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Hi, I cannot figure out why my fib problem is giving me the output below. I just want it to print when the fib is called and the value of n, when it returns and with what value of n, and the return value. This is what I have so …

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Hi, I am trying to figure out how to print tracing information for Fibonacci numbers. output = Computing fib(4) Leaving fib(4) returning 3 Can anyone steer me in the right direction? This is what I have: [code]import math def fib(n): if n < 3: return 1 while n >= 3: …

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I seem to have an intermittent issue with the following code segment. I am installing an application which has an associated excel add in which I register and then run the on open macro. The formula then calls one of the functions from the add-in. The script fails at the …

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is there an easy way to detect if the entire contents of one list are in another? if I have a list like this: li = [1,2] and I have another which will have random values, I want the program to do something only if every value of li is …

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Hello: [I]** I have been researching and experimenting with this with tutorials from many sources but can not even begin it to get it to work it seems.[/I] I have a very small yet important Python program that I must make into an executable file within a week's time or …

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Hi Everyone! I need a little help with this problem. I am trying to import a class -- Student with object makestudent but I keep getting this error: [CODE]This program sorts student grade information Enter the name of the data file: p2sortin.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python23\p2sort.py", line …

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This is what I have come up with but it seems like there should be a more simple way of programming it. [CODE]import string import math class Student: def __init__(self, name, hours, qpoints): self.name = name self.hours = float(hours) self.qpoints = float(qpoints) def getName(self): return self.name def getHours(self): return self.hours …

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Hi all, I know there have been several threads about getting card images into a GUI, but I'm flustered trying to understand why some things work and some things don't. Here's the code: [php] import random from Tkinter import * import Image, ImageTk class Card(object): suits = ["C","D","H","S"] values = …

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Help! I am trying to enter characters (for classroom grades) into my program and convert them to numeric values so I can get gradepoint averages. I can't figure out how to convert A-, A+, B-, B+, etc... Can someone help? This is what I have: [code]class Student: def __init__(self, name, …

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Hi I'm a completely new to computer programming and am looking to make an application that can search through 3 dictionaries using one input. The dictionaries are Chinese-English, Chinese-Vietnamese and another Chinese-English. The first one is taken from CEDICT, an open source dictionary in Unicode. I'm going to try to …

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HI, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT ALL DAY LONG. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ALONG? I WILL TELL YOU THE PROBLEM AND THEN SHOW YOU WHAT I HAVE SO FAR. I AM TRYING TO MODIFY THIS RECURSIVE PROGRAM: [code=python] def fib(n): if n < 3: return …

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Just trying to make pickle work, but when I load the file the dictiionary is still empty. It's an addressbook, with the dictionary keys being names, and values being numbers {N:NUM} I've programmed pickle to save it to a file with a user specified name, and it does so. I …

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Hi all My first time with this forum:). I'm running python 2.4.4 and unicode enabled wxPython on Windows XP. I'm writing a gui application which requires users to be able to type accented characters easily into a TextCtr. To this end I have built a set of tools on a …

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O.K. This is what I have changed in my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread65045.html#"]program[/URL]: import string import math class Student: def __init__(self, name, hours, qpoints): self.name = name self.hours = float(hours) self.qpoints = float(qpoints) def getName(self): return self.name def getHours(self): return self.hours def getQpoints(self): return self.qpoints def gpa(self): return self.qpoints/self.hours def addLetterGrade(self, LetterGrade, credits): …

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Hi all, In the never-ending quest to master Tkinter, I wrote a small version of Notepad. Here is my "SaveAs" function: [php] def save_as(): if not mainw.filename: mainw.filename = tkFileDialog.asksaveasfilename(title="Save As...", filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"),("Text Files","*.txt")]) if not mainw.filename: return f = open(mainw.filename, "w") s = mainw.frame.edit.get("1.0",END) f.write(s) f.close() [/php] As you …

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Hi, I need help please. At first I was understanding the Python language but I got lost somewhere along the line. Can someone please guide me through implementing an addLetterGrade method? I am not very good with computers and I am having a very hard time. This is my first …

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[php] import random availableCountries = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] firstTurnsCountries = [] secondTurnsCountries = [] def countryDivider(countryNum): counter = 0 while True: if counter == 8: break num = 7 if num > 0: countryToAdd = random.randint(0,num) if num == 0: countryToAdd = 0 if counter …

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I like to create a database of common chemicals with Python. How would I go about that? Any help welcome!

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This came up on Chris99's bus ticket program thread. Would like to see any simple examples on how to pass variables between classes without using global variables.

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python 2.4.1 mySQLdb 1.2.0 kernel 2.6.12 Hi, How can I make the following statement so I can search for any string? Right now I need to input at runtime %whatever I'm looking for% between % signs to get all records matching that query. I want to have this statement set …

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I am horribly (obssesed?) with writing a visually appealing game (simple) in python. My text adventures didn't appeal to my aufience (family), so I was looking at a tut on making a pac man clone, supposed to be line by line, it seemes choppy. Any ways, here is the code. …

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I was wondering, if I wanted to attempt an ANSII dos game in Python, what would be the best way to do it? I would like to know how I would run it, i.e., would it run in the Python Interactive shell or could a make it run in dos? …

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I have been working on a GUI-based program using Tkinter; it is coming along nicely and I am very pleased with the results. I am at a point where I am trying to attempt a graphic manipulation of the GUI canvas. I have researched this but I am unsure what …

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As you can see, I am playing around with the Tkinter GUI toolkit. How can I keep a number of widgets fixed in a location even when the user expands the window?

