[Tutor] G'day

Todd Maynard python-tutor at toddmaynard.com
Sat Feb 18 14:12:12 CET 2006


John,

Just as an FYI, Dive into Python is available in printed form.   The 
http://diveintopython.org website has a link to it on Amazon.com. It might be 
cheaper than printing it out yourself..

--Todd Maynard



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On Saturday 18 February 2006 07:11, John Connors wrote:
> G'day,
>
> Thanks to the people who replied, I only found them today and hopefully I
> didn't miss any. For some reason hotmail was sending them to junk even
> though it allowed the 1st message through and I had added tutor at python.org
> to my contact list. Should be sorted now I hope!
>
> > > print "Hello, World!"
> > >
> > > print ' 'Goodbye, World!"
> >
> >If you are referring to the bit on page 25 it is the same style of
> >quote in both examples in my copy of the book. Are you sure
> >its different? Or are you looking at another page?
>
> It was a library book and I have taken it back, there was typos all through
> it. I figured out that most of the syntax errors I was getting were from
> incorrect indentation. I knew indentation was important in python but I
> didn't realise it would return a syntax error if it was wrong. Not the
> authors fault BTW, just errors in the printing I think.
>
> I'm now using an ebook I found called Dive Into Python. I much prefer using
> a book so I can duck back a few pages to refresh my memory and reading on
> the monitor is a real pain. It seems an excellent reference though so I'll
> get around to printing it out sooner or latter (when the Mrs isn't here so
> she won't complain about me wasting ink and paper).
>
> John
>
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