Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'python,': 0.02; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'language.': 0.14; '(sorry': 0.16; 'afterwards.': 0.16; 'quits': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'url:tutor': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thanks.': 0.20; 'comfortable': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '---': 0.24; 'mention': 0.26; 'post': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'errors': 0.30; 'start,': 0.30; 'waste': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; "we're": 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'basic': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mailing': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'making': 0.63; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'show': 0.63; 'protection': 0.63; 'confirm': 0.64; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'content,': 0.68; 'cygwin': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Why is it different from the example on the tutorial? Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:29:03 +0100 References: <21e704ee-648b-423d-8682-11cb310a31a8@googlegroups.com> <6928b0db-4f08-4279-aa2e-98f5b70fbc22@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-18-5-57.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <6928b0db-4f08-4279-aa2e-98f5b70fbc22@googlegroups.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140706-0, 06/07/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1404671355 news.xs4all.nl 2863 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49765 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74042 On 06/07/2014 16:03, rxjwg98@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks. I do not want to waste everyone's time. For a jump start, there are > small errors making me frustrating. Your help does help me, confirm the usage > etc. After a basic familiarity, I do not want to post more. I use cygwin Python, > I type help of an object 'result'. It does show up the help content, but it > never quits the help afterwards. It is annoying, and time wasting. (Sorry again, > that problem may be about Cygwin, not Python. Excuse me to mention that here. > Of course, your help post consumes your time. Thanks again. > Don't bother about wasting our time as that's what we're here for :) There is a tutor mailing list that you might feel more comfortable on. See https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor or gmane.comp.python.tutor -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com