Python question (PyNoob)

[Carl Banks]

On Aug 19, 10:18 pm, Benjamin <musiccomposit... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 7:33 pm, Anonymous <no.re... at here.com> wrote:
>
> > I have exp with C/C++ (and a few other langs). I want to use Python to
> > start doing the ff:
>
> > 1). Data Munging (text processing) - instead of Perl
> > 2). Automating my build process
> > 3). (Possibly) some web data retrieval jobs
>
> > Can anyone point me to resurces/possibly scripts that can get me up to
> > speed (to do these 3 things) ASAP, without having to learn the basics of
> > programming?
>
> I think if you've chosen Python as a language to use for these things,
> you could invest some time in learning the language. It is after all
> very easy to learn and you just have to do it once and many of your
> programming task will be taken care of.


I think you and several others are misunderstanding the OP: the OP
wants to learn some details of Python without having to *relearn* the
basics of programming.  It's a reasonable request.


Carl Banks