'''A by example guide to learning and applying Python'''

By

Edward Bell IEng, MIET, ACIBSE

= Practical uses of Python for Engineers =
As an Electrical Engineer by background, my interest in Python starts and ends with how can I apply it in practice?

I will edit this further later, for now suffice it to say that I need to look at cable design and this is a good way of getting started.

[[attachment:Basis_of_calculation.xls]]

Linear version:

[[attachment:Linear_Calc.xls]]

Python (work in progress)

[[attachment:Cable1]]

This is as far as I got 2 Novemeber 2007 (long way to go)

Just a note to acknowledge that the above relates to the 16th Edition of the IEE regulations (now IET) which has since been superceeded by the 17th. I will get round to updating this I believe shortly.