User talk:Jrincayc

Hi there. If you want I can put them on a seperate page, but I put the solution in this hidden textbox, so the users don't have to watch it if they don't want to. I will put them on a seperate page soon. --Benjamin Meinl 21:00, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. I think the hidden textbox is good enough.  Jrincayc 15:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Josh

I changed the pre tags to space syntax so that I could use bold on text that the user typed in and plain on the text returned by the server. I did that because sometimes it wasn't clear what was to be typed and what came up on the screen - my wife is currently learning to program via this tutorial and she once had trouble with that. I didn't seem to be able to do that with the pre tags - but if you know how, let me know and I'll change it back.

I plan to gradually work through the tutorial so you should see some more things added over the next couple of months.


 * Okay. That makes sense.  I will not have an internet connection for the next week or so.  Keep up the good work.  Jrincayc 14:00, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the great tutorial! It cleared up some major problems I was having with python.

Excuse me, but what do the percent symbols do? They have been put in an early part of the tut, and there is no explanation. I am avaliable at hb4477 [at] hotmail.com thanks. DOTANDCOM 21:24, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If the % is between two integers, it returns the remainder (more or less) of the division. If it is between a string and a list it does printf style formating.  Jrincayc 15:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Haha I'm glad to help. That tripped me up when I first started playing around with booleans and so I wanted prevent other newbies from making the same mistake. I'm in the process of learning how to program, and so I want to thank you for the python tutorial and the time that you spent making it. It's been really valuable. Cm.squared 00:37, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Would like to hear your opinion...
Take a look into Policies and guidelines/Vote/What is Wikibooks a proposed policy decission page and cast your vote, txs. --Panic 04:33, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

It's getting better and better...
...and I am going to use the tutorial for my beginner's programming course (university) next week again - for the third time now, and with very good results and positive feedback from the students the last two times. Nevertheless, there are some small things which turned out to be a little unclear in the past, and I will try to further improve these passages during the coming week. --Siebengang (talk) 09:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for all your work on the tutorial. I am glad that the students are finding it useful.  Jrincayc (talk) 13:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Advanced Functions Example
Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_2.6/Advanced_Functions_Example

Run 1 does not do the line rest = mult(a, b - 1)?

I am dividing the first example into Run 1, Run 2 etc. --33rogers (talk) 20:02, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Correct. "Run 1" as you labeled it does not do the line "rest = mult ..." since Run 1 is the initial call of the function.  71.220.128.88 (talk) 03:07, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

To-Do list for Python book
Is there a To-Do list for the non-programmers introduction to Python 3? I'd like to contribute but I'm not sure where to jump in. I'm making Python video tutorials for a college course at the moment and I'm coming up with miniature assignments for each topic, programs that take less than 10 lines to solve. Would it be ok to put them in the exercises section at the end of chapters? Oldmaneinstein (discuss • contribs) 16:27, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Adding exercises sounds like a good idea. Go for it. Jrincayc (discuss • contribs) 00:20, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Translation into Malay
Hi. I know you've put this tutorial under GFDL but as a matter of courtesy I should like to inform you that I intend to translate it into Malay (ms) at Wikibooks. I spend most of my time at the Malay Wikpedia and you can contact me there. Cheers. Algazel (discuss • contribs) 08:01, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay. Sounds good.  Thank you. Jrincayc (discuss • contribs) 13:16, 21 January 2013 (UTC)