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Replied To a Post in An example of a threading background decorator (Python)
You could also do this with a `Process`. import functools import multiprocessing def background(func): @functools.wraps(func) def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): p = multiprocessing.Process(target=func, args=args, kwargs=kwargs) p.start() return wrapper Also, I wanted to … -
Began Watching Use the top-down modular approach and pseudocode to design a suitable progr
Alberta Einstein teaches a business class at Podunk University. To evaluate the students in this class, she has given three tests. It is now the end of the semester and … -
Replied To a Post in Use the top-down modular approach and pseudocode to design a suitable progr
The formatting on this makes it hard to read. How about some indention and blank lines in between sections? -
Gave Reputation to sepp2k in Programming and C++
I haven't read How to Design Programs, so I don't know how good it is, but if you're having success so far, I'd say just stick with it. In my … -
Gave Reputation to sepp2k in Programming and C++
I haven't read How to Design Programs, so I don't know how good it is, but if you're having success so far, I'd say just stick with it. In my … -
Replied To a Post in Solving...but YET so far away
@codewar, this is not the complete code. Please post the code in question and any errors that are printed. "the system is not allowing me to run the program" does … -
Replied To a Post in Get current scripts path/location and name.
This question comes up a lot. There are almost 13 million google-results for 'get bash scripts actual directory', for what that's worth. Most people use it to ensure that a … -
Replied To a Post in Contents of web form to python script
@snippsat, you're right about that JavaScript bit. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess if you were trying to do some validation on the client side, besides what … -
Replied To a Post in Solving...but YET so far away
`applyDiscount()` doesn't return anything. You shouldn't be using it like that. If you want it to return the discounted price then refactor it to do so. -
Began Watching How can I fix this function for this C++ MyProgrammingLab exercise?
Define a function named isDivisor that has two parameters of type int and returns a value of type bool. A call to isDivisor(m,n) should return true if and only if … -
Replied To a Post in How can I fix this function for this C++ MyProgrammingLab exercise?
Switch m and n around in the if statement. 24 % 6 == 0 // not 6 % 24 == 6 25 % 6 == 1 // not 6 % … -
Replied To a Post in Solving...but YET so far away
What is the error? `return this.price` instead of `return price`? Also, your second print.. you never set the `discount` for that product. So I don't think it will have any … -
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The idea is to have an HTML page that looks like this: PROJECT1 Send what goes into the web form below to a python script! _________________________________________________ ____ | Input some … -
Replied To a Post in Contents of web form to python script
You could look at making a [cgi](https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/cgi.html) script, but I don't recommend it. You should look into [HTML](www.w3schools.com/html/)/[JavaScript](http://www.w3schools.com/js/) and [AJAX](http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/default.ASP)/[Forms](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp), and make a Python backend like [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/), [Django](http://djangoproject.com), or [Bottle](http://bottlepy.org). … -
Began Watching Solving...but YET so far away
Yes, I am new to Java as you will see from my post. I have done most of the work therefore; I am not interested in someone to doing my … -
Replied To a Post in Solving...but YET so far away
The constructor takes `Product(string product, double price)`, but you are creating it (on line 8) with `Product("200.00", 0)`. You set the `price` to `0` and the `product` to `200.00`. Try … -
Began Watching Coding for Privacy
With just about everybody snooping around your emails today with the excuse of hunting the bad guys, coding to keep some resemblance of privacy is getting important. I will start … -
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This is an old post, but I didn't see any translation tables in here. So here you go, a less secure encryption method for low-risk data: rot13 = str.maketrans( 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMabcdefghijklmNOPQRSTUVWXYZnopqrstuvwxyz', … -
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A data that will declare the following variables with the corresponding data types and initialization value. Output the variables names together with the values. **Variables** **Data types initial value** Letter … -
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Is this a question? What language is this for? What have you tried? If this is a question about programming please take a minute to look under the [Software Development](https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/2) … -
Replied To a Post in cmplex python problem
Like @woooee said, your code is tackling the numbers backwards because of your use of `mod` to get the digits. You can fix that, or make n zero-based to shift … -
Replied To a Post in cmplex python problem
@woooee, your print statements are off. Output: 2+4+6 = 11 3*5*7 = 126 Should be: 2+4+5 = 11 3*7*6 = 126 -
Began Watching On Mac OS X, how to collect all songs in library w/ titles 4 chars in len.?
How might I gather all the songs in my music library (maintained in iTunes) on Mac OS X 10.8.5 with ID3 title tags (I guess? their titles in iTunes) that … -
Replied To a Post in On Mac OS X, how to collect all songs in library w/ titles 4 chars in len.?
