let us know your solution, we are curious :-)

if it was a unix/linux system, you could call a command line program like mplayer or mpg123.

good point, I was not sure on the exact difference

are you just looking for a was to copy a file(I might be missing something)


import shutil
shutil.copy2('e:/disk/vm.xls', 'new_name_of_copy')


I have only tested this on my linux system, but...

shows you how little I know about programming, I thought that(memory allocation) was nessesary for just about anything with C .

I guess you do not have to allocate memory to program "hello world"...

what are some of the arguments for using python that have been discussed at your university(just curious)

I am not much of a programmer, so I don't probably have a great perspective, but I have an opinion :-) Python is not teaching bad habits, it seems to just be teaching on a higher level(language...

I am learing python as my first language. I really enjoy it, it has kept my attention. I suppose I like the ease of it(I am not sure i have a programmers mind). For an introductory course, it seems...

do acronyms even have periods in them?

this code is a little more polished

userinput = raw_input('> ')
split_input = userinput.split()

x = ""
for i in split_input:
x = x + i[0] + "."

print x.upper()

you could use the split method

>>> "the dog is going home".split()
['the', 'dog', 'is', 'going', 'home']


I hope I did not ruin your fun , but here is the code I would use

userinput =...

the very popular(notorious) program bittorrent is written in python. I wonder if the bittorrent windows executable used Py2Exe.

you can test your code immediatley, to see how something will work. Being a beginning programmer I find that very useful.

I too am struggiling a with classes. all of those self.sometihings just mix me up. should I base my class on object or nothing. I figure if I keep trying to use them, someday it will just make...

Since this post was taliking about how programming languages handle data types I thought the following was interesting. This how the new windows scripting language monad handles data

I am not sure...

you might find some good info here
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread20774-2.html

I got the same book, I really like it. It is the perfect beginners book. It keeps you interested.

thanks for the explanation :-)

you say "the closest". isn't that exactly what it does, or is it lacking in some way?

http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/lib.html

I am pretty new to python(and programming) but this might work

while not cursor.EOF:
for row in cursor.fields:
url = row
print row
cursor.MoveNext()

now you should...

forgive me if I am saying something dumb, but is the output you need being produced by this code

#!/usr/bin/env python

import MySQLdb
import adodb
import feedparser

conn =...

why when running this code do i get this error

shane@mainbox shane $ python test
File "test", line 9
retries = retries - 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


does this not run in...

Python is my first language I am learning, other then some bash scripting. I am really enjoying it.

I am a big open source(linux) guy, so i was attracted to python for that reason. I also like the...

how is it compiled, I thought it is just interperted?

I was trying to figure out a way to do it manually(without the split method). I feel like I am always trying to reinvent the wheel.