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How to communicate Python from PHP? i want to pass some arguments from my php page to python and python script process the arguments and returns the result.how it possible

is it possible to use the variable list from a function? here is an example? is it possible to call alist with its last used content? [CODE] def example(a): alist=[] alist.append(a) print alist example(1) print alist [/CODE] thanks

hey guys i was wondering if anyone knew of any tutorials on how to get Python to read and open a XML text file? any help would be much appreciated as i cant seem to find anythign!!! kitty

I'm importing a .txt list of words into a dictionary and print, "The word seen most was XXXX and it was seen X times." I can import the .txt list into a dictionary and sorted my dictionary by value so my most seen word is at the end of the …

Ahoy Sailors! So there's two bits to my Python built software, The Parent and the child. The Parent comes in PE executable format so as you can simply right click and view the source. Now we're needing to do the same with the Child applications the Parent is going to …

Hi, I am a beginner-novice programmer using Python to build custom tools in ESRI's ArcGIS. I have what seems like a simple problem, but I am afraid I'm missing a core concept. Here goes... In this simple example I assign string values to some variables and then change the text …

Heya Daniweb, I've been working on Regular Expressions, thanks to cghtkh who told me about them. I've used resources from: [URL="Newthinktank.com"]NewThinkTank.com[/URL] [URL="http://docs.python.org/library/re.html"]Python Regular Expression Documentation[/URL] and [URL="daniweb.com"]Daniweb.com[/URL]! I figured I'd share my code, ask a few questions, and get some feedback on what I did if I can. Feedback helps …

I have to write a table called tempconv.txt, the table should have temps from -300-212 fah and the cel equivalents with steps of 10 or 20, presented in 2 columns.I keep getting a syntax error. I think i am having trouble with the opening and closing of the file. Thanks …

[CODE]import random name = raw_input("Write your name:") print "Hello",name,"you're about to play Hangman." print "Everything you get a wrong guess, you will get a {}, if the word were Nicky you'd get 5 tries." raw_input("Press [[ENTER]]") words = ["bat","girl","epic","blocks","block","chips","boy","fire","fox","school","community"] wordnum = random.randrange(1,11,1) hangword = words[wordnum] a = len(hangword) print "The …

This is program for figuring out cost of carpet at X length Y Width and Z cost/sqft (turned to yard). I am not very strong in looping yet, but I am pretty sure that is what has to be done here. Ideally at the end I want to ask the …

Hi all.. I am new to Python and badly need help...I am trying to run a DOS batch file from Python..I have given the inputs also..It runs half and then exits at the point of time when I need to give answer to whether I need to replace two files …

hi... how can this be done using python 1.prompting user for a file location from within a script 2.reading the file location entered by the user 3.storing it in a file like object

ive been trying my hand on using modules to make my codes cleaner. i started off with a simple case. i created a module, usermodule.py, which i will pass to a main program openme.jpg - 640x480 [CODE] #this is usermodule.py import Image #image = Image.open ('openme.jpg') #imload = image.load() def …

hi... am using pysnmp module to do an snmp get on a USB key status from pysnmp.entity.rfc3413.oneliner import cmdgen #--query on ccmSDIDUKeyStatus errorIndication, errorStatus, errorIndex, varBinds = cmdgen.CommandGenerator().getCmd( cmdgen.CommunityData('xxx', 'xxx', 1), cmdgen.UdpTransportTarget(('192.168.5.157', 161)), (1,3,6,1,4,1,18489,1,2,4,2,8,0)) varBinds gives the following: [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.18489.1.2.4.2.8.0'), Integer('2'))] I need to print the key status, based on varBinds, …

I really need help with this...i'm trying to make a game that where user guesses a word and it tells the user 1: the right number of letter in the right place 2: the number of letter that is right in the wrong place but when i test it out, …

When handling command-line arguments, I roughly know getopt will work, but have never used it before. The documents on some books seems not very informative, if read multiple arguments from the command line, is it right to use sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], etc to assign the arguments to respective variable in the …

I have a set of text files in a folder. I want to read each file, convert the contents of the file to lowercase, remove punctuations and save them all in another directory with the same filenames. How can i do that???

