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    Thread: Random Sentance Generator
Post: Random Sentance Generator

Hey guys so I need to write a Random Sentance Generator that reads  nouns. adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, Intransitive verbs, Leadin, Nounmarkes, Transitive verbs  From files that contain these p...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 1 3,992 May-19-2017, 07:21 AM
    Thread: Trouble displaying items from lists
Post: RE: Trouble displaying items from lists

Quote:Incidentally, keeping "parallel arrays" like this is a well-known anti-pattern (you problem above is exactly one of the frequent pitfalls) and you should really be using a single array of "aggre...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 8 6,479 May-18-2017, 07:37 AM
    Thread: Trouble displaying items from lists
Post: RE: Trouble displaying items from lists

(May-18-2017, 04:37 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: It looks as if names is a list. try print(names) to see. if so, you can find the index of the one you want by using index idx = nicknames.index('nick') del nick...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 8 6,479 May-18-2017, 04:51 AM
    Thread: Trouble displaying items from lists
Post: RE: Trouble displaying items from lists

Thanks man I will check that out. Funny I have run into an entirely new problem now I am trying to write a delete function that asks the user for the nickname they want to delete then deletes the co...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 8 6,479 May-18-2017, 12:23 AM
    Thread: Trouble displaying items from lists
Post: Trouble displaying items from lists

So I am writing a code for an address book. I have a function that searches for a nickname of a person then prints their details if the nickname is in the list but I only getting the "contact does not...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 8 6,479 May-17-2017, 10:42 PM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: RE: User input slice

And removing the for loops in this case just displays the outfile with no text. Really stumped to what I am missing import sys print(" *** Truncating File Copy ***") infile_name = input("Please enter...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-13-2017, 10:51 PM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: RE: User input slice

(May-13-2017, 11:50 AM)ichabod801 Wrote: You've pretty much got right there. If you've just got one list (and please don't name it list), then you can eliminate the for loops and it should work. Alt...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-13-2017, 08:54 PM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: User input slice

Does anyone know how to take user inputs and put that in to the slice method?. I know there are two numbers in the slice method separated by colon. The one on the left will remove elements on the left...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-13-2017, 11:12 AM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: RE: Slicing to a file

Ok thanks anyway.
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-12-2017, 10:51 PM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: RE: Slicing to a file

(May-12-2017, 03:49 AM)nilamo Wrote: Get rid of lines 5 and 6.  They do nothing, but open file handles that you never deal with. I'd suggest massively simplifying your task, and just using strings ...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-12-2017, 06:15 AM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: RE: Slicing to a file

Seems I am still rather stuck on this. I have worked out how to add lines properly but I still am stumped by replacing the lines. The instructions are stating: Ask the user two questions before copy...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-11-2017, 09:47 PM
    Thread: Slicing to a file
Post: Slicing to a file

Hey everyone just a quick question. I need to omit lines from a file where the number of lines is dictated by the user input then save it as a new file I have the jist of editing files and saving them...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 11 8,439 May-11-2017, 09:05 PM
    Thread: Spell Checker
Post: Spell Checker

Hey guys I need help with this program please :) I need to  Turn the string into a list of lists, where each sublist has two elements (the mispelling and the correctly spelt word). This is your corre...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 1 3,194 May-07-2017, 06:14 AM
    Thread: Formatting question regarding tables (Interest loan calculator)
Post: RE: Formatting question regarding tables

(May-07-2017, 12:59 AM)nilamo Wrote: It is rounding to the nearest 2 decimal places.  But it's *also* printing the rate (2.0) before each one. Thanks, see that now. I think I need a break lol  http...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 14 10,283 May-07-2017, 01:05 AM
    Thread: Formatting question regarding tables (Interest loan calculator)
Post: RE: Formatting question regarding tables

(May-06-2017, 10:28 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: You typically don't use tabs for this (especially with number that should be aligned on the decimal dot). You use  a format spec that force them to be padded wit...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 14 10,283 May-06-2017, 10:42 PM
    Thread: Formatting question regarding tables (Interest loan calculator)
Post: Formatting question regarding tables

So if I want to make a table and allign the results in a row to something like years neatly what would I need to change  years = print("Years\t 1 \t\t2\t\t3\t\t4\t\t5\t\t6\t\t7\t\t8\t\t9\t\t10") prin...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 14 10,283 May-06-2017, 09:23 PM
    Thread: Help printing any items that contains a keyword from a list
Post: RE: Help printing any items that contains a keywor...

I edited the code a bit to make it a little easier hopefully. Although now im running into a problem with the keep function. It will work if used in the order of the commands but if I want to keep a r...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 13 74,544 May-06-2017, 09:00 PM
    Thread: Help printing any items that contains a keyword from a list
Post: RE: Help printing any items that contains a keywor...

(May-06-2017, 07:43 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: You need elif, which is an abbreviation for 'else if'. It gives another condition to check if the previous conditions haven't been met. menu() selection = i...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 13 74,544 May-06-2017, 07:48 PM
    Thread: Help printing any items that contains a keyword from a list
Post: RE: Help printing any items that contains a keywor...

matches = [] letter = input('Search title starting with the letter: ') # input is already returning a str, you don't need to convert it. for movie in movies_list:    if movie.startswith(letter):      ...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 13 74,544 May-06-2017, 06:48 PM
    Thread: Help printing any items that contains a keyword from a list
Post: RE: Help printing any items that contains a keywor...

Just also wondering how I would go about Adding the last displayed movie from a list to a new list. so for e.g If the last movie shown on output was pulp fiction How would I add this to a list Wou...
Liquid_Ocelot Homework 13 74,544 May-06-2017, 04:06 AM

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