Tutor] Windows Install Issue

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 1:13 AM, eryksun eryk...@gmail.com wrote: The pre-built versions of PyQt4 and PyQt5 don't use the same version of SIP. If you don't have a build system (e.g. Visual Studio 2010, the Windows 7 SDK, or MinGW), then using a virtual environment should work around the

[Tutor] ubuntu hassles.

Hi i wrote about a week ago about the problems i had with importing sqlite3 on python 3.3 on ubuntu 12.04. Due to this ive tried to revert back to python 3.2 which is the default installation along wit 2.7. I've run into 2 problems. 1) I'm new to ubuntu and someone helped me install python3.3

Re: [Tutor] ubuntu hassles.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:40 AM, eryksun eryk...@gmail.com wrote: virtualenv allows you to specify the target Python: virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.3 myenv Refer to `man virtualenv` for more options. Or use synaptic if you prefer a GUI interface. Ubuntu has a Python 3.3

Re: [Tutor] python problems on android

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:24 AM, blech...@fireflyuk.net wrote: I havent included the script as it seems to be the use ' input' on my phone that now wont work. Even if the error is with 'input', it is still an odd error and no one will be able to debug your program or have a clue what's

Re: [Tutor] sqlite3 import problem

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: On 03/01/14 02:17, Matthew Ngaha wrote: im having problems importing sqlite3 on ubuntu python3. File /usr/local/lib/python3.3/sqlite3/__init__.py, line 23, in module from sqlite3.dbapi2 import * File

[Tutor] sqlite3 import problem

im having problems importing sqlite3 on ubuntu python3. File /usr/local/lib/python3.3/sqlite3/__init__.py, line 23, in module from sqlite3.dbapi2 import * File /usr/local/lib/python3.3/sqlite3/dbapi2.py, line 26, in module from _sqlite3 import * ImportError: No module named '_sqlite3'

[Tutor] certain packages won't install

hey i've tried installing a few packages with pip that failed. i'm on windows and python3.3. I have tried 'pip install pycurl' and 'pip install flup' which is something i need for django. I tried flup today and what bothers me is even though it failed, it's making some temp folders in places i

Re: [Tutor] certain packages won't install

:( On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 11:10:13PM +, Matthew Ngaha wrote: hey i've tried installing a few packages with pip that failed. i'm on windows and python3.3. You're trying to use Python 3.3, but somehow your version of pip

[Tutor] more html/css question than python

hey guys ive got the very basics of django down. i was able to design a very basic dynamite site and interacted with django. It's basic limited in every way, with the little it does, and the plain ugly design. This won't be good enough to put up anywhere but on localhost. My question is, How do

Re: [Tutor] more html/css question than python

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: You really need to know html and css if you are building modern web UIs. That's because most good modern web sites use a lot of client side(browser) scripting, usually using JQuery. JQuery requires that you really

Re: [Tutor] Reading CSV files in Pandas

Does pandas do the same thing numpy does? I've never used them and unsure of what they are about. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] global variables

I'm always told to avoid using them. I read discussions on the python irc channel about them but honestly i feel there are some times where i can't avoid using them. Like where i want to keep track of a state variable in many different functions that may or may not alter its value and also not

Re: [Tutor] global variables

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Chris Down ch...@chrisdown.name wrote: It sounds like you want to use a class. Why would you not just use a class if you want to store state? I don't feel my program needs a class. Also i have been told to stop using classes by some very experienced Python

Re: [Tutor] global variables

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Chris Down ch...@chrisdown.name wrote: I would doubt that anyone has told you don't ever use classes, because that's nonsense; you've probably misread a dissuasion from that path in a single instance as applying more broadly than was intended. I am being totally

Re: [Tutor] global variables

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: On 22/08/13 13:36, Matthew Ngaha wrote: Global variables in themselves are not the problem. It's how they tend to get used that causes problems. Globals that are only changed via a set of dedicated functions

Re: [Tutor] global variables

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote: Good question! And one that needs a long answer. Hey i just checked mail again... A big thank you for your responses, i will read all of them now.. im pretty my programs/designs will be much cleaner by the time i done.

