I have no training in python. I know QBasic (yes I am 73!) but I have a hard time grasping OOP, and classes. I still think with QBasic ideas.
I want to make a simple prog to enter alphanumeric data using keyboard mainly, then process it into a txt file. I want to use it as stand alone outside python. I can understand a bit of canvas, keyboard etc. but cannot put them together to make a "box on the screen that tells what to do and sends stuff into the processing algorithm". I just can't see the big picture. Does anyone have some simple examples that I might understand and use? The processing of data I can do.
Jon
#when this is ran it will ask What would you like to input and whatever you type will be set as the variable input
input = input("What would you like to input")
#this creates a txt file
file = open("textfilename.txt", "w")
#this will get the variable input and write it in the text file
file.write('input')
#this closes the txt file
file.close()
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So I'm thinking this is one of those problems where I can't see the forest for the tree. Here is the assignment:
Using the file object input, write code that read an integer from a file called
rawdata into a variable datum (make sure you assign an integer value to datum).
Open the file at the beginning of your code, and close it at the end.
okay so first thing: I thought the input function was for assigning data to an object such as a variable, not for reading data from an object. Wouldn't that be read.file_name ?
But I gave it shot:
infile = open('rawdata','r')
datum = int(input.infile())
infile.close()
Now first problem... MyProgrammingLab doesn't want to grade it. By that I mean I type in the code, click 'submit' and I get the "Checking" screen. And that's it. At the time of writing this, my latest attempt to submit as been 'checking' for 11 minutes. It's not giving me an error, it's just not... 'checking' I guess.
Now at the moment I can't use Python to try the program because it's looking for a while and I'm on a school computer that is write locked, so even if I have the code right (I doubt it), the program will fail to run because it can neither find the file rawdata nor create it.
So... what's the deal? Am I reading the instructions wrong or is it telling me to use input in some other way then I'm trying to use it? Or am I supposed to be using a different method?
You are so close. You're just using the file object slightly incorrectly. Once it's open, you can just .read() it, and get the value.
It would probably look something like this
infile = open('rawdata','r')
datum = int(infile.read())
infile.close()
I feel like your confusion is based purely on the wording of the question - the term "file object input" can certainly be confusing if you haven't worked with Python I/O before. In this case, the "file object" is infile and the "input" would be the rawdata file, I suppose.
Currently taking this class and figured this out. This is my contribution to all of us college peeps just trying to make it through, lol. MPL accepts this answer.
input = open('rawdata','r')
datum = int(input.readline())
input.close()
I want to pass an input fasta file stored in a variable say inp_a from python to bowtie and write the output into another out_a. I want to use
os.system ('bowtie [options] inp_a out_a')
Can you help me out
Your question asks for two things, as far as I can tell: writing data to disk, and calling an external program from within Python. Without more detailed requirements, here's what I would write:
import subprocess
data_for_bowtie = "some genome data, lol"
with open("input.fasta", "wb") as input_file:
input_file.write(data_for_bowtie)
subprocess.call(["bowtie", "input.fasta", "output.something"])
There are some fine details here which I have assumed. I'm assuming that you mean bowtie, the read aligner. I'm assuming that your file is a binary, non-human-readable one (which is why there's that b in the second argument to open) and I'm making baseless assumptions about how to call bowtie on the command line because I'm not motivated enough to spend the time learning it.
Hopefully, that provides a starting point. Good luck!
This is my first time asking a question. I am just starting to get into programming, so i am beginning with Python. So I've basically got a random number generator inside of a while loop, thats inside of my "r()' function. What I want to do is take all of the numbers (basically like an infinite amount until i shut down idle) and put them into a text file. Now i have looked for this on the world wide web and have found solutions for this, but on a windows computer. I have a mac with python 2.7. ANY HELP IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED! My current code is below
from random import randrange
def r():
while True:
print randrange(1,10)
The general idea is to open the file, write to it (as many times as you need to), and close it. This is explained in the tutorial under Reading and Writing Files.
The with statement (described toward the end of that section) is a great way to make sure the file always gets closed. (Otherwise, when you stopped your script with ^C, the file might end up missing the last few hundred bytes, and you'd have to use try/finally to handle that properly.)
The write method on files isn't quite as "friendly" as the print statement—it doesn't automatically convert things to strings, add a newline at the end, accept multiple comma-separated values, etc. So usually, you'll want to use string formatting to do that stuff for you.
