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 | I'M reading "Head First C#" In this book I was told that when you want to create a float that you need to add an "F" to the end. float myFloat = 14.6F; But the very first thing you type is "float", isn't that enough?  |
| | I installed wine on my Ubuntu 9.10 and tried to run the 1998 game Thief. Everything started but the sound started to deteriorate winthin seconds until it was completely gone. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, I noticed in the Wine menu that you can choose the version of Windows … |
| | I recently learned about a good media player for Ubuntu called Songbird. I downloaded the .tar.gz file from [url]http://www.getsongbird.com/[/url], and unloaded it to my desktop. I read from one of the post on the site that I needed to move it to my home folder and just click on the …  |
| | I have a desktop with no monitor and a lap top. I've purchased a cable to connect from the back of my desktop to my laptop so I could have access to my desktop, but I don't know how to make my laptop display the contents there in. Thanks for …  |
| | I have a desktop with no monitor and a lap top. I've purchased a cable to connect from the back of my desktop to my laptop so I could have access to my desktop, but I don't know how to make my laptop display the contents there in. Thanks for …  |
| | I have a little programming experience and I'M just getting into Linux. I was wondering, how big of a deal would it be to convert some of your old classics like Half-Life and Tomb Raider from Windows to Linux? Sorry to ask such a stupid question on such a technical … |
| | I'M wanting to get a new computer, not a typical computer from Wal-Mart or BestBuy. I want to run Linux, Windows 7, and Windows 98. Since this will be a desktop I can add new hard drives as I see fit, but here's my question. What's the best way to … |
| | I'M trying to edit my back.bashrc file with the following aliases, but it want let me save it, only Save As. Also, I don't really know where in the file I could place these lines. [B]alias rm-'rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv=mv -i'[/B] Thanks  |
| | I'M currently running Vista but am trying to move at least 90% of my computer usage to Linux so I've download Ubuntu. So I burned the ISO to a CD and now I need to know how to install it but give it a separate bigger partition than my Windows. … |
| | [url]http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/12482[/url] I'M running Ubuntu 9.10. On the website above, what which download should I use? I don't see a debian so I'M assuming I need to get the bin. If that's the case, I have no idea how to install a bin. Thanks for any and all replies. Wait, it's … |
| | I'M new to Linux & Ubuntu. I know I could just install Open Office through the Ubuntu Software Center or the Package Manager but I wanted to do it manually. So I download the debian package from [url]www.openoffice.org[/url] and unzipped it. Now I have a folder on my desktop lapeled …  |
| | I'M reading a book on C#, here is some of the code. [CODE] public BitterCritter(): base("", 2, 2, 0){}[/CODE] I see that you can specify what attributes the child class inherits based on it's parent class through parameters. But what if you specify the base class but insert no parameters? …  |
| | I'M reading the book that's in the title. Let me show you what's going on. I'M given the following code, an example of Inheritance. [CODE]using System; namespace CritClone { class CritViewer { static void Main(string[] args) { CritViewer cv = new CritViewer(); }// end main public CritViewer() { Clone myClone … |
| | I want to run my programs in a traditional Dos based screen as opposed to the new text page that it's running in now. Does anyone know how I can do that? Thanks.  |
| | If anyone is interested in bringing iTunes to linux, there is a group on facebook called "iTunes for Linux", please join. Also, this is apples feedback page. [url]http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html[/url] |
| | Is there a way that I can run my C# code in a traditional dos based screen unlike the white background my programs are running in at the moment? I looked though the preferences but couldn't find anything. Thanks.  |
| | I'M just getting started with Linux and I'M using Ubuntu. Straight from the CD Ubuntu came loaded with Open Office - Word, Spreadsheet, & Presentation. But how do I get the whole Open Office package? And what happens with the ones already on my system? Do I need to remove … |
| | I'M trying to learn to program through Mono. I'M using a book on C#. Although it isn't specifically for Mono, I haven't gotten far into the book and it's a really small example so I don't expect that it has any platform specific code. Please see what's wrong with this … |
