[Tutor] Fwd: Learning python using Michael Dawson's book

[Peter]

Thank you for the responses to my question. This was my first posting 
and future questions will be made "clearer" to the group.

Joseph,
I have a feeling you are correct about the spacing.  I will try that.
Its easy to just load the code file and see the result, but I will learn 
more if I type out what I see in the book then see a result.
Thank much,
Peter

On 5/19/2010 7:11 AM, Joseph Gulizia wrote:
> I posted this two days ago (I thought to the list...but apparently 
> not).  I'm hopeful it helps in some way.
>
>
>
> I have the same book.
>
> Using a text editor and the underscore and dash keys and a few 
> others...the program example is creating an ASCII art version on the 
> words "Game Over".
>
> Type it manually probably means to type it out...NOT use copy and paste.
>
> Can't get it to work probably means....it doesn't display properly (as 
> the book shows).
>
> What needs to be done is he needs to play with the spacing of the 
> characters and different keys to get the "letters" drawn to display 
> closer to the book's example.
>
>
> """
>   _______
>   |__   ___|       _____         _____
>       |  |              /   __    \       /  ___  \
>  _   |  |             |   |    |    |      |  |___|  |
> |  |_|  |             |   |__|    |      |  ____/_
> \____/             \______/      \______|
>
> """
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andreengels at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Luke Paireepinart
>     <rabidpoobear at gmail.com <mailto:rabidpoobear at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Forwarding. Peter use reply-all don't reply offlist please.
>     >
>     > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     > From: Peter <cyclespoke at windstream.net
>     <mailto:cyclespoke at windstream.net>>
>     > Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:47 -0400
>     > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning python using Michael Dawson's book
>     > To: Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rabidpoobear at gmail.com>>
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     > The result in the book has lettering like the following:
>     > ___    __       __
>     > |    |    |    |     |    |
>     > |    |__|    |     |    |
>     > |    __     |      |    |
>     > |    |    |    |     |    |
>     > |__|    |__|     |__|
>
>     Well, that's definitely not what the code would be producing, nor does
>     it seem to be related to what the example claims to be doing...
>     Perhaps instead of
>
>     print(
>               """
>               """
>           )
>
>     which is a very strange idiom (though valid), you should write:
>
>     print(
>               """
>      ___    __       __
>      |    |    |    |     |    |
>      |    |__|    |     |    |
>      |    __     |      |    |
>      |    |    |    |     |    |
>      |__|    |__|     |__|
>              """
>           )
>
>     or perhaps you are looking at one example and the explanation of
>     another?
>
>
>
>     --
>     André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com <mailto:andreengels at gmail.com>
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