Python Beginner to Expert/DebuggingWithIdle

There's more to IDLE than just a editor and command shell. IDLE features a advanced built-in debugger with most features you would expect from any interactive.

Problem the most important features in any debugger are the trace, breakpoint, and watch features. Additionally, a good debugger should allow you to examine variables and objects.

Let's see if IDLE offers all these features.

Here is code to copy and paste into the IDLE editor for this exercise.

import re
#
def isEmail (text):
    if (len(text) == 0):
        return False
    parts = text.split("@")
    if (len(parts) != 2 ):
        return False
    if (len(parts[0]) > 64):
        return False
    if (len(parts[1]) > 255):
        return False
    if ( re.search( "gov$", parts[1] ) ):
        return False 
    address = "(^[\\w!#$%&'*+/=?^`{|}~-]+(\\.[\\w!#$%&'*+/=?^`{|}~-]+)*$)"
    quotedText = "(^\"(([^\\\\\"])|(\\\\[\\\\\"]))+\"$)"
    localPart = address + "|" + quotedText
    if ( re.match(localPart, parts[0]) == None ):
        return False;
    hostnames = "(([a-zA-Z0-9]\\.)|([a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9]{0,62}[a-zA-Z0-9]\\.))+"
    tld = "[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,6}"
    domainPart = "^" + hostnames + tld + "$";
    if ( re.match(domainPart, parts[1]) == None ):
        return False
    return True
#
text = "guido@python.com"
if (isEmail(text) ):
    print text + " is a valid email address"
else:
    print text + " is not a valid email address"
print "done"