Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y110. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

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Python Programming - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ypfull.html  [course]

Learning to Program in Python - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ylfull.html  [course]

Reading a file multiple times - file pointers When you open a file for read, you create a "file pointer" which knows where in the file you are, and each time you read from the file this advances so ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1442_Rea ... nters.html  [short article]

File overwrite and append in python #!/usr/local/bin/python import sys import time havevalue = 0 while havevalue < 1: try: table = input("What table to you want? ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y110/tablog.py  [code sample]

Conversion of OSI grid references to Eastings and Northings In both Ireland and the UK, the Ordnance survey divides down the country into a series of lettered 100km x 100km squares, represented by 1 letter (Ireland) ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2011_Con ... hings.html  [short article]

The elegance of Python If I need a little utility and I'm running a Perl course, then I'll write it in Perl. Training in Tcl ... then that's the scripting language to use for ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/183_The- ... ython.html  [short article]

List a directory sorted by age of object import os import os.path import time # Build up a dictionary of timestamps content = {} for item in os.listdir('.'): content[item] = os.path.getmtime(item) ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y110/pinorder.py  [code sample]

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How to open a file in Python and how to read it line by line into a string, or all at once, into a list. Also how to overwrite a file or add to an existing file, and how to check existing files on your file system.

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

coster.py	Read whole file, report on lines matching a pattern
costhuge.py	Reading a file line by line
dmoz.py	Parsing a large file, looking for matching lines
dsa	polymorphism in action
fff	Jumping around an input file (random access)
fgfg	Improved version - program to handle data recently appended to a log file
filechex	File checks - is it a directory, when was it modified
grabpage.py	Read from a URL as is reading from a file
lost.py	Trapping a non-existant file error
n2	Find the title of a web site
pinorder.py	List a directory sorted by age of object
pstat.py	Checking whether a file exists, and things about it ...
tablog.py	File overwrite and append in python

Writing a Python program