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I am writing a small Python program for the use in our departments stockroom. This is what I have come up with (just starting): [php]# table of chemicals in stockroom # order --> stock number, chemical name, quantity (grams) # short version of the table table = [ ['ud-99137', 'm-chlorobenzoic …

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Hello! I am working nowadays at a little script that reads mail (gmail).Nothing fancy here.The only problem is that i want to check if pop is enabled and if not to enable it from my python script. Do you know some way[s] to do that?I've tried googling but all i …

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**[I]Note: This may not be the correct forum for this post; I posted here as I thought it may be related in at least an indirect way. Please move if necessary.[/I] I have never knowingly worked on any projects where I had to attempt to extend a language. I hear …

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Hello! In Visual Basic, there is a piece of code that can be used to see if a command starts with a certain text. For example, if I had a textbox, and I wanted to see if the user had started it with an "A" then I would use (not …

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when i say basic i mean basic it doesnt store the encrypted string in a file or anything it just prints out what it would be and all i intend it to do is swap a for b, b for c and so on then turn the string round backwards …

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Concerning Python Indentation Syntax: I have researched this and read some reasoning behind indentation-level enforcement. My question is: does this exist simply to ensure consistency when dealing with nested statements, a precaution against sloppy composition of code? I am not complaining about this, and actually I somewhat like this, but …

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I have been working on a somewhat small Python GUI for a few weeks now primarily focusing on the GUI and not giving much in-depth thought to the logic of what is to be a simple card game. I assumed the logic to be in my head and in general …

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So the Text Adventure is lost. ;-;. I am working on a GUI to take a starting point and a destination input by the user, and scan a file to find a match for both. If it finds a match for Variable A + B then it will assign variable …

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I am writing a small tkinter-app involving user keyboard-input, and want to control the range of acceptable input-characters. I'm currently using an Entry-widget, but haven't been able to access the individual characters AS THEY ARE ENTERED. What I (think I:confused:) need is somthing like the 'command=' option (as in the …

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I am trying code a single button that will fire two commands, that is, it will open two image files with one button selection. I have researched this and have not found much directly related to this question; what I found was to use a def within a def, thus …

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Hi, I have a small python program with e-mail capabilities that I have pieced together from code snippets found on the internet. The program uses the smtplib module to successfully send an e-mail with an attachment. I want to give users an indication of the percentage of the e-mail that …

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sharky_machine Offline Posting Whiz in Training Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 253 Rep Power: Re: Starting Python Today, 1:41 pm | Add to sharky_machine's Reputation | Add Infraction | Flag Bad Post | IP | #86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vegaseat: I have been reviewing this code you had …

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hi friends, help me in regarding , making a "setup " using py2exe, actually my project contains ( dlls,libs,and icons,sip file) so how can i wirte a steup for the project for example my pj name is : " manukumar " it cotains : m1.py,m2.py,m3.py etc files and it contains:: …

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hey guys, I'm almost done with my newest project (PythonCMS) pretty much a simple, personal, python-based version of dreamweaver;) anyway, I can build webpages with it upload images, media, updates, anything like that. but what I"m trying to get to work now is something that will resize an image to …

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I am interested in learning if it is indeed possible to sort a Python dict. What I have researched tonight points to that it is [B]not[/B] possible, although snippets were posted inferring that you can sort a dict; I tried some of this code and it did not seem to …

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I would post this in my other thread, but I marked that as solved so I think less people would look at it. I want to say this: [code]if list1 is empty: do this elif list1 has any value in it: do this[/code] How do I word that in python?

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Name: Dave Wright Nickname: Lefti, Lefticus Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 195 Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Location: Dumfries, South West Scotland Age: 27 Hobbies: IT, Golf Relationship Status: engaged (getting married 30/06/07 :lol:). Music: Most Things really (although I have a particular preconception with Electronic Music [esp. D&B]). Education: High …

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hi guys, I have an assignment that is due on december first and i cant seem to get a wrap around it and was wondering if someone could help. I have been given a Robot module with 17 testboards and some predefined functions such as sensor, move, currentPosition, boardSize and …

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Hi, I tried to run following script of drawing a sin/cos curve using python 2.4 , there is error: [B][COLOR=red]Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 6, in ? File "C:\Python24\Lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1564, in __init__ baseName = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'argv'[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=blue]Can anybody tell me …

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When coding in Tkinter, you can make a button, then when the button is pressed, it refers to something that you defined, or whatever its called when you use the def statement. What I'm wondering, is if there is a way to do this in non Tkinter programing. I am …

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Hello: I am trying to use the Python Sleep Function via [I]import time;[/I] I get results but not the results I am looking for. What I am trying to do is rather simple and only for visual effect in a Python GUI: [B]Display GIF --> Sleep (pause) 5-seconds --> Display …

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Last night I took the advice of a DaniWeb member and looked at some posted Python code; this code was based around a card-type game and involved creating a GIF deck, shuffling, then displaying it. My original question had to do with using a Python dict for my GIF images. …

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I am writing a program that has two lists set up, and then the user is prompted for input. I want to tell the program to do one thing if the users answer is found in one list, and do another thing entirely if the variable is in the second …

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Yeah, uhh I've heard about it, but where do i get it and how do i use it? HElp is appreciated

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