true = 1
false = 0
def get_questions():
    return[["What colour is the daytime sky on a clear day?","blue"],\
           ["What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?","42"],\
           ["What is a three letter word for mouse trap?","cat"],\
           ["What noise does a truly advanced machine make?","ping"]]
menu_item = 0
while menu_item != 9:
    print "------------------------------------"
    print "1. Take test"
    print "2. Display all questions and answers."
    print "9. quit"
    menu_item = input("Pick an item from the menu: ")
    if menu_item == 1:
        def check_question(question_and_answer):
            question = question_and_answer[0]
            answer = question_and_answer[1]
            given_answer = raw_input(question)
            if answer == given_answer:
                print "Correct"
                return true
            else:
                print "Incorrect, correct was: ",answer
                return false
        def run_test(questions):
            if len(questions) == 0:
                print "No questions were given."
                return
            index = 0
            right = 0
            while index < len(questions):
                if check_question(questions[index]):
                    right = right + 1
                index = index + 1
            print "You got ",right*100/len(questions),"% right out of",len(questions)
        run_test(get_questions())
 
    elif menu_item == 2:
        current = 0
        if len(get_questions) > current:
            while current < len(get_questions(index)):
                index=current
                print current,". ",get_questions(current)
                current = current + 1
        else:
            print "No questions"
print "Goodbye."

 while current < len(get_questions(index)):

print current,". ",get_questions(current)

#true = 1   # Python has True = 1 
#false = 0  # Python has False = 0 
 
def get_questions(x = -1):
    lista = [["What colour is the daytime sky on a clear day?","blue"], 
            ["What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?","42"], 
            ["What is a three letter word for mouse trap?","cat"], 
            ["What noise does a truly advanced machine make?","ping"]] 
    if x == -1: 
        return lista 
    else: #of course, it's recommended to check if x is out of bounds 
        return lista[x] 
 
def check_question(question_and_answer): 
    question = question_and_answer[0] 
    answer = question_and_answer[1] 
    given_answer = raw_input(question) 
    if answer == given_answer: 
        print "Correct" 
        return True 
    else: 
        print "Incorrect, correct was: ",answer 
        return False 
 
def run_test(questions):
    if len(questions) == 0: 
        print "No questions were given." 
        return 
    index = 0 
    right = 0 
    while index < len(questions): 
        if check_question(questions[index]): 
            right = right + 1 
        index = index + 1 
    print "You got ", right*100/len(questions),"% right out of",len(questions) 
 
menu_item = 0 
while menu_item != 9: 
    print "------------------------------------" 
    print "1. Take test" 
    print "2. Display all questions and answers." 
    print "9. quit"
    try:
        menu_item = input("Pick an item from the menu: ")
    except:
        # protect against just enter or not numeric
        print '-' * 36
        print "Need integer input!"
        # pick a non existing menu_item to start at top of while loop
        menu_item = 3
 
    if menu_item == 1: 
        run_test(get_questions()) 
 
    elif menu_item == 2: 
        index = 0 
        length_quest = len(get_questions()) 
        if length_quest > 0: 
           while index < length_quest: 
               print 'Question: ', get_questions(index)[0], 
               print 'Answer: ', get_questions(index)[1] 
               index = index + 1 
        else: 
            print "No questions"
 
print "Goodbye."

import time
 
print time.ctime()    # Sat Sep 02 18:23:53 2006
 
# get just hr, min, sec of present time tuple
hr, min, sec = time.localtime()[3:6]
 
print hr, min, sec    # 18 23 53
 
print sec, type(sec)  # 53 <type 'int'>
 
# if you just want seconds
sec = time.localtime()[5]
 
print sec  # 53

max_points = [25,25,50,25,100]
assignments = ["hw ch 1","hw ch 2","quiz   ","hw ch 3","test"]
students = {"#Max":max_points}
def print_menu():
    print "1. Add student"
    print "2. Remove student"
    print "3. Print grades"
    print "4. Record grade"
    print "5. Exit"
def print_all_grades():
    print "\t",
    for i in range(len(assignments)):
        print assignments[i],"\t",
    print
    keys = students.keys()
    keys.sort()
    for x in keys:
        print x,"\t",
        grades = students[x]
        print_grades(grades)
 
def print_grades(grades):
    for i in range(len(grades)):
        print grades[i],"\t\t",
    print
print_menu()
menu_choice = 0
while menu_choice != 5:
    print
    menu_choice = input("Menu Choice (1-6): ")
    if menu_choice == 1:
        name = raw_input("Student to add: ")
        students[name] = [0]*len(max_points)
    elif menu_choice == 2:
        name = raw_input("Stuent to remove: ")
        if students.has_key(name):
            del students[name]
        else:
            print "Student: ",name," not found"
    elif menu_choice == 3:
        print_all_grades()
    elif menu_choice == 4:
        print "Record Grade"
        name = raw_input("Student: ")
        if students.has_key(name):
            grades = students[name]
            print "Type the number of the grade to record"
            print "Type a 0 (zero) to exit"
            for i in range(len(assignments)):
                print i+1," ",assignments[i],"\t",
            print
            print_grades(grades)
            which = 1234
            while which != -1:
                which = input("Change which Grade")
                which = which-1
                if 0 <= which < len(grades):
                    grade = input("Grade: ")
                    grades[which] = grade
                elif which != -1:
                    print "Invalid Grade Number"
        else:
            print "Student not found"
    elif menu_choice != 5:
        print_menu()

# pickle saves and loads any Python object intact
# via a byte stream, use cpickle for higher speed
 
import pickle
 
myList1 = [12, 52, 62, 02, 3.140, "Monte"]
print "Original list:"
print myList1
file = open("list1.dat", "w")
pickle.dump(myList1, file)
file.close()
file = open("list1.dat", "r")
myList2 = pickle.load(file)
file.close()
print "List after pickle.dump() and pickle.load():"
print myList2