[Tutor] Fwd: QT Python: How to re-use the return value of fileDialog.openFileName() ?

Sorry for the forward, i forgot to reply to tutor On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Sunitha Misra sunith...@gmail.com wrote: self.fileDialog = QtGui.QFileDialog() QtCore.QObject.connect(self.toolButton, QtCore.SIGNAL(_fromUtf8(clicked())), self.fileDialog.getOpenFileName) i think the way

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: QT Python: How to re-use the return value of fileDialog.openFileName() ?

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:14 PM, SM sunith...@gmail.com wrote: But then I also had to use self.fileDialog from within the function. Not sure how I could avoid using fileDialog. Thanks. No problem. to do it without the instance variable, you access its method directly. so replace: path =

Re: [Tutor] Difference between types

wait for someone more knowledgeable to answer, but from what i know, Yes it does have a profound meaning. Strings consist of character sets. Something that was here way before Python Like i said my experience is limited so i too would like to hear some reponses

Re: [Tutor] challenge-chapter 2

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Andrew Triplett andrew139...@yahoo.com wrote: I am on chapter two for Python Programming working on the challenges and the question is: 1. Create a list of legal and illegal variable names. Describe why each is either legal or illegal. Next, create a list of

Re: [Tutor] model methods in Django

Thanks guys i had no idea about these method attributes and also these underlying oop __objects__ @ eryksun i understand your explanation, im still having trouble figuring out how django is being used in the tutorial. class Poll(models.Model): # ... def was_published_recently(self):

Re: [Tutor] model methods in Django

The default description is the name with underscores removed, unless you set a custom description in the function's short_description attribute. I'm not experienced with Django, so I can't ramble off lots of examples, but hopefully you get the gist. Thanks that does clear it up. Also thats a

Re: [Tutor] model methods in Django

class Poll(models.Model): question = models.CharField(max_length=200) pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published') def was_published_recently(self): return self.pub_date = timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=1) #

Re: [Tutor] model methods in Django

options.py is the biggest module in the admin package. The link I posted is to the get_actions method of ModelAdmin. In the tutorial, PollAdmin extends this class. oh ok thanks, yes i will definately look through it I'm not coming from any framework. My knowledge of web development is

Re: [Tutor] model methods in Django

you are quoting. On 20/05/13 00:23, Matthew Ngaha wrote: ok thanks i didnt think about that. I was quoting eryksun. I'll includethat line from now on ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http

[Tutor] model methods in Django

im following the official docs and after learning Python im sure of how methods work, but the model example on the beginners guide has me really confused. The model definition is omitted but can anyone explain how this methed (was_published_recently) is given these attributes: class

Re: [Tutor] env var packages

Thank you Vasya and Eryksun. Sorry i didn't mention my OS i am on windows. Thanks for the links and detailed explanations which after following, i now have django up and running! thanks again ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner

i completed this book and i did every exercise. are you asking for help with the challenges, or have you completed them and want code to compare yours too? im relunctant to share challenge code, incase you havent done them. They are really good exercises to try doing.

Re: [Tutor] Interested in learning Python

i recommend getting a copy of Python Programming for the absolute beginner. It offers end of chapter exercises to make sure you understand everything you are reading. It was a great read for me and made my learning experience really fun. I garantee by the end you would have gained a lot of

[Tutor] env var packages

i have to install django and ive come across some weird instructions. it says to set Django's django-admin.py file to my environment variable. I was instructed to get django via easy installer that was located in my Python/Scripts folder. it installed django to a different place in site-packages,

Re: [Tutor] help regarding game code

bWater.clicked.connect( water_clicked ) AttributeError: 'int use a paste site like http://bpaste.net/+python to show us the code. i am no expert @ programming myself but that error is telling you you used an int and tried to access an int method called connect somewhere in your code. ints do

[Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

Im following a tutorial on what i believe is using Python 2 and i'm a bit confused. I use Python 3 on windows vista. I believe urlretrieve() is a python 2 function that isnt in 3, but why is the tutorial using urllib instead of urllib2? Also when i run the program on Python 3, it says:

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

the whole program depends on the urlretrieve 3rd argument, the function to be called.. is there no options to include a callback? def _download(self): def reporthook(pos, block, total): if self.size != total: self._size = total