For example:
def r():
with open('textfile.txt', 'w') as f:
while True:
f.write('{}\n'.format(randrange(1, 10)))
You'll need to call the function and then redirect the output to a file or use the python API to write to a file. Your whole script could be:
from random import randrange
def r():
while True:
print randrange(1,10)
r()
Then you can run python script_name.py > output.txt
If you'd like to use the python API to write to a file, your script should be modified to something like the following:
from random import randrange
def r():
with open('somefile.txt', 'w') as f:
while True:
f.write('{}\n'.format(randrange(1,10)))
r()
The with statement will take care of closing the file instance appropriately.
I really would like to learn how submit questions using the cool formatting that seems to be available but it is not obvious to me just how to do that....
My question: My plan was to print "birdlist" (output from a listbox) to the file "Plain.txt" and then
delete the file so as to make it unavailable after the program exits. The problem with this is that for some reason "Plain.txt" gets deleted before the printing even starts...
The code below works quite well so long as I don't un-comment the last two lines in order to delete "Plain.txt... I have also tried to use the "tempfile" function that exists....it does not like me to send formatted string data to the temporary file. Is there a way to do this that is simple enough for my bird-brain to understand???
text_file = open("Plain.txt","w")
for name,place,time in birdlist:
text_file.write('{0:30}\t {1:>5}\t {2:10}\n'.format(name, place, time))
win32api.ShellExecute (0,"print",'Plain.txt','/d:"%s"' % win32print.GetDefaultPrinter (),".",0)
text_file.close()
#os.unlink(text_file.name)
#os.path.exists(text_file.name)
The problem is that Windows ShellExecute will just start the process and then return to you. It won't wait until the print process has finished with it.
If using the windows API directly, you can wait using the ShellExecuteEx function, but it doesn't appear to be in win32api.
If the user is going to be using your application for a while, you can keep a record of the file and delete it later.
Or you can write your own printing code so you don't have to hand it off to somebody else. See Print to standard printer from Python?
I had a similar issue with a program i'm writing. I was calling win32api.ShellExecute() under a for loop, to print a list of files and delete them afterwards. I started getting Notepad.exe popup messages on my screen telling me the file doesn't exist. After inserting some raw_input("press enter") statements to debug, i discovered that I needed a delay to avoid deleting the file too fast, so adding a time.sleep(.25) line after my ShellExecute("print",...) seemed to do the trick and fix it.
Might not be the cleanest approach, but I couldn't find anything more elegant for printing in Python that handles it better.
One thing i've been thinking about is using the 'Instance Handle ID' that is returned on successful ShellExecute() calls.. if its > 32 and >= 0 the call was successful. Maybe only run the delete if ShellExecute returns in that range, rather than trying to use an arbitrary time.sleep value. The only problem with this is it returns an exception if it's not successful and breaks out of the program.
Hope this helps!
I am a bit new to coding, I am trying to improve my skills. My preferred programming language is python. But I do need help with this bit of code. I am making an app called User Helper for my own use. I know that the code may look a bit sloppy, but when I posted it in for some reason I put four spaces in but it didn't turn to a block of code, so I had to manually put in the spaces.
But back to the topic at hand, my code has 2 problems (though you could probably find more.) I am not able to save my favorites to a document for later use when I open the app again. As well I don't know the code to open an app from python code.
I have tried many different methods including using the os function. I think I may need some sort of directory, but I'm sorry to say I am unfamiliar with directories and I have had trouble with them. The time function will be used later in the project. And for some reason when I run this program, it tries to find a path from the folder all my coding projects are in.
I also want to thank you for reading this, and I hope I can get this solved soon. I plan to become an active member in this community, and I can't wait to continue improving my skills in coding.
Thank you for your time!
import os
import time
def name():
print ""
print ""
print "Welcome to User Helper!"
name1 = raw_input("What is your name? ")
print ""
print "Welcom to User helper "+name1+"!"
def favorites():
print ""
print "Now opening Favorites settings..."
fav1 = raw_input("Favorite 1: ")
fav2 = raw_input("Favorite 2: ")
fav3 = raw_input("Favorite 3: ")
fav1full = fav1+".app"
fav2full = fav2+".app"
fav3full = fav3+".app"
fav1_path = os.path.abspath(fav1full)
fav2_path = os.path.abspath(fav2full)
fav3_path = os.path.abspath(fav3full)
os.system(fav1_path)
name()
favorites()
You can use os.chdir() to change default directory and os.startfile() to open the program or file directly. As for saving it for later use, if you want to save it to a text file, I'll include it in my answer.