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SVU is my favourite too, followed by Criminal Intent

I am using Clisp free from: [URL]http://sourceforge.net/projects/clisp/[/URL] [php] (format t "~%~S from DaniWorld!~%" "Hello world") [/php]

I think your print to the display will be by far the slowest operation.

There is 'Starting Python' right here to give you a taste: [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread20774.html[/URL] A good starter tutorial: [URL]http://bembry.org/technology/python/index.php[/URL] Another good starter tutorial: [URL]http://www.ibiblio.org/g2swap/byteofpython/read/[/URL] And of course there is always the latest update: [URL]http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html[/URL] Now watch out, Python takes an open mind and is addictive!

You figured it out! [code=python] print 011 # --> 9 (the denary for octal 011) print 0xff # --> 255 (the denary of hex ff) [/code]

I think there is a logic flaw in either code, since you are not using the result of the recursion call. It seems to pile up in a return stack somewhere! If you uncomment Bumsfeld's internal print statement, it will print a whole bunch (counted 31) of sixes

Take a look at: [URL]http://bembry.org/index.php[/URL]

What is MySQLdb?

I want to see if a certain word is in a text file, how do I go about that?

One of your problems is right here: [code] if (winsA) or (winsB) == ((n / 2) + 1): break [/code]You have to change the if statement logic a bit, and you are using break when you are clearly not in a loop.

I didn't have a file, so I used just a text string for testing, but here is one way you can solve this: [code=python]text = "I love to work, but not paying my taxes!" # text to word list words = text.split() print words # testing the word list # …

The last time I posted a question here, I got a rather nasty response, so please just constructive stuff! I want to make a scrollable entrybox for Tkinter GUI, the scrollbar shows up and works, but text does not move. Am I missing something? [code=python] import Tkinter as tk root …

How can I let the Tkinter Button command do more than one function?

How can I best find out how many times a word appears in a text?

I was just playing around with a matrix the other day and found out this: [code=python]# create a 10 x 10 matrix of zeroes matrix10x10 = [[0 for col in range(10)] for row in range(10)] # fill it with 1 diagonally for i in range(10): matrix10x10[i][i] = 1 # show …

I know that you can do integer calculation in Python with astronomically large numbers. What is the precision limit when using floats?

I know you can get the present time this way: [code]import time now = time.asctime(time.localtime()) print now # Mon Feb 19 10:41:32 2007 [/code]How can I make sure that 'now' does not fall on our lunchtime break, let's say 11:30AM to 12:45PM?

You also complicate your code (and life) by switching to OOP, when python gives you the freedom not to do that with simple programs like that.

How would one create a simple spreadsheet with Tkinter?

This could be a cooking recipe, but in my case it is a chemical recipe. Here is a typical generic chemical recipe: 23 g chemicalA is dissolved in 250 ml methanol. The solution is cooled to 0 - 5 degC and 18 ml compoundB is added dropwise over 60 minutes. …

Is there a way to preselect/highlight a listbox item with the Tkinter GUI toolkit at the startup of the program without clicking the mouse on it?

[quote=Infarction;313071]I'd go the other way (int to char) so you don't lose data if the int value is >= 256...[/quote]You could use RUBY then you don't have to worry about silly issues like that.

You can also use module numpy: [php]import numpy v1 = numpy.array([1, 2, 3, 4]) v2 = numpy.array([4, 3, 2, 1]) # product print v1*v2 # [4 6 6 4] # scalar product print numpy.add.reduce(v1*v2) # 20 [/php]Numpy is a free high speed numeric extension module used by engineers and scientists.

This re stuff makes my head spin! I can see that it is very powerful for text processing, but also seemingly very complex! Almost another language within Python.

I keep reading threads here, some use the Tkinter GUI toolkit and others use the wxPython GUI toolkit. Why would one use one or the other?

