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For my script, I am trying to open a text file and print out the information in the console window. However, I am having trouble finding the right way to load it. To start, I need to figure out how to load something in the same directory as the script, …

I am considering using python to write a simulation program to display the motions of about 10,000 2d disks. The program doesn't need to calculate the positions of disks. It just reads the result file and displays disks on the screen. I wonder whether python has this ability for rendering …

I have the following CSV file ['ID', 'ABD', 'ABD', 'ABD', 'ABD', 'ABD', 'PC'] ['1', 'N400', '', '', '', '', 'P1000'] ['2', '', 'N401', 'N402', '', '', 'P1001'] ['3', '', '', '', 'N500', '', 'P1002'] The data is not stored in an ideal format. The first row has some pretty useless …

Before I explain what I mean in the title, I want to say that I 1) Have very little experience with python, so take anything I say with that in mind. I've only read about it, haven't really used it (although I have installed it), 2) I [B]want[/B] to learn …

I have a subclass with 4 attributes and a subclass with 3 attributes. I want to store my subclass instances in a list. Can I have one list for both of them or do I have to create another list because the number of attributes is different? Thanks !

Hi all, This is a problem that has been holding me up for a while in Python. I frequently get issues relating to "global ___ is not defined" and cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. Here is a coin-flip function I wrote: [code] def coinflip(): import random import time …

Hi , Have downloaded a feed from a news site and trying to show only the first paragraph for each story. At present, the output to email looks like this: "http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10568455&ref=rss" Man arrested after pointing fake gun at police (A 59-year-old man has been arrested after pointing an imitation gun …

So here is my program: [code=python]#!/usr/local/bin/python #Scott Landau #CS 380 #Assignment 1 Programming Portion in Python #Created - 4/6/09 #Last Edited - 4/22/09 import pdb #n is going to be equal to 4 for this queens problem. n = 4 #Assigning the empty list to initialState. initialState = [] #Making …

Hi, Playing with a script I did a while ago that sends emails alerts when rss feeds are updated to make it more readable, and have struck a problem. At present the email it sends is formatted as follows: "http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2344448/Group-charges-in-to-reduce-bag-use" Group charges in to reduce bag use (Pressure from environmentalists …

Does anyone have a good 2 line summary of WHEN to use perl/python/bash/etc? To do easy-ish things, they can clearly all be used, but there is likely an ideology behind each that indicates WHEN/WHY to use them. For example, I use VB if I want easy GUI, c++ if I …