Ok, I'm really really new to Python. I've installed Python 2.7 and is using IDLE (GUI). I just wrote 2 classes, Car and CarsDB, but I can't load them together to use them. [CODE] class Car(object): 'A car with its own information like make, year, model, price.' def __init__(self, mk, …

ok the guy helpes me with my problem in my last post but I need to switch this: #This module determines highest value in list def highestMonthNumber (rainfall): month = ['January','Febuary','March','April','May','June','July','August'\ ,'September','October','November','December'] highestMonthly = 0 for m, n in enumerate(rainfall): if n > highestMonthly: highestMonthly = n highestMonth = m …

Hello all, My son is taking a computer programming class and we have been working on the exercise for over 20 hours. He posted a thread about needing more help with lists. If anyone can please help us with enumerating to the lowest rainfall month I would be forever grateful.I …

hi how you can help me i've been trying to connect a line from a point i click to a square that have been placed there previously but have no idea how to do it, could you help please??

[CODE]im=Image.open ("trial.jpg") a = im.resize((300,300), Image.ANTIALIAS) b = a.save("im.jpg") im1 = Image.open ("im.jpg") loadres = numpy.array(im1)[/CODE] ive resized image trial to 300x300 image and saved it as im.jpg. but once i turn it into an array and check image sizes this is what i get [CODE]>>> im.size (450, 400) >>> …

Hi, I built a popularity cloud but it doesn't work properly. The txt file is; 1 Top Gear 3 Scrubs 3 The Office (US) 5 Heroes 5 How I Met Your Mother 5 Legend of the Seeker 5 Scrubs ..... in my popularity cloud, names are written their frequency times. …

I have been messing with this program for my class for days now. I can get the program to run fine....I can get it to return highest value in list but i need it to return the month it occurs in. Here is the exercise as it appears in my …

In the following program I'M getting an error with the blit function. The error is invalid destination position. background_image_filename = 'sushiplate.jpg' sprite_image_filename = 'fugu.png' [CODE] import pygame from pygame.locals import * from sys import exit from gameobjects import Vectory2 pygame.init() screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480), 0, 32) background = pygame.image.load(sprite_image_filename).convert_alpha() sprite …

Hey, it's me again. I have a Ceaser Cypher here: [CODE]letters=list("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") def Encrypt(): for i in range(int((len(word)-1))): curletter="".join(letters).find(word[i]) if (curletter+key)>(25): if (curletter+key)<0: i=(curletter+key) i=[(curletter+key)-(curletter+key)] else: i=(curletter+key)-(25) print (curletter+key) word[i]=letters[curletter+key] return def Decrypt(): return word=list(input("Type in some letters:")) key=int(input("Type in a key:")) choice=int(input("1) Encrypt\n2) Decrypt\n:")) if choice==1: Encrypt() else: Decrypt() print("".join(word))[/CODE] …

I want to shorten the lower half of this code into a loop statement. The only(x) function is an imported function that makes sure 1 to 9 occurs only once. [CODE] num_1 = str(raw_input("Enter set 1: ") num_2 = str(raw_input("Enter set 2: ") if not only(num_1): ##These two "if not …

Hey, I have a homework problem in which I have to multiply two polynomials. I am assuming that the 2 polynomials can each be of any length so I am stuck as to how I am supposed to do that. My homework sheet derives how to do it like this …

[CODE]list=[] list_start=[[1,2], [2,2], [1,3]] for element in list_start: list.append(element) list[0].append([2,3]) print "list=", list[/CODE] The result is, list= [[1, 2, [2, 3]], [2, 2], [1, 3]] instead of list= [[1, 2], [2, 3]], [2, 2], [1, 3]] If check: >>> list[0] [1, 2, [2, 3]] >>> list[0][0] 1 >>> list[0][2] [2, …

3. How many 3 digit numbers are divisible by 17? Write a function to print them and return the sum. (The sum being the sum of the 3 digit numbers that are divisible by 17). 4. Write a program that does the following to an image: changes black pixels to …