| | I downloaded and unziped the Open Office Debian package to my Ubuntu desktop. Inside the folder there are a lot of .deb file and one sub folder with another .deb inside. That one being by itself I assume that would be the right one so I tried to install it … |
| | Resolved, I figured it out. I'M getting the following error when I try to install mono on my Ubuntu OS using apturl. [COLOR="Red"] Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic '--hide-main-window' '--non-interactive' '--parent-window-id' '62914563' '--set-selections-file' '/tmp/tmpyUj0VR' as user root. The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact … |
| | So I've downloaded the Ubuntu ISO and burned it to a CD. I want to install it along side my current Windows OS with a bigger partition. Can some one please give me some help on how to go about doing that. I know I restart my computer with the …  |
| | [URL="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page"]http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page[/URL] On that site, what is the difference between to two blocks to the left? They read. Mono [INDENT]An open source, cross-platform, implementation of C# and the CLR that is binary compatible with Microsoft.NET[/INDENT] MonoDevelop [INDENT]An open Source C# and .NET development environment for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X[/INDENT] … |
| | I'M trying to learn to program through C#. The book I'M reading is trying to explain namespaces but I'M failing to understand it. As I understand it, a class is a blueprint for an object and, and a class is just a special block of code. So what exactly is … |
| | I'M trying to switch from Windows to Ubuntu Linux. I'M trying to learn how to program and since I am also trying to move to Linux, thought that mono would be a good place for me to start. But I noticed when I installed mono ([url]http://www.mono-project.org[/url]), it said I needed … |
| | I'M trying to make the switch from Windows to Linux, or at least make it a 9 to 1 ratio. I mean, I can't completely do away with windows for several reasons. I'M also interested in programming. Now, Linux is suppose to be a much better OS and that seems …  |
| | I posted a thread labeled pygame, global name "glob" but am unable to resolve the issue so I was just going to ask a few question about the code. Well first of all, I ran it on Windows Vista, python 2.6 and pygame, but I'M not sure what version of …  |
| | I'M reading "Beginning Game Develpment with Python and Pygame". In the following code, I'M gettin this error in sysfont.py [COLOR="Red"]NameError: global name 'glob' is not defined[/COLOR] [CODE]import pygame from pygame.locals import * from sys import exit pygame.init() SCREEN_SIZE = (800, 600) screen = pygame.display.set_mode(SCREEN_SIZE, 0, 32) font = pygame.font.SysFont("arial", 16) … |
| | First of all I'M using Ubuntu and I'M new to it, trying to make the switch. I'M reading a book on Ubuntu but it's a little out of date to the one I'M running. Anyway, the book instructs me to go to > System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, … |
| | In the following code, I don't understand the line , [COLOR="Red"]print tank_name, tanks[tank_name].[/COLOR] What I'M having trouble with is it seems a little redundant, print thank_name, then thanks(the name of the dictionary), then tank_name again. And why is the second tank_name in "[]" like a list? I can't remember, is …  |
| | In the following program, what is the "values" function? [CODE]for tank in tanks.values(): if tank.alive: print tank.name, "is the winnter!" break[/CODE] I looked it up using Wing IDE and this is what I found. [CODE]def values(self, arg): """ D.values() -> list of D's values """ return [][/CODE] Thanks for any … |
| | In the following program, why do I need to use the name "player" rather than a regular counter like "i"? I ran the program this way and it prints out the last element in players for how ever many player elements are in players. I want to know what's going …  |
| | In the program below, I have two questions. First, the first object, card1 passes the strings A & c to it's master class. What I want to know is, what do these two strings have to do with the A & c in RANKS & SUITS? If the class had … |
| | I noticed when I first got my new Toshiba Satellite that there was some strange behavior with it's keyboard. When typing in a text document, the cursor would just jump to a random position in the text document, and no it wasn't be accidentally touching the touch pad. Then one …  |
| | I'M 24 years old, a single parent in TN. I've been very interested in programming since I as probably 15, and I've been trying to learn since then. I started out with C++, didn't get far. I would start, give up, and start again. About a year ago I started …  |