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

Look in the module docs for urlib.request. Hi. Ive never used the urllib before unless it was typing in something from an unrelated tutorial. I've also never done anything related to web programming. I'm looking at the urllib.request page and i really don't understand what i'm looking at. I'm

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

You might want to look at requests module: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/ Many people think it is easier to use than the native python support. are all of these modules related to web programming like clients and (HTTP)servers? I've come across urllib a lot of times but only

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: On 07/04/13 17:20, Matthew Ngaha wrote: Look in the module docs for urlib.request. Hi. Ive never used the urllib before In Python 3 urllib combines (the best) features of urllib and urllib2 from Python 2. web programming. I'm looking

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

org/2/library/urllib.html#urllib.urlretrieve or http://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#urllib.request.urlretrieve sorry about the top posting gmail has changed the way their messages are done, it gave me a blank field i didnt realize i was writing above the message. i must have

Re: [Tutor] urllib.urlretrieve ?

Unless you're looking for something specific from the URL that the tutorial uses, then you could use any address Bodsda thanks i did that and to my suprise an extra file showed up in my folder, of the page i just visited:) thanks ___ Tutor maillist

[Tutor] break

i cant seem to break out of this loop. let me explain the variables you see: Enemy.ships = [] #an Enemy class variable that contains enemy ships self.missiles = [] an instance variable that appends how many Visible missiles my ship has fired Enemy.rects = [] an Enemy class variable that

Re: [Tutor] break

if Enemy.ships: for missile in self.missiles: flag = False for rect in Enemy.rects: assert(!flag) if QPoint(missile.x + 5, missile.y) in rect:

Re: [Tutor] break

One good approach is to have a separate function or method with both loops: def attack(self, Enemy): for missile in self.missiles: for rect in Enemy.rects: if QPoint(missile.x + 5, missile.y) in rect: explosion = Explosion(rect.x(), rect.y())

Re: [Tutor] break

thanks guys ive finally got it working. even though i didnt use the flag due to invalid syntax i realized since i was getting no errors i wasnt actually doing anything wrong. My mistake was i removed the ememy ship but for some reason forgot to remove the missile so it was still active on the next

Re: [Tutor] following on

understanding of how everything works. Use it., Experiment with it. Break it. Thats the best way. Read the source code its all available in Python or C. Hey can you please tell me which source code youre referring too? The initial files that come with Python? also the C code, where can i

Re: [Tutor] following on

Hey, a Big thanks to everyone that has offered their input. I really appreciate it. Also thanks for all the additional links, i will definately start to read up on data structures , source code and everything else that was suggested ___ Tutor maillist -

[Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

hi guys i am a python 3.1.1. user but really need to use python 2 to be able to use certain libraries and frameworks. i have installed python 2.7 but they cant run together as all .py and .pyw files are opened with python 3. i can open simple python 2 files by right clicking and finding pythons

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

Python 3.3 for Windows comes with a launcher, which will approximate (for Python only) what Unix and Linux users have had for years for any scripting language. You can get it separately, as Mark Lawrence has said, but maybe it's time to bring your 3.x current. there was a lot of reading in

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

You don't have to uninstall 3.1 but you would have to install all the downloaded modules or packages that you have in your 3.1 site packages folder to the 3.3 site packages folder. Maybe it's easier to simply grab the standalone pylauncher as I suggested earlier. Only you know what is the

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

yes the 2nd option (standalone pylauncher) sounds more convienient for me. i just have to try and comprehend all the instructions given.. hopefully ill get there in the end i managed to install the laucher. on the site when i click the correct launcher 32bit, i chose run and it automatically

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

Have you added shebang lines to those scripts yet? yes i added them. i think the problem is at the start where it asks me to: You should ensure the launcher is on your PATH - depending on how it was installed it may already be there, but check just in case it is not. From a command-prompt,

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

I'm not using it, since I'm not using Windows. So these are guesses based on years stuck\b\b\b\b\b spent in the Windows environment. Clearly, the name of the program is py.exe, so that's what you should try searching for. From the cmd prompt, try dir /s py.exe Or, you could just try

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

Did you find the control-panel-way to modify the PATH (assuming py.exe wasn't already in there) ? Without it, I'd be surprised if right-click would work correctly. And as for IDLE, there are two different IDLEs, one in each directory. So run the one that corresponds to the python you'll be

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:35 PM, eryksun eryk...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Matthew Ngaha chigga...@gmail.com wrote: py is not recognized and and it said depending on how it was installed. the problem is it didnt allow me to select a path when installing. The simpler

Re: [Tutor] how can i use python 2 alongside 3?

