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| | Is it a good idea to help people with object oriented software design and code? I'm asking this because most of the code here is written using the functional programming, and all could probably improve a little or a lot with object oriented design and coding. My first doubt about …  |
| | Does anyone know how I can test if an object's type is a builtin type or a user defined type ? |
| | As an amateur weekend programmer, I find that the easist way to learn how a program works is to step through the program using my IDE debugger. Using breakpoints is obviously the best way to step over code that doesn't interest me. My problem is that in some large programs, … |
| | Hello, I am trying to make a program to calculate the payment for a babysitter like this: A babysitter charges $5 an hour until 9:00 p.m., at which point the rate drops to $3 an hour because the kids are in bed # the start and end times are in …  |
| | Hello, I am fairly new to python and in process of taking a class on Natural Language Processing and the language itself. I would sure appreciate any help at all on this current assignment. I'm having trouble trying to understand how I should start this program or how it all … |
 | Hi All, I'm curious to know what is the difference as well as recommendation for two beasts :) Is it Panda or Pygame and why? |
| | I have an array of numbers and want to print out how many of each number there are in the array. My method works but I was wondering what a more efficient way of doing this would be. I figure a loop would work but I haven't figured out how … |
| | The modification code that i wan is: When: m = "i wan do something" i need a modification code when get m result... the code will automatic modify it become: "i[B]\\[/B] wan do [B]\\[/B]something" |
| | Hi all – I am running Python 2.6.2 in a Windows XP Pro environment. I am trying to write my first python/cgi script combo and they must execute on a Linux websever. After surfing the web I realize that MS-DOS and Unix systems use different methods to identify end-of-line information … |
| | I want to kno whether you can control an inpput by time in python. whether i can have a function which checks time n if input not given in that time then moves on? |
| | I'm trying to read dynamically generated data from a website (it's being generated by javascript linked to server-side code, so i can't read the data from the html file returned by urllib). Is there a way to do this in python? Would using firefox macros be easier? Thanks for any … |
 | I am wanting to create a program that everytime I run it, it gets the current playing tune in iTunes, and sets this as my Facebook status: "I'm listening to current_playing_song, corrent_artist." I have no idea how to start. can someone suggest how? |
| | What is a static method and when should I use one? |
| | I'm looking for some major help. I'm a decently new coder, taking a Python class independent study. I was writing a program for a two-player 21 game. (Like blackjack only I start with only one card... for some reason.) Only problem is, while the code doesn't seem to contain any … |
 | I have two similar lists and want to create a new list with just the differences between the two. Is there an existing function or do I have to iterate with a for loop? |
| | Hi, I want to make a program that can make asterisks around the text, so the output is something like this: Enter string: Hello World ************* * Hello World * ************* I do not want to use the multiplication technique (ex: "*" * 5), and I want to try using … |
| | hello, i have some form which split by iframe. subject field is no probelm ,but content field was come from another iframe source.. so i can't input text in content's field.. im using PAMIE and win32com module.. i have to put text in 'contents.contentsValue' here. but i have no luck..anyone … |
| | I am building a code that needs to find the average of a set of scores in a list that can have amounts added and removed. I know how to find the average of a list of scores of a fixed number can someone help me on how to find … |
| | I always wondered how a programmer could efficiently generate a random number from a set* of numbers once and only once. I quickly realized the inefficient solution. Simply generate the number and if it equals one you have all ready generated then regenerate the number. Regenerating the number is a … |
| | A simple function to return the number of occurances of a letter in a text. An easier way to implement this would be by using a dictionary :) P.S sorry if there already is a code snipped like that somewhere. |
| | I can't find a simple command that does this. If there's no command that does this I'm going to spam python.org until they finally agree to put this in the next version of python.  |
| | I'm writing code in python for a tic tac toe game. I have ran into a problem. can any one help me out. thanks # TIC TAC TOE # Started: 10/19/09 # Ended: still in progress #GLOBAL CONSTANTS X = "X" O = "O" Empty = " " TIE = … |
| | I've got a book for python 2. in school and the problem is that we're programming in 3. which makes it difficult from time to time to get it right, cause you cant just copy the text in the book to the shell. I'm stuck with this ex: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # … |
| | This snippet shows a fast and efficient way to cut strings in substrings with a fixed length (note that the last substring may be smaller). |
| | i need to write code for two "robots" that will chase each other around the screen. im stuck on a command which is the step(x,y) command which take the (x,y) coordinates of the other robot as a parameter which should just contain "pass" and will be overridden by the subclass. …  |
 | with the function: list(string) you put every letter from the string in a list, I want to put each 2 letters in a list so If I had the string: ThisIsATestt I want to get a list: ['Th','is','Is','AT','es','tt'] (There will never be a letter alone, so you don't have to … |
| | Do you use or abuse list comprehensions? Do you recognise a duck when you see one? Do you unpack when you start assignments? I'm looking to connect with raw 'professionals' but exceptionally talented coders with good academics and who know Python inside out. The company are one of the fastest … |
| | Hello, I'm trying to create a program that calculates the hypotenuse and area of a right triangle. I need to round the hypotenuse to 2 places after the decimal, and one place for the area However, I can't seem to get it to work If I tried c = int(round(math.sqrt(a**2) … |
| | how do you write a command that turn left or right at an angle in a superclass is it like this: def left(self): self.position += self.angle return (self.position) its part of Object oriented Python  |
| | I've gotten some great responses to my questions here, so I'm really grateful for this resource of programmers on this website. I've been working on an algorithm and am almost completed with it, but I'm finding out the very last steps are the most difficult for me because they require … |
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