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Python variable problem
Thanks mikevh! Big help! Now my program works! -
Python Editor
I like IDLE. I havn't found any problems with it, and it comes in the download of python24. You get pretty colored code, and then just hit f5, then you get a python shell, complete with error messages. Lovely! Much better than notepad =) -
Python pre-installed on new computer
I found (read find, I'm only 2 weeks in) that python is an extremely easy language to learn. Perhaps it's just because it's my first scripting language, but it's very comfortable to code in. I also discovered python when I was poking around on my new PC's hard drive. I hadn't even heard of it... -
Python variable problem
Thanks! That really helped me understand why it isn't working. One problem though, I don't know if things work diffrently with definition arrays, but I'm getting an error: >>> a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3} >>> b = a[:] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#23>", line 1, in ? b =... -
Python variable problem
I'm new to python. I'm making a simple text-based chess program, and everything works fine except for one function. Whenever I copy array 'p' into array 'lb', if I modify 'p', 'lb' changes with it. I'm not really familiar with python variable properties, and it just mistifies me why array 'lb'...