How much python do you know? What have you tried? You can walk a directory like this: import os for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/my_directory'): for filename in files: if … -
Began Watching python code to change the xml attribute value dynamically
from xml.dom import minidom dict[1] = "country" xmldoc = minidom.parse('TestStep.xml') itemlist = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('TestStepBody') print len(itemlist) print itemlist[0].attributes['Author'].value itemlist[0].setAttribute("Author",dict[1]); for s in itemlist : print s.attributes['Author'].value dict[1] value will be changing … -
Replied To a Post in python code to change the xml attribute value dynamically
I don't really use the `xml` module, and it would really help if you could [format your code](https://www.daniweb.com/community/syntax). But this is what I found: s = '<foo name="test"><foobar name="original"></foobar></foo>' d … -
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Write a program that reads n digit number. after reading the number, compute and display the sum of odd positioned digits,multiply all even positioned digits and add the two numbers. … -
Replied To a Post in cmplex python problem
The odd numbers in your example are 2 and 4. So 6 is correct. The even number in your example is 3. So 3 is correct. I would've probably did … -
Began Watching Facing problem on data load
Sir I am facing problem,I want that when I open my form then select combo box value and by combo box my bellow grid and text box fill...but it is … -
Replied To a Post in Facing problem on data load
Start by posting what you have tried already. Condense it down to only what is needed to show your problem. If there are any errors then post the error message … -
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Hello, I mainly wanted some tips and advice on ways to optimize this code, it's actually an exercise from my class' power point file. It says: Exercise 1 Sam and … -
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Line 28: if(overnightCheck >= 0 && overnightCheck <= 1) { if(overnightCheck == 1) overnightPrice = 5.00; } That wrapper to make sure overnightCheck is 1 or 0 is pointless. Because … -
Replied To a Post in Help with Classes
If libraries aren't allowed, you could make your own Counter. words = ['this', 'this', 'that', 'that', 'that', 'and'] wordcount = {} for word in words: existing = wordcount.get(word, 0) wordcount[word] … -
Replied To a Post in SFD FileName Without Extension
The only other thing I can think of is the 'DefaultExt' setting. Which should be an empty string. Sorry. -
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The title may not be as clear so let me elaborate a little bit. I am creating an application that minifies CSS and JS files for web developers. All of … -
Replied To a Post in SFD FileName Without Extension
I couldn't replicate it on my machine, but I'm using Mono so that is to be expected. It only added extras when I failed to type in the complete extension. … -
Marked Solved Status for User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
Is this correct?  That seems like a lot of points for someone that has never contributed. Bug, or exploit? -
Replied To a Post in User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
You already know about this. Sorry. -
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Hello everyone! i tried to run this code on the command prompt and got this error: "Invalid token '(' in class, struct or interface member declaration". Please how do i … -
Replied To a Post in c#
You closed the `Accept` function's block of code with `}`. To the compiler, all of that code is just hanging there in the namespace. Also, I'm not sure if you … -
Replied To a Post in User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
Oh, or he logged in 7,745 times maybe? -
Replied To a Post in User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
Or maybe I just don't know how stuff works. It just seemed odd that people answering questions right now are at 80-93, and then this guy. -
Created User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
Is this correct?  That seems like a lot of points for someone that has never contributed. Bug, or exploit? -
Began Watching User got 7,745 activity points for logging in the first time
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Began Watching Help with Classes
I have a class containing: class CounterList: __n_comparisons__ = 0 def __init__(self, data=None): if data is None: self.data = [] else: self.data = data self.__n_accesses__ = 0 def __getitem__(self, i): … -
Replied To a Post in Help with Classes
There is also `collections.Counter`. from collections import Counter wordcount = Counter(['this', 'this', 'that', 'that', 'that', 'and']) print(repr(wordcount)) # Reveals: # {'this': 3, 'that': 2, 'and': 1} Not only is it … -
Replied To a Post in Unanswered should not include snippets
That's what I like about this site. It's just a real person (people?) hacking on things to produce something nice and helpful. -
Marked Solved Status for Unanswered should not include snippets
I think Snippets and Tutorials should be excluded from 'Unanswered', or a new section should be created called 'Open Questions' that doesn't include snippets and tutorials. Most of the snippets/tutorials … -
Replied To a Post in Unanswered should not include snippets
Awesome. Thanks Dani. -
Began Watching How to Make a Video Game With Cmd
@echo off title ‘My Game’ color zz if "%1" neq "" ( goto %1) :Menu cls echo ‘1. Start’ echo ‘2. Instructions’ echo ‘3. Exit’ set /p answer=‘Type the number …
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