In a cmd shell, check that 'assoc .py' is Python.File and that 'ftype Python.File' points to py.exe in your Windows directory, e.g. C:\Windows\py.exe %1 %*'. If it's wrong, re-install. Or fix it manually using assoc and ftype in an elevated cmd shell, which updates the local machine registry

Re: [Tutor] Traffic Light

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:56 PM, anthonym antho...@att.net wrote: Thanks again for the info Alan. I am still passing the button process until I can get my rectangle and ovals on the canvass. The program runs and produces a window with the radio buttons on top. I would like them on the

Re: [Tutor] Traffic Light

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Matthew Ngaha chigga...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:29 PM, anthonym antho...@att.net wrote: Sure thing. Here is the code. And after that is the box I get with the radio buttons but no shapes. i might be way off as im struggling to understand

[Tutor] unclear topic

hey guys, this is not really a Python question. When ever im doing a tutorial, it could be pygame or some gui application, i usually find everything straight forward until the demonstration involves drawing. Then maths is applied and i can't follow along as easily. In the end by commenting out

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming for Absolute Beginners, 3rd Edition

With the code not being on the page, I went to the directed website and got the downloads, yet I couldn't find the source code anywhere to be found. Am I missing something plainly obvious? what exactly did you download? all the source code for every chapter is included in the download

Re: [Tutor] exercise

return {e for (e, g) in self.sort_email.items() if g groups_list} guys i think ive got it. The in that comprehension was really confusing me, but i found out it means intersection, so i took the sets manually and saw the results i got using intersection and it became more

Re: [Tutor] Proper useage of open

I typed in to my script: a = open (dupli, r) and got an error stating that dupli is not deffined. it needs the quotes around it. so try: a = open (dupli, r) ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: [Tutor] help

Traceback (most recent call last): File Match finder GUI.py, line 87, in ? app = Application(root) File \Match finder GUI.py, line 23, in __init__ self.create_widgets() File Match finder GUI.py, line 61, in create_widgets self.submit_bttn = Button(self, text = Submit,

Re: [Tutor] help

It's asking a lot if you want people to read your whole code to try and spot the errors. Try to run it from the console and paste what the errors are here. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

[Tutor] need help

working through my tutorial ive been told to set up a simple webserver. i can't even get started because the 1st line of code its asked me to do fails with a syntax error. here's the code: python3 -m http.server any ideas what is going wrong? it asked me to make some simple .html files, then in

Re: [Tutor] need help

Always, *always* include the *full* error message, otherwise we have to guess. Not fun. Some other questions: What operating system are you using? What version of Python does your tutorial assume? Do you in fact have Python 3 installed on your system? maybe im running it from the

Re: [Tutor] need help

Works for me with 3.3: aclark@Alexs-MacBook-Pro:~/ python3.3 -m http.server Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ... hey how do you start it or where do you run it from. did you type that in the command line? ___ Tutor maillist -

Re: [Tutor] need help

If you got an error, quote it in full in your message (using copy/paste, not by retyping or paraphrasing. As it stands, we don't know if the error was in bash, in csh, in cmd, or in Python, and if it was in python, we don''t know what version. python3 -m http.server Where did you type

Re: [Tutor] need help

Don't run it from inside IDLE. You were right to run it from cmd. Pasting the error message you showed elsewhere: 'python3' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. That simply says that the PATH does not point to your PYTHON3.bat or

Re: [Tutor] need help

The interpreter executable in Windows is always called python (console) or pythonw (no console). The 3.1 installer doesn't put the executable's directory on the system PATH. The option to add this was added to the 3.3 installer. Otherwise you'll have to add the directory manually. In IDLE

