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[Ironman]

The 2.7.1 is the newest and probably last stable build of python in th 2.x series. 3.x has a stable build. But from What I read lots of people are still using the 2.x.  I've loaded 2.7.1 on my computer with Idle. I've been reading "Learning Python" and been doing the examples as I go.
Can someone post some simple python scripts that I can dissect to help me learn this stuff? Any help would be appreciated.

[Gavin]

I'm also working on learning python but it's going slow.

[d3nn]

I started learning python, I just haven't really had time to get past my first 3 hello world programs :(

[Gavin]

D3nn said:

I started learning python, I just haven't really had time to get past my first 3 hello world programs :(

Exactly! And when I did they started talking about terms they never explained and I got real confused

[Leffy]

http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python

Amazing book/tutorial

[Ironman]

D3nn said:

I started learning python, I just haven't really had time to get past my first 3 hello world programs :(

Did my first hello world this morning. I got the app learning python. But it's for 3.0. I've only ran into a couple of differences so far. I know if I see a few simple scripts it will help.

[d3nn]

Yeah, I think I just need to start myself on a big project but take it slow. That's how I got started on ti-basic and it worked pretty well

[Ironman]

Leffy said:

http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python

Amazing book/tutorial

Well. After your post it looks like I may need to clean my computer and load up the 3.x version. What version do most hack tools that use python have?? Anyone know?? I suspect it's 2.x.

[A12danrulz]

For iPod it's 2.5 I think.

[Gavin]

The latest for iPhone is 2.5.

[Ironman]

Okay!! Sticking with 2.7.1 then. 

[$tiLL $kiLLeD]

I have the same version but I've been goin slow bckuz I have so much school. I'm reading learning python also, I'm hanging in there so far, I really want to be a programmer in the video game industry

[PaulBird]

just google python examples

[ghoulmaster]

For the main differences in all your 2.x scripts put this code in

print(x):
    print x
range(x):
    xrange(x)

and thats the main looking differences, there are other differences but i doubt you will run into them unless you use map() and filter() which in this case in 3.x they return an iterator and in 2.x they return a list. Other then that theres new string formatting with the .format method. really those are the only differences that bothered me

[Gavin]

Yeah and you can run most 3.0 scripts in 2.0

[PaulBird]

yup

[Leffy]

I was board so i ran this on loop for a little

count1 = 1
count2 = 2
while count1 < count2:
    count1 = count1 * 2
    count2 = count2 * 2
    print(count1)

[PaulBird]

lol

[Trcx528]

No trying to pick apart your code, but couldn't you have wrote it to read

count = 1
while 1 == 1
   count = count * 2
   print (count)

I don't know any python so correct me if i'm wrong any where. Anytime I write code I try to do so using as few instructions as possible (hopefully thus making it more efficient)

[ZombieLion]

You need a colon after the while 1==1: But otherwise that would work.