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    Thread: Extract a string between 2 words from a text file
Post: Extract a string between 2 words from a text file

Hi Forum, I have a very long Code script containing SAS Proc SQL. There's a lot of excess code that I don't need and I know that the individual scripts will begin with 'proc sql' and end with 'quit;'...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 2 1,882 Nov-01-2021, 06:29 AM
    Thread: Programming robots using Python
Post: RE: Programming robots using Python

Thanks Larz60+, I've had a look and my hardware looks very similar to the basic robots kit. The Makeblock hardware kit is designed to use Scratch and also Python. Do you have any suggestions as to set...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 5 3,462 Oct-31-2021, 12:47 AM
    Thread: Programming robots using Python
Post: RE: Programming robots using Python

(Oct-30-2021, 04:32 PM)Larz60+ Wrote: Here's a few sites to visit: https://learn.adafruit.com where you will find robotics projects like https://learn.adafruit.com/simple-raspberry-pi-robot and Spa...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 5 3,462 Oct-30-2021, 11:46 PM
    Thread: Programming robots using Python
Post: Programming robots using Python

Hi Forum, I hope I'm in the right part of the forum to post my question, pls correct me if I'm wrong. I'm learning Python and I want to buy a product like Raspberry Pi where I get the Hardware and al...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 5 3,462 Oct-30-2021, 11:43 AM
    Thread: Scraping a CRM
Post: RE: Scraping a CRM

Thanks but I didn't think that a VBA forum would be able to help with this either considering I use Python usually for scraping. But of course, you're right. Could anyone answer this question though,...
OscarBoots Web Scraping & Web Development 5 6,782 Oct-01-2019, 10:15 AM
    Thread: Scraping a CRM
Post: Scraping a CRM

Hi Forum, I'm trying to scrape some data regularly from the company CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool that contains all the data entered & produces reports. I'm using some adapted code ...
OscarBoots Web Scraping & Web Development 5 6,782 Oct-01-2019, 03:29 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

Hi snippsat, Yes I did do as you advised but I don't think I'm trying to install the right file. I mean the downloaded files are formatted as .tar or come with numerous files. When I'm trying to inst...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-07-2019, 03:02 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

Hi snippsat, I've been trying download pandas_datareader and got a latest version with no option for an O/S from this site - https://pypi.org/project/pandas-datareader/. I added the file to the Anaco...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-07-2019, 01:30 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

OH, Ok, Thanks **biggrin** Thanks snippsat, I tried to install pandas-datareader but got the attached error; [attachment=550]
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-03-2019, 11:54 PM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

Hi Again, I've been able to run the below script after I downloaded & installed Anacaonda and it looks like I have everything. Happy Days! ] # Python version import sys print('Python: {}'.for...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-02-2019, 06:20 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

Thanks Larz60+, snippsat & buran for your help. I'm using Anaconda & have found that I have installed pandas & matplotlib. While practising, with the below code, I found that I have also...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-02-2019, 04:50 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: RE: Import Library but Download first?

Thanks Larz60+, So when you're talking about installed, they are the ones that have been downloaded first to the PC? Apologies for the basic question, but I want to make sure I know how this all wor...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-01-2019, 10:27 AM
    Thread: Import Library but Download first?
Post: Import Library but Download first?

Hi, Please help a newbie to understand how to access libraries. I've practised with some code & used the import 'xxxxx'. I'm curious to know whether I should have downloaded this library to my ...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 15 7,016 Feb-01-2019, 10:10 AM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: RE: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Thanks anyway. **smile**
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-31-2019, 10:23 PM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: RE: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Thanks again, I think you are misunderstanding my question. Hi Forum, I have 2 issues. I want to do some work on some datasets that are in a Teradata DB so 1. I am trying to connect to it & ru...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-31-2019, 09:55 PM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: RE: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Thanks again, but I need to know (because I've tried exhaustively) how & what to use to install teradata-15.10.0.21 and not tell me what doesn't do this...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-31-2019, 08:49 PM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: RE: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Thanks again Larz60+, I've now got to the stage where I have added the teradata-15.10.0.21 file to the directory; C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Lib\teradata-15.10.0.21. I then ran pip install teradata an...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-31-2019, 01:34 AM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: RE: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Thanks, As I was saying, this doesn't find the file and I expect I need to supply a directory path. ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'teradata'
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-30-2019, 11:51 PM
    Thread: Connect a Teradata DB to Python
Post: Connect a Teradata DB to Python

Hi Forum, I have 2 issues. I want to do some work on some datasets that are in a Teradata DB so 1. I am trying to connect to it & run queries. 2. I downloaded the driver 'teradata-15.10.0.21.tar'...
OscarBoots General Coding Help 10 8,883 Jan-30-2019, 10:39 PM
    Thread: Convert Python 2 to 3 syntax issue
Post: RE: Convert Python 2 to 3 syntax issue

Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.
OscarBoots General Coding Help 11 5,577 Jan-08-2019, 09:19 AM

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