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I am new to Django. When I tried creating a template, I got the following error. Please help. [CODE]>>> from django.template import Template, Context >>> t = Template("The name is {{name}}") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module> t = Template("The name is {{name}}") File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\template\base.py", …

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The first problem: I have 12500+ emails stored as text files. The majority of these text files contain quoted text from previous emails which I need to remove for the subsequent analysis of the data. (Example of a standard email text file:) From: … To: … Subject line: … Text …

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Here is my code: [CODE] #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Name: Mocha Rotoscoping Via Blender # Purpose: Make rotoscoping more efficient # # Author: Jeff Owens # # Created: 11/07/2011 # Copyright: (c) jeff.owens 2011 # Licence: Grasshorse #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import os import parser sys.path.append('Z:\_protomotion\Prog\HelperScripts') import GetDir sys.path.append('Z:/Blender_Roto') filename = …

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so I recently wrote a function that sorted using the last value in a tuple. Obviously this couldn't be done simply say sorted(tuples, key=tuples[-1]) because that is not a "legal" call. However I did run across, while trying to figure out how to make things like this work, the utilization …

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Hi all! I try to install PyBluez on my python 2.6 in Windows 7, so a can communicate with my NXT brick, but it seens like there's a file in the library that dosn't work. When I installed PyBluez, it was impossible to import the library into code because then …

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if I wanted to remove all of the strings within a given list that met a certain criteria, such as having the str'a' in them, how would I go about doing that? the only way that's intuitive to me a for/in loop, but that can't be done. any ideas? Using …

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Hello everyone , as you can see i'm very beginer in python programming 1 mounth ago , i'm teaching my self from a python and tkinter book i'm trying to write a program that opens the main window after entring the username and password Problem 1: The usernames and passwords …

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I'm doing the google code U python class and came across a problem trying the following problem, which is the commented out region, the solution needs to be a function. I'm on the second part and trying to find a way to count the values which meet the requirement,i[0:2]==i[-2:]. I …

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I got this snippet out of my text book but it's giving me a type error, I'll just give you the whole code, tell me if you get it too, if you would. [CODE]import urllib.request import math whips=int(0) rate=float(4) while rate <= float(20): improve= rate*float(.15)+rate rate= improve whips=whips+1 print(whips) def …

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This is related to [url]http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/threads/111526[/url] However, in this case, I don't necessarily know the value of the var from which I am getting the name using vars(). Is there a way to get it? [CODE]prefix = 'char' lidControls = [] lidControls2Make = ['uprLid', 'lwrLid','lwrLidTrack', 'uprLidTrack','uprLidRef','lidRig'] for control in lidControls2Make: objTmp …

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Is it even possible...I am not sure. Here is my code so far when I click on the Prog_1_Database buttons I want a window to pop up with more button widgets in. Currently the button widget unfortunately gets added to the top level Here is the code so far: [CODE] …

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I am required to create a function that returns a list of all instances of single characters in 'text' that immediately follow 'last'. For example... def follow_char(text,last): """ >>> follow_char('as we consider the operations', 'co') ['n'] """ I think I am required to solve this using linked lists but am …

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Currently running python 2.7 on windows 7. I have an app created with wx python and compiled with py2exe. This app has an update utility that polls an update server at startup. If an update is found it downloads the new executable file (approx. 7mb) and makes the switch. It …

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when the user hits enter it will display Price must be a valid positive number product_price=input("Please enter product price:") while product_price <=0 or product_price=="": print"Price must be a valid positive number" product_price=input("Enter product price:") but it get the following error when the user hits enter SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

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[url=http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/threads/375271/1621485#post1621485]Sample code credited to Enalicho[/url] In this example, we count the number of appearances of the number 1 through a range of pages using while loops. First off, notice how easy it is to tell what the variables in this method are doing. I did not write this method, but …

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Hello, I would like to stress that this is for personal practice and nothing school or assignment related. The question: Create a function countPages(x) that takes the number of pages of a book as an argument and counts the number of times the digit '1' appears in the page number. …

