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def markbook_list(): names = marks = while True: name = raw_input("Name: ") if name == "exit": break

The error message I get: unable to create user config directory C:\Users\Jayneil\.idlerc Check path and permissions. Exiting!

If you have a dict with a list how do you get the info from the list.

Why does this not work? Why does this not return "good im glad". Sorry i'm a beginner. x = str(input("Hello how are you?")) if x == "very good": print("Good Im Glad To Hear That!") else: print("I'm Sorry!")

I am just starting out. When I put this statement: "Hello World!" into a script and ran it on d terminal, this was what I got: C:Python27\python.exe: can't find '-main-' module in 'hello.py', instead of giving me the content of the folder named hello.py. What could be the problem?

1. How do I keep prompting the user for more dates until the user has indicated that he/she wishes to quit. 2. Computation of the day of the week MUST be moved to its own function. 3. How do I verify that the date entered is valid. For example, April only has 30 days so the user will not be allowed to enter April 31 as a valid date. See...

I have a game that I developed and it runs fine on my computer but now I need to distribute it. When I use pygame2exe, the generated exe gives an error saying it misses a mixer module. How can I get this to work?

I am using wxPython. I need to be able to add and remove panels/canvases on demand, but I don't know how to refresh the entire parent frame (the base starting window). I tried fooling with the Full_Repaint option, but got no where. The method I am using, to add and (hopefully) refresh the frame, Add_Canvas(), starts at line 50. canvas_List = ...

hello, I have a csv file that has 13 columns. Some columns are filled, some are blank. What I need to do is pull up the csv file, read the columns into a list or array and then put each column into its own variable that can be referenced in an email script that I've already written. Here is my code so far where my output is all of my...

Hello all! I'm trying to build a python script to create circles, place them randomly within specific limits and the most important part is that the algorithm must be able to detect any intersecting circles and if any is found, move them to another position. This script is to be used with ABAQUS finite element simulation package to create a...

I am trying to write some code so it orders the list by the date in the substring. I am trying to use 'sorted', or possibly .sort Can anyone give me some pointers? mylist=

Trying to learn programming. Im a complete newb. Im using the site learnpython thehardway. I try to set enviromental variables just like tjey say amd i always get python can not be found. Any suggestion s on what to try? I really wanna learn but am getting very frustrated being unable to interface python with powershell.

I can't seem to figure this one out. I am trying to install some python bindings for IDL. I'd like to call my IDL scripts from my more native python. The bindings are called pyIDL. It requires the Cython libraries, which I have installed. When I run the setup.py script here is what I get. $ python setup.py install --prefix=/opt/python ...

Hi, I am trying to run a python script file in ABAQUS 6.9-2 and I am having trouble with it. When I run the file in ABAQUS CAE using "run script " option it works fine. But when I run it in ABAQUS PDE I get the following error *** Error - remote process did not start Can some one please help me fix this problem Thanks in Advance Sameh

since sets in python are unordered collection,a set does't show the items it contains in the same order they have added. is it however safe to assume that the items will be displayed always in the same order?? eg. i create the following set test = set if i want to show the items in test test i may get the following output: set() does...

I have an excel file and I want to read each column and create separate lists for them. I want to then compare each element of each list with other corresponding lists I have. Is there a way I can convert the columns into lists using python?

Hi, here is a code snippet that is supposed to calculate Value2 by multiplying Wfactor and Value1 for identical object ID's. Unfortunately the line with "Value2 =" casts a function object is not iterable error. I am stumped on where it is coming from. testDict = {} for test in helps.getUniqueValues(fc,"ID"): Value2 = () ...

i had string like thiz: PV_drivers_up_to_date::true ('name' 'Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard |C:\\Windows|\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition2''distro' 'windows''major' '6''minor' '1''spmajor' '1''spminor' '0' i want to print without '',\\ and : please help me.

Hi there, I'm learning python by myself and I've just come to big stop with my first project for a Hang/man. I need some help. Thank you. Here's my code: def get_secret(): initial = raw_input('enter string: ') word = initial.lower() print '\n'*60 return str(word)

Hello, I have a basic question. I would like to make running Arc.py several times with different input (R0.arg)and output (V0.art) The idea is to repeat the command like this: Arc.py R0.arg V0.art Arc.py R1.arg V1.art Arc.py R2.arg V2.art Arc.py R3.arg V3.art Arc.py R4.arg V4.art

Hi I currently use python 2.7 and i have a snippet of code that comes out different in two interpreters. Edit: Would help to post my code ^^ from ctypes import * msvcrt = cdll.msvcrt message_string = "hello world!\n" msvcrt.printf("Testing ctypes printf: {0}".format(message_string))

PV_drivers_version::((xenvbd 1.0boot) (xennet 4.0) (major 5) (minor 6) (micro 100) (build 47101)) i want o/p as: PV_drivers_version:: (xenvbd 1.0boot) (xennet 4.0) (major 5) like thiz thanks in advance.......

I have a threaded C program that I want to launch using a Python GUI in a Unix environment. I want to be able to change the state of the GUI by gathering output from the C program. For instance, this is output from my C program using printf: Thread on tile 1: On Thread on tile 2: OFF Thread on tile 3: Disable ... Thread on tile 61: ON I...

Hi I want to invert a 10x10 antisymmetric matrix around 40000 times. Is there a faster way to implement it than to use the in-built inverse function in numpy? Thanks!

when i run the python code in controldesk 3.2.2 its working properly for sometime and then its give some the following error""Failed to completely update data for the connected variables"".I dont understand y this happenning.can anyone help me out??