| | In the following program, I have three different comments each after a line of code. Please read those comments to answer my questions. [CODE] # Property Critter # Demonstrates get and set methods and properties class Critter(object): """A virtual pet""" def __init__(self, name): print "A new critter has been born!" … |
| | In the following program, the second line in main print [COLOR="Red"]"Printing a Card object:"[/COLOR], is not showing up when I run the program. Could someone please tell me what's going on? Thanks. [CODE]# Playing Cards # Demonstrates combining objects class Card(object): """ A playing card. """ RANKS = ["A", "2", …  |
| | I have a pretty new Toshiba Satellite laptop. When I first go the thing I noticed that in the middle of me typing something on a text based document that the cursor would jump to some random position in the text document. This of course caused what I was typing … |
| | In the following program, why is [COLOR="red"]"Ac"[/COLOR] the first thing that the program outputs? In main, [COLOR="red"]print "Printing a Card Object"[/COLOR] is the first think I see that should print anything. Is it the [COLOR="red"]__str__[/COLOR] method using the rank & suit attributes from the [COLOR="red"]__init__[/COLOR] constructor? [CODE]# Playing Cards # … |
| | Looking at the current world I'd of to go with one of these. Chines - China is growing with a booming economy Japanese - Japan has the second largest economy in the world Polish - The U.S. THINKS that it has a vested interest in Poland and will probably continue …  |
| | Does anyone know where I can find some sort of UML (unified modeling language) tool for python? I think it might help me understand OOP a little better, but I don't really know, I just read about UML and that's all I know. Thanks.  |
| | I've been trying to learn how to program for several years now. I've struggled with everything from C++, C#, to Python, but never got passed simple DOS text based screen programs that were very short. I'M now 24 and I work in a factory. I would love to find a … |
| | In the following program, how does the value of [COLOR="Red"]crit_name[/COLOR], end up in the [COLOR="Red"]self.name = name[/COLOR] value? Is it because it's passed to that class and name is the only value in the [COLOR="Red"]__init__[/COLOR] parameter that has no default value? Thanks. [CODE]# Critter Caretaker # A virtual pet to … |
| | In the following code, could someone please explain these if statements? elif 5 <= unhappiness <= 10:, & elif 11 <= unhappiness <15:, they have two arguments, one on each side which is something I haven't seen before. Also, what the one to the far right for anyway? Also, this … |
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| | Please look at the program below as well as my understanding of how it flows and correct me if I'M wrong. Thanks The first line in main - [COLOR="Red"]crit = Critter("Poochie")[/COLOR], creates an object with the string "Poochie" and autmoatically calls [COLOR="Red"]__init__[/COLOR], printing "A new critter has been born!" [COLOR="Red"]__init__ … |
| | I have to prgrams and thus, two question to ask. In the following program how does the line [COLOR="Red"]status = staticmethod(status)[/COLOR] do anything? My python programming book somehow connects it to the line [COLOR="Red"]Critter.total +=[/COLOR] 1 but I don't see how? Please explain. [CODE]# Classy Critter # Demonstrates class attributes … |
| | In the following program I don't understand the [COLOR="Green"]staticmethod[/COLOR] or what is has to do with [COLOR="Green"]Critter.total[/COLOR]. From what I can see, total is a class attribute and [COLOR="Green"]Critter.total[/COLOR] is accessed from the [COLOR="Green"]__init__[/COLOR] constructor method. Thanks for any and all replies. [CODE]# Classy Critter # Demonstrates class attributes and … |
| | In the following program, I'M getting the following error message when I try to run it. [COLOR="Red"]TypeError: object.__new__() takes no parameters[/COLOR] [CODE] # Classy Critter # Demonstrates class attributes and static methods class Critter(object): """A virtual pet""" total = 0 def status(): print "\nThe total number of critters is", Critter.total … |
| | Does anyone know how to get Wing IDE to work with iron python? But I would also like to keep quick access with WING IDE to my standard python as well. Thanks.  |
| | In the following program, at what point does my program call the _str__ method/constructor? I don't see it specifically being called at any point. I know it happens with this line print [CODE]"Printing crit1:" print crit1[/CODE] but I still don't see how or when this happens. Thanks for any and … |
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