Now what!?

[notbob]

Grrr....

I'm following A Byte of Python and into the while loops chap. I cp/paste
while.py to a file and give 777 perms. I mv while.py to while and run it (./while)
as a standalone script. I get errors.

Here is the script:

while.py

http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byt...statement.html
When I run it as.....

$ python while

......it works perfect. But, if I run it simply as.....

$ ./while

......I get this:

$ ./while
number: illegal number: =
../while: line 6: running: command not found
../while: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token ('
../while: line 9: guess = int(raw_input(' Enter an integer : '))'

Why does it work one way and not the other. If I run the simple hello world
script the same way ($ ./helloworld) and it works fine. Same shebang, same
dir, same permission, etc. I even meticulously indented everything
perfectly by hand. What am I missing?

BTW, anyone know a better cli news client/editor combo than slrn/jed (don't
even think vi!)? When I cp/past code (or most anything else) to jed, all
the lines become stair-stepped. This is no biggie for a most stuff, but for
idented code, it's unacceptable.

nb

[notbob]

On 2008-05-11, Dennis Lee Bieber <wl*****@ix.net com.comwrote:

on the Amiga, it could be any of those applications).

ahhh.... the Amiga, the demise of which was one of the great calamaties of
our cyber time. (sniff)

nb

[castironpi]

On May 10, 10:05*pm, hdante <hda...@gmail.c omwrote:

On May 10, 8:22*pm, notbob <not...@nothome .comwrote:

On 2008-05-10, Dennis Lee Bieber <[e-mail] com.comwrote:

* *So... in short, you'd need to have been reading a tutorial specific
to "shell" scripting...

I have been. *I'm also trying to learn bash shell scripting, not to mention
sed/awk, php, etc. *I should have started this a long time ago, but I'm lazy

*Throw all of this away and learn just python. That will be much
simpler for you.

and, like I said, I'm not particularly fond of coding. *Yes, I have learned
basic C and basic , but never beyond intro. *Now, I'm doing it becauseI'm a

*Forget basic and learn python. Later you can learn C.

Fiscally speaking, C and Python may well be just as economical. So
long as you've spent time learning a computer language, hold you can
get your needs met*.

* Even if money isn't a measure of value, a true measure of value, or
measure of true value.

In light of the actual writing of Python, if you make it, like to.

In sight of competitors, argue that Python is at least a locus, node,
nodepoint, or to-central of something about free and software.

Hold that Python is an end in itself, and/or that writing it is, and/
or is writing an implementation.

(Can you talk about languages like they're people?)

Distinguish further between languages, programs, libraries, and the
standards.

Then evaluate Python for population assortment characteristics , such
as population, overcrowding, undercrowding, and various sense
criteria.

In the Windows world, we are asking, how many keystrokes per thought,
mouse motions per error, and cross.

If your boss sucks but Python rules, it remains unclear that either is
any better. It is not clear that Python has a will, or computers
have.

If they have minds, whether absent will or not, perhaps it wouldn't
pay to like it too much. What diversity can you find on a newsgroup?

>

geezer and I figure my brain needs more exercise then just blabbing on
usenet. *Besides, I've been cruising while using linux for too long and have
remained low end intermediate. *Time to get serious. *Pass the cheatsheets!

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[Rilindo Foster]

I don't know the context of the discussion, since I just joined the
list, but:
On May 10, 2008, at 11:05 PM, hdante wrote:

On May 10, 8:22 pm, notbob <not...@nothome .comwrote:

>On 2008-05-10, Dennis Lee Bieber <[e-mail] com.comwrote:

>> So... in short, you'd need to have been reading a tutorial
specific
to "shell" scripting...

I have been. I'm also trying to learn bash shell scripting, not to
mention
sed/awk, php, etc. I should have started this a long time ago, but
I'm lazy

Throw all of this away and learn just python. That will be much
simpler for you.

Ummm, if you are working with Unix and Unix-like systems, you should
know shell scripting. Work through that first and then when you find
that you can't get things done with a shell script, go with Python (or
failing that, Perl :) ).

- Rilindo

[Marco Mariani]

notbob wrote:

frustrated and give up on learning programming, not really caring much for
coding, anyway. But, dammit, I'm gonna stick with it this time. I'll learn
python if it kills me!

No, it won't kill you but make you stronger ;)