PetuniaRose

There are indeed numerous tutorials out on the web, as well as classes offered by Coursera, Udacity, Udemy and EdX. I have used several of the tutorials, having found that each has its advantages. There are also many books available, and a site named JavaRanch which is quite helpful.

I guess it depends in part on what you mean by "impressive". I would second the vote for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - but the one I can't get out of my head is "Clockwork Orange". I saw it long after it was released, and did not find …

This is advertised as a forum for general discussion - so I have a small rant and would be all sorts of grateful to find out what others think. On the radio, on television and in the newspapers I hear much about "our leaders", "world leaders", "the G8 leaders", and …

I am trying again(!) to learn enough Python to be able to process a bunch of files, and have run into something I don't understand right at the beginning. I am using Python 2.5 IDLE on a WindowsXP machine, and going through examples given in a Python tutorial. My understanding …

I see folks replying to threads with quotes that have the name of the original poster included - they have the form nameOfPoster> quote I've been crawling around the faq for the past hour or so, and haven't found any really newbie guides for using all the neat stuff that's …

Yeah - look at Aia's post. I too think that you want an "and", not an "or" in your logic code.

Paulthom's solution is great! That having been said, the error message you were getting was correct. You defined your loop variable outside the function; so when you tried to use the variable within your function, it had no idea what you were talking about.

So - after spending quite a few hours enjoying the site, I joined - and promptly made one of the classic "newbie" mistakes! I answered a question before I had seen the other answers - please forgive! It won't happen again! :( I am very old and currently trying to …