Tag: Python

Python is a simple and minimalistic language. Reading a good Python program feels almost like reading English, although very strict English! This pseudo-code nature of Python is one of its greatest strengths. It allows you to concentrate on the solution to the problem rather than the language itself.

Python is a multi-paradigm, dynamically typed, multipurpose programming language. It is designed to be quick to learn, understand, and use, and enforce a clean and uniform syntax.

How to use youtube-dl from a python program?

December 5, 2020 Ollie MC

Question or problem about Python programming: I would like to access the result of the following shell command,

Python: Open file in zip without temporarily extracting it

December 5, 2020 James Cameron

Question or problem about Python programming: How can I open files in a zip archive without extracting them first?

Pip packages not found – Brewed Python

December 5, 2020 Jeffrey Schneider

Question or issue on macOS: Running Python 2.7.3, installed with HomeBrew, on a mac.

Fastest way to grow a numpy numeric array

December 5, 2020 Ollie MC

Question or problem about Python programming: Requirements:

What is the correct way to unset a linux environment variable in python?

December 5, 2020 Bell Jacquise

Question or problem about Python programming: From the documentation:

Functions Defined The core of extensible programming is defining functions. Python allows mandatory and optional arguments, keyword arguments, and even arbitrary argument lists.

How can I split my Click commands, each with a set of sub-commands, into multiple files?

December 5, 2020 Odhran Miss

Question or problem about Python programming: I have one large click application that I’ve developed, but navigating through the different commands/subcommands is getting rough. How do I organize my commands into separate files? Is it possible to organize commands and their subcommands into separate classes?

pros and cons between os.path.exists vs os.path.isdir

December 5, 2020 Odhran Miss

Question or problem about Python programming: I’m checking to see if a directory exists, but I noticed I’m using os.path.exists instead of os.path.isdir. Both work just fine, but I’m curious as to what the advantages are for using isdir instead of exists.

Python is a powerful general-purpose programming language.

How to use inspect to get the caller’s info from callee in Python?

December 5, 2020 Oceane Wilson

Question or problem about Python programming: I need to get the caller info (what file/what line) from callee. I learned that I can use inpect module for that for purposes, but not exactly how.

Using super with a class method

December 5, 2020 Jeffrey Schneider

Question or problem about Python programming: I’m trying to learn the super() function in Python.

Dump to JSON adds additional double quotes and escaping of quotes

December 5, 2020 Ogima Cooper

Question