[quote=Matt Tacular;306575]In python if I divide 6/3 I get 2, that's fine. But I divide 6/4 and get 1... Why aren't I getting a decimal? I would like to know because I want to make something that can detect wether or not a number is whole. (I need help with …

The department's computer has Python 2.4 and on my home computer (really my dad's computer) I installed Python 2.5. Is it possible to have Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 on the same computer?

Since there is so much discussion on one of the threads on zipping/unzipping files and all the associated incompatibilities, is there a way to do this with Python and cut out the middleman?

[quote=vegaseat;302724]Looks like Ghostdog is right ... [code=Python]# test sample from user input months = ['Dec', 'Jan'] # test sample from os.path.walk() files = ['FebWork1,dat', 'JanWork3.dat', 'DecWork7.dat'] # test dates = [] for i in files: for j in months: if j in i: dates.append(i) break print dates # ... or …

What is wxGlade?

I your interest should be in chemistry, write a chemical structure drawing program, that displays bondenergies and charge intensities of the molecule.

I have used DrPython for a while now and really like it! Comes in Windows and Linux versions. It has clean displays and a minimum of quirks (does not like foreign characters). There are lots of configuration options. The results are displayed in an output window, and you can select …

I know that one has to be careful with mutable arguments like lists applied to function calls, so that things like this won't accidentally happen: [php]def add_item(list2): list2.append(99) return list2 list1 = [1, 2, 3] list3 = add_item(list1) print list1 # [1, 2, 3, 99] oops! print list3 # [1, …

I took a mixed type list and set out to find the min and max values. The results are very surprising to me: [php]mixed_list = [11, 'Dick', 12, 'Mary', 7, 'Zoe', 9, 700, 777, 'Paul', 13456789] mn = min(mixed_list) mx = max(mixed_list) print mn, type(mn) # 7 <type 'int'> print …

I was experimenting with the nested list example in thread: [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post246791-72.html[/URL] and was trying to search a nested list like that: [code]nested_list = [1 ,'Dick', 2, ['Mary', 7, 9, [700, 777, 'Paul']], 13] if 'Paul' in nested_list: print 'found Paul' else: print 'Paul not found' [/code]It always tells me that …

I want to make a Tkinter button respond to a left and right mouse click differently. How can I do this?

How do you best swap the key:value pair of a dictionary?

How can I make a Tkinter window take up all my display screen area?

[quote=Ene Uran;289138]Also a word of advice: 1) start your class names with a capital letter 2) create class instances like: main = Main(root) child = Child() 3) now you can get rid of the globals by associating the variables properly to the class instance via self. or the instance name.[/quote]Maybe …

What do you do to re-enable the button?

As far as I know in the US all the states and capitals are unique. Since your are entering the state and want to find that capital, Ene's solution will be the easiest.

How can I best center a Tkinter window on my display screen?

So, how did you solve the problem? BTW, I really enjoyed reading your blogs!

I like to create a database of common chemicals with Python. How would I go about that? Any help welcome!

This came up on Chris99's bus ticket program thread. Would like to see any simple examples on how to pass variables between classes without using global variables.

As you can see, I am playing around with the Tkinter GUI toolkit. How can I keep a number of widgets fixed in a location even when the user expands the window?

I am writing a small Python program for the use in our departments stockroom. This is what I have come up with (just starting): [php]# table of chemicals in stockroom # order --> stock number, chemical name, quantity (grams) # short version of the table table = [ ['ud-99137', 'm-chlorobenzoic …

Is there a way to make a Tkinter GUI window that the user can not change the size of?

I agree with Jeff! I have seen other computer language code like C, where the writer did not not use any indentation. Now you get lost in an ocean of { and } and ; which makes large code almost unreadable!

I have a directory with many subdirectories. Each subdirectory contains a small number of image files (.jpg). I would like to accumulate all these image files in a Tkinter listbox, sort them and be able to select blocks of files and send them to another listbox. Ultimately I would like …