Re: [Tutor] need help

No, in your case it's set PATH=%PATH%;D:\Data\Program Files Data\Py That's just a temporary modification for the current cmd process. It's easiest to show how to change it permanently with screen captures; search for vista set path. i followed the instructions at

Re: [Tutor] need help

Py is a directory. Once you've added the Python executable's directory to the path, you can start the http.server module as a script by running the following: python -m http.server Don't use pythonw in this case. The latter is associated with the .pyw file extension, used for scripts

Re: [Tutor] help with homework

In your original getNames do something like this. Initialise a counter to zero. Every time you get a valid name increment the count. If the count is three you're finished. hey i was looking at the question as im learning also. With the counter, would you use a while loop instead of a for

[Tutor] Which is better Practice and why

In many of the tutorial examples ive come across, the main code's program is never at the top level, but always in a function of some sort. i understand why but, there is always a different way used to access the main code, i want to know which is the best. main() main's code #top level

Re: [Tutor] Which is better Practice and why

oh ok i understand it.. Thanks for the help guys ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] hasattr()

Thank you xDog and Steven. The whole assignment makes a lot of sense now after your explanations of what hasattr is doing. Thanks ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

[Tutor] hasattr()

im trying to understand this hasattr function. i am supposed to pass in an object and an attribute name into its parametres... so im trying to get it to return True. Here's a quick test class Test: def __init__(self): self.att = testing e = Test() hasattr(e, e.att) False

Re: [Tutor] need an explanation

Thanks for everyone that replied. I really gained a lot from all the input. Also thanks to Dave and Prasad for explaining why i had errors trying to run the program. I fully understand the code now and im able to run it without errors. ___ Tutor maillist

[Tutor] need an explanation

i need help on 2 topics. 1) can someone please tell me what sys is doing, and why its using weird indexing? if __name__ == __main__: A_Class(*sys.argv[1:4]).A_Class_Method() is sys able to call methods? if so why does it need indexing if it uses * .

Re: [Tutor] need an explanation

Obviously a Monty Python fan as I see 3 methods :) lol i dont know what i was looking at.. yes its 3 methods sorry:( def __init__(self): self.zipping_directory = unzipped-{}.format(filename) Where did filename appear from above? sorry i didnt write everything. the init method

Re: [Tutor] [Tkinter-discuss] whats Style()

sorry i sent the email directly by mistake. Just like to say thanks once again for all the help ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] [Tkinter-discuss] whats Style()

sorry i sent the email directly by mistake. Just like to say thanks once again for all the help this email was a mistake, meant for anything mailing section.. please ignore it ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: [Tutor] [Tkinter-discuss] displaying an image

You need to install PIL to use the tutorial you are doing. http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ the site says The current free version is PIL 1.1.7. This release supports Python 1.5.2 and newer, including 2.5 and 2.6. A version for 3.X will be released later. i have python 3. all the

Re: [Tutor] simon game issues

It would appear you're running some form of event loop, such as wxpython, tkinter, pygame, or whatever. If so, you have to do your delays using the mechanism that system defines, not using sleep(). As you've discovered, sleep() stops the whole thread, and that's not what you want. What you

[Tutor] simon game issues

Hi guys. my Python tutorial set me a task to recreate a simon game using livewires. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agUABjGAJww this is quite long, i understand if you can't help right away summary: i create 4 squared shaped objects(red, blue, green, yellow) as instances for a class derived from

[Tutor] setting a timer

i have a way to set a timer for creating new objects copied from a book but as i have started my next exercise in a very different way, i want to avoid that math method/formula as it will cause me to rearrange some classes totally... i tried a simple method but its not working. any ideas? heres

Re: [Tutor] setting a timer

Get a slower computer. I expect that if you find an old Commodore 64 from 1982, or perhaps an 1984 Apple Macintosh, it might be slow enough for your count down idea to work. But with modern computers, counting up to, or down from, 5 is more or less instantaneous in human terms. A

Re: [Tutor] simon says

Sounds as though what is wanted in a Pythonic version of an early electronic game Simon that was marketed back in the late 70's. It was roughly Frisbee shaped although slightly larger. The top was divided into four quadrant-shaped paddles each of a different color. The game consisted of

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