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So I have some code that basically takes a file given with 4 points taken from a rotoscoped scene and spits out an output of information in the form of a list Original File Format Frame 1(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Frame 2(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Frame 3(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Frame 4(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Frame 5(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Frame 6(Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s),Point(x,y,z,w,s)) Output ============ Frame …

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What does this print statement produce and why? Learned it today, I still must be a newbie. [CODE]print('%0*d' % (3, 7))[/CODE]

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I want to install the dateutil module to work with Python 3.1. I didn't get very far through this installation however before I was advised that I also needed to install setuptools. I've tried to do this using the commands given below, but am not having any success. [CODE][/CODE]$ tar …

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Hi, I would like to select rows from a 2D numpy array according to a condition. I would like to get a 2D results array directly without the need of the costly np.reshape statement. Does anybody know how to assemble array b more efficiently? Thanks, Alexander [CODE]>>> a = np.array([[0, …

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#!/usr/bin/env python from socket import * import time import sys import select import threading import Queue _name_='_main_' loop=2 def client1_chat(connection1,connection2,i): while 1: data1=connection1.recv(1024) if data1=='end': end1=data1 connection1.close() connection2.send('%s' % data1) break else: connection2.send('%s' % data1) def client2_chat(connection2,connection1,i): while 1: data2=connection2.recv(1024) if data2=='end': end2=data2 connection2.close() connection1.send('%s' % data2) break else: connection1.send('%s' …

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Hi all, I am trying to write a list of complex numbers to a csv file. The list looks like: [QUOTE] cpl1 = [(-6.4703169037894082e-12-2.7429131015110908e-12j), (-9.0688415110840026e-11+1.7513018812920222e-11j), (-1.8522787470498514e-10+1.3074128585310874e-11j), (-5.8563154325952382e-10-6.4430377699764563e-10j), (2.1451734832922398e-10-9.987741744765799e-10j), (2.9095870157647141e-10-6.3227384439201728e-10j), (1.9448214150230569e-09+5.1612969453884716e-10j)] [/QUOTE] The complex numbers are to be written to file to look like: [QUOTE] real, imaginary, real, imaginary, real, imaginary, …

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[url]http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/python/threads/187060/1572491#post1572491[/url] based on a previous thread I would like to know how to replicate the appearance of a house five times on the gasp interface via the script below: #!/usr/bin/env python from gasp import * # import everything from the gasp library begin_graphics(title="Houses At Night", background=color.BLACK) # open the graphics …

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Hi all, This code solves the Euler Equation of Gas Dynamics which is a system of partial differential equations. The problem is that it takes very long to run than it would normally required. Things become worse after including the functions "S_p(a_p,a,b)" and "S_m(a_p,a,b)" which are called within other functions …

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A functor, or function object is sometimes a convenient way to encapsulate helper functions and data needed to achieve a small task, and also to share data between calls to the same function. This snippet defines a base class [b]functor[/b] which permits an easy functor creation for python 2.

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Hi, I created a Python script using pyPDF that automatically merges all the PDFs in a folder and puts them into an output folder and rename them automatically as per the folder's name. What I want to do now is for the script to search for sub-directories, process all the …

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Here is my scenario: I have a bunch of data points, each of which shares homology with another. Basically A -> B A ->D B -> C C -> A .:. C ->D, etc... given a bunch of these relations, I need someway to graphically represent these relationships. I picture …

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My issue with this code is that when it is executed it does loop correctly. It just runs once and my goal is to have it run 100 times. I am using Python version 3.1 and could really use some help... Considering I am the only geek with in a …

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[CODE]import random print("\t\tWant to know your future?") input() fortune = random.randint(1, 5) if fortune == 1: print("You are gonna die today") input() elif fortune == 2: print("You will find love") input() elif fortune == 3: print("You will make it big today!") input() elif fortune == 4: print("You friends will betray …

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Hi. I have an issue who i can't solve. The problem is that a = "13.33" and I want it to turn a = 13.33 and not 13.3333333333 and not 13.330000002. So, how do i make it so "13.33" will be an 13.33 float?

