Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

[Miguel Manso]

Mike Meyer wrote:

>Miguel Manso <mmanso at amplitudenet.pt> writes:
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>>I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I
>>get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a
>>list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named
>>parameters to functions, and simple things like that.
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>I went through some of those frustrations.
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>>What I would like to know is if anyone had these problems and if you
>>can share that experience with me. I'm trying to minimize my
>>"frustration" :)
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>The thing is, the answers to all your questions are in the
>documentation. You just need to know the Python names for things, and
>not the Perl names. For instance, Python calls it's associative array
>structure a dictionary, and a checking the documentation index for
>dictionary turns up a link to the syntax for declaring one as
>display/dictionary.
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>Read through the tutorial. Then look through some "interesting"
>modules in the standard library to see how these things fit together.
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>        <mike
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I guess I'll just do that. I'll put the frustration in a bag, grab the 
documentation and try to figure it out.

Thanks all.

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