Here here!

That said, I would suggest you use if x in dict.keys() rather than if dict.has_key() since the latter is deprecated in later versions of python (it's never too early to start preparing...

It's important to note that this language doesn't seem to be designed for a Python programmer craving more speed. Rather it seems geared at C++ programmers who feel they could benefit from some...

Great tutorial, I have some comments.

In python re, you can omit the ^ and $ from your regular expression and use re.match to match the string from start to finish against the expression, as long...

When it comes to writing parsers, I tend not to write parsers at all and rely on parser generators like Wisent.

Anyway, care to show us the code of what you'll already doing?

I have a 1 year old dv9920us laptop that is refusing to boot into Windows Vista. The Vista "loading screen" appears, but the marquee doesn't and the laptop is perpetually stuck in this state. I was...

Guess I know whom you voted for.

This isn't really a problem, but if it were, it would be quite a nice one to have.

Ooh. didn't notice you were already using the book that I recommended (Incidentally the one I learned Python with). Have you tried the official Python tutorial?
...

Whoa hey I did not even notice that! Yeah dude, to make methods in python Classes, set self as the first argument of every routine. To call a method from any method within the same class, do...

Well, it's bad OOP.

Not that I actually think that everything has to be OOP mind you (some small programs are just better off without it), but take for example your methods list. Why is your...

Sure, C++ is difficult for a beginner, but I recommend you go with it first *if* it is the only one being offered at your school. You will have the benefit of face to face support from your...

Convert them all to lower case before using ord: l = l.lower()

Not really sure what exactly you're trying to do...

locals_dict = locals()
for i in range(1, 10):
var_name = "POS" + str(i)
if i == POS:
locals_dict[var_name] = "->"
else:
locals_dict[var_name] = " "


discalimer:...

If you a using a GUI/event-driven framework, then yes, it's possible. If you are using console python, then no.

I say just ignore the thing until it crawls back under the bridge. It cannot be reasoned with.

(emphasis mine)
I actually just read this. It might as well have been:


I'm pretty sure GM wasn't raking in billions (yes, that's a b) in profits 6 years ago.

But you'd love MS to fail...

Where to start, where to start...

You simply aren't going to fool anyone by claiming "most techies use Linux". Your own poll proves you wrong. Perhaps "most people who enjoy tinkering around in...

Okay, I didn't read much of what was said (I tend not to pay much attention to fanboys). But anybody who says things like "Anyone who has a good understanding of operating systems in addition to...

I can tell already that you won't have much luck with Linux.

Huh? You've said what you've done, but not what you're trying to do...

Thanks for the suggestion. I've been able to use wisent for what I want.

http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib-tutorial/

You're welcome.

You'd think that before trying to write a desktop environment, one would actually learn up a bit about xlib and how it works. I can answer your question, but I don't want to. Feels a bit like fanning...

I could use the intepreter to evaluate, but that's not what I want. I want to parse the expressions into data structures that I can easily inspect in code.

So... this question is still open.

Is there an open source (lgpl, bsd, mit) math parser/lexer library available out there? Has anybody ever written one by themselves (with support for variables, exponents, grouping) and have some...

I'd like to see you try to implement one of the existing encryption algos, much less to coming up with your own.

Thought so.

Where is the cTurtle website? Do they have a .tar.gz source distribution? If they do try downloading, untarring and running python setup.py install. Also, make sure that you are running the correct...

bytes, as they exist in Python 3.1 are conceptually new to Python (starting with version 3). This isn't to say that 8-bit strings didn't exist before in the form of regular text strings. Note the...

I happen to think this behavior is consistent (with indexing and slicing rules).

Here's why it makes sense:

bytes and str are not the same. They aren't even conceptually the same.

A bytes...

You actually think that is more exotic? Wow.

No. b'\x01\x02' Is a byte string in python. The expression bs[x] means that you want the byte at position x in the bytestring x, while bs[a:b] means that you want the part of the byte string from a...

Just a few of my no-gos/failed projects:

1. Implement an open hashing or encryption algorithm
2. Write an IM program that encrypts the messages that it sends. (HINT: each user has a public...

Sigh.

No, python doesn't have clear screen.

(emphasis mine)

No, they won't. You see, there's no good reason anybody would want to do that. I guarantee you that anybody wanting to do this has a totally different underlying problem to which...

Python.org supposedly loves spam anyway, so long as you include some eggs.

Look, not to be harsh or anything, but given you previous posts I think you would be better off reading a book or a wiki or even just a tutorial on Python OOP and maybe Python in general. Really.

Huh. Now I can see profiles again.

Definition of "own" (http://www.google.com.vc/search?q=define%3A+own&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)
Defintion of "use"...