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Inspired by Computer Science forum post, I did this code. I prepared it Shedskin compatible, and it runs quite nicely indeed. Even interpreted the algorithm is faster than full sort. Here interpreted test for the module, shedskinning this test would show better time for sort solution. Python version has benefit …

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how do you make the python script run when the computer realizes that the flash drive is there when is not in your computer....I'm making a internet boost program and its on a flash drive but i don't want to have to navigate to start it...Thanks

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Hi everyone, i was given a book.xml file which contains all the title,author of the books. Here's how it looks like. <?xml version="1.0" ?> <Books> <Item> <BookID>A001</BookID> <Title>A Tale of Two Cities</Title> <Author>Charles Dickens</Author> <Language>English</Language> <Year>1859</Year> <Quantity>5</Quantity> </Item> <Item> <BookID>A002</BookID> <Title>The Lord of the Rings</Title> <Author>J. R. R. Tolkien</Author> <Language>English</Language> …

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Hi everyone here, Can someone please guide me in transforming XML-to-SQL output with Python? I need to create 2 tables (Books and Patrons) into SQL. How much i suppose to start with??? <?xml version="1.0" ?> <Books> <Item> <BookID>A001</BookID> <Title>A Tale of Two Cities</Title> <Author>Charles Dickens</Author> <Language>English</Language> <Year>1859</Year> <Quantity>5</Quantity> </Item> <Item> …

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[CODE]from gasp import * begin_graphics() Circle((200, 200), 60) Line((100, 400), (580, 200)) Box((400, 350), 120, 100) update_when('key_pressed') end_graphics() [/CODE]

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Just two questions that are completely unrelated: 1. (Tough to Explain), But how do I create relational drop down menus? Let's use careers as an example. If someone were a computer engineer. I want them to chose engineer in the first drop down. Then then the second drop down will …

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I am having issues finding a way to have the below program search for any given string of "query" in the keys of the dictionary AB and return the value, or the key and value. Thus far I just done what I have preset in the dictionary; Ashley and Joshua, …

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hi guys , I rented a gps from the airport and it had no problem giving me the directions , while using it , I kept wondering how it picks the routes , and can python be used to program these devices and how ? a short code would be …

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I'm working on a project where I would like to compare collections of words, but I have additional constraints I need to account for. The collections are like a set in that order doesn't matter for the comparison. However, in my problem equal elements are significant. E.g. the collection of …

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I am trying to use a the re.sub() method. I have a string which I backreference with '\\1'. In my substitution parameter, is there anyway I can pass \\1 through a function? For example [CODE] output = re.sub(r'blah blah blah(\d+)','\\SOME_FUNCTION(\\1)',string) [/CODE] where any instance of (\d+) will replaced by the …

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Hi, I have posted an example code to report overlaps between segments in two lists based on their start and end coordinates. The problem is that the while loop is breaking after 'True' and won't iterate through the lists. So, in the example lists it will only return (True, 0, …

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I have a question about function-based decorators. When I make the first call to sqrt(), I enter the decorator function, which I understand. However, every subsequent call to sqrt() only calls the temp_func, not the actual decorator again. I thought decorators were called every time the method is called, but …

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i had some problem with python so i tried to fix it and now i can't use pypm to install anything, see this picture [url]http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb354/elieobeid7/?action=view&current=er.jpg[/url] can you fix it? I'm using activepython 2.7

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Hello all, I created a simple game using the pygame and livewires packages a few years ago on a windows PC. Since then my pc died on me :( and I've switched over to a mac. I decided I wanted to dust off my old game, make some modifications, and …

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How do I use glob with urllib2? So what I have been trying to acheive with no success is creating a list of file names with glob from two sources and comparing them and download file if it doesn't exist. I can't get past the start because I am not …

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Hello, I get following error while importing h5py. Can some one please help me in how does this work. import h5py File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/h5py-1.3.1-py2.6-linux-x86_64.egg/h5py/__init__.py", line 24, in <module> import h5 File "h5.pyx", line 386, in init h5py.h5 (h5py/h5.c:5557) File "h5.pyx", line 359, in h5py.h5.init_hdf5 (h5py/h5.c:3946) File "h5r.pxd", line 24, in init …

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So I'm creating a backup GUI in Python which basically asks the user for their username/password and source directory so it can be rsynced over to a remote server. The only trouble I'm coming across is passing the password (entered in the GUI) to the server after I execute the …

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