Converting Perl Web Report to Python

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pmcgover at gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks again Dennis,
> This should do what I want with additional flexibility...  I will
> develop the code later this week.   During this excersize, I have come
> to really appreciate Python over Perl.  I love the Python command line
> interpreter that allowed me to pretest any code very quickly.  What
> Python learning resource (book web link or both) do you recommend?

I have 3 O'Reilly books that are indispensable: "Python Pocket
Reference", "Python Cookbook", and "Learning Python"