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The idea of this thread is to help the beginning Python programmer with hints and helpful code. Please feel free to contribute! If you have any questions start your own thread! The creators of Python are very active, improving the language all the time. Here is a little of the …

I tried out one of the "Projects for the Beginner" ideas: the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post223885-54.html"]change calculator[/URL]. Basically, you tell it how much the purchased item was, and how much the customer paid. Then it tells you the change due, and the most efficient combination of bills and coins to pay it. However, …

There seems to be a variety of ways to do this on the net, does anybody have a tested solution? Suggestions to look at various modules and such appreciated. I don't need the full code.

I have windows xp operating system at my home with python 2.5 and same operating system with python 2.4 at my computer lab. While working in python IDLE suddenly this error message --socket error:connection refused-- pops up and then python IDLE does not work at all.To make it work again …

I was wondering is there a good IDE for python /wxpython/pygame? I was wanting something that would do all 3 very good, for when I do finally jump to a GUI... I was messing around a little with pygame, and I noticed it dose not like the python IDLE...

I'm just learning python. I'm trying to figure out while loops with s.argv in a larger script on my network. hopefully this small example will show basically what i'm trying to do. argtest.py import sys for arg in sys.argv: print arg #which gives me: Life is good but could be …

Hello all, This will hopefully be a quick and easy answer. I am having some difficulties with multiple lists that have certain characteristics, so what do I have: 4 lists, all the same length that signify: [row] [coumn] [VAR1] [VAR2] So basically I have 2 variables at each location (row,col) …

Hi all, Here's my issue: [CODE=python]>>> a = [1,2,3] #all good so far >>> b = a #make a copy of a, called b >>> b.remove(1) #remove value 1 from b ONLY >>> print a #grrr, value has also been removed from a [2, 3] >>> print b #and b! …

Hi there, I'd like to know if is there a way to check my e-mail and send e-mails with python. I am trying to do that in Window Vista, and I've tried some codes with smtp, but I couldn't find a solution. Can anyone help me out with this, thanks …

Hi All, Sorry for my posting if it was already in the forum. I could not find the answer to my question. I am newbie. I have never programmed anything. I just started to learn. Now I want to do is to produce automated searches. How can I do that? …

If I have a string, i.e.: s = "'Quote Example'\tby person\n" How can I display it to view the special characters untranslated, to see: "'Quote Example'\tby person\n" instead of: 'Quote Example' by person I need to know mostly for debugging purposes since the string is generated and doesn't follow a …

Hi all, I'm trying to mimic an html form that calls a script on the web. When I put the form together on a page, it works, and I was wondering if there was a way I could "scrape" this post request and see what I'm missing when I try …

Hey all, Here's my problem: I have a class that I want to be able to save and and load. But I need the class to be mutable I guess. Check it out: [CODE=python]class Tool: def __init__(self,name,function): self.name = name self.function = function self.savename = self.name + '.txt' def save(self): …

I need help with writing a program that asks the user to enter distance in kilometers and then converts distance to miles

I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I don't know anything about python, but I have done some coding (javascript, PHP and a little bit of C) and I've just started my job and found out there is python installed on our server. A couple of months ago we had …

Hi all, Following is a piece of code which tries to open an image using Tkinter, the root window opens but I am not able to see the image. I don't know what is wrong with my implementation. Could you please have a look at the code & see if …

Hi all I am working on a project with Python tk GUI and trying to make a scrollbar that scrolls more than one canvas horizontally tried to approach it as option command = ~~ and ~~ but it seems not working does anyone have any idea on this issue??

not to sure why this does this [code=python] server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.mail.yahoo.com") server.connect("www.mail.yahoo.com") sendEmail("FlexPt1.txt") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 10, in sendEmail File "/usr/lib/python2.5/smtplib.py", line 691, in sendmail self.rset() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/smtplib.py", line 453, in rset return self.docmd("rset") File "/usr/lib/python2.5/smtplib.py", line 378, in …

HI, I am working on a project and need to take the sql table structure out using python language. Basic idea behind is to prepare a program which could run on any sql database and table name provided could fetch what are columns and rows present in that table.

I've been trying to figure this out for a few days, and my teacher can't really answer my question, as he is just as stumped as I am. Python is supposed to be pass by reference, but I keep getting pass by value when it comes to returning a bool …

I am hoping to build a website that accesses a database (possibly Amazon's SimpleDB, but perhaps not) for both presenting query results and adding additional data to the database. I hope to eventually build a sleek AJAX interface as well. I have been told that Python would be an excellent …

Hey all, Working on a medium sized Tkinter app. I have it working fine, but I feel like the app isn't as clean as I would like it to be, namely because I have a million labels and different widgets and I can't figure out what to call them... For …

hi i need a list of command line arguments for flash cs4

Hey all, Here's my problem: php/mysql noob here. I have an admin section on the website, and I have successfully password protected all the php pages in that directory using sessions. I have included code like this on the top of each of my pages: [code=php]<?php include('login.php'); if (checkLogin() != …

Hello. Before i embark on the grand search for the next few days of my life (hey who needed them anyways) i wondered if this was possible cause in my head i can't imagine a program being able to do this due to a difference in email clients etc basically …

I thought I should take a few days and read some more, and learn a little more. I decided to take a more easier approach. This 'start' of a simple pirate game, which I did not reference anything for once. So its all wrote from what I know, and not …

I am trying to write a python program that will enter another program using a shell command, then issue commands to that program, then exit the program and continue running the rest of a python program. To be more precise, if I was simply running in a shell, I would …

I want to make simple MSN/YAHOO Chat. I have some knowledge on sockets but I don't know what more I need to know. So My Question Is, what is pre-requisites before I jump into the Project. NOTE: The project is for learning Python/wxPython Thanks :D

Hey guys! I want to make a Python script and I want to upload it online via Webs' free file hosting service. Basically, what I want to do is, when any user visits my website, the app stored on the server should immediately fire up and do some function(I haven't …

Hi im working on an encyclopedia. The problem im having is the following: in next print car_num, len (car_list) NameError: global name 'car_list' is not defined [B]Line 62[/B] I might also add that before i moved car_list into a separate script/module, everything worked fine. The idea is basically to have …