May 09, 2018
Looking through lists again. How to create a simple list and assign it to a variable.
albums = ['Meddle', 'Atom Heart Mother', 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here', 'The Wall']
for albums in albums:
print "An album by Pink Floyd: %s" % albums
May 01, 2018
Python's len() method can be used to easily find the length of a string. It's a simple and quick way to measure the length of a string (the number of characters) without having to write a lot of code. The syntax for using the len() method is fairly straightforward, and hard to mess up. Even I can manage it.
from sys import argv
script, file = argv
source = open(file)
indata = source.read()
print "The file called '%s' is %s bytes in length." % (file, len(indata))
Remember that len() calculates the string so it can be used for characters too. You could ask Python to count the letters in a word or sentence.
April 29, 2018
April 29, 2018
Did anyone spot the glaring error in the last script? It misses the len(indata) which calculates the file size. I have corrected that now. Thanks to everyone who contacted me.
April 24, 2018
Panic's Coda 2 is an expensive piece of software when you are only writing in Python. I recently moved over to Sublime Text. It's actually free, if for the occasionally prompt to buy it. If you're on a budget, I totally recommend it.