Help with report

ChrisH secun at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 11 22:08:48 EDT 2005


HTMLgen looks like it might fit the bill.

In article <MPG.1d3cebc1848c7fd7989683 at news2.atlantic.net>, 
secun at yahoo.com says...
> I should have been more specific. The report needs to be presentable to 
> my users and needs to have rich text type properties (multiple colors, 
> tables, etc) Therefore, I would like to use html if possible.
> 
> I didn't know if there was already a report writing type of utility 
> already built using python, so I won't have to reinvent the wheel.
> 
> Oh. The one other thing I forgot to mention is that the data needs to be 
> already updated every 10 minutes or so automatically.
> 
> 
> In article <11d5scbb63afhee at corp.supernews.com>, grante at visi.com says...
> > On 2005-07-11, ChrisH <secun at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I have some data in the following format:
> > >
> > > Fred Flintstone,445553454,47634565
> > > Wilma Flintstone,74857346,27576847
> > > Barney Rubble,73487346,27576435
> > >
> > > I need to convert this data into a report with the user's name and 
> > > difference between the 2 numbers.
> > >
> > > Can someone recommend a good way to do this?
> > >
> > > BTW, it would be best if I can have it up and running by tomorrow.
> > 
> > You really oughtn't put off homework assignments until the last
> > minute.  Especially if you don't know how to do them.
> > 
> > > Also, html would be the preferred format, but not required.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
> > 
> > Hints:
> > 
> > The string object's "split" method: http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html
> >   
> > for line in file('inputfile.txt','r')
> > 
> > the built-in int()
> > 
> > the string formatting operator "%": http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html
> >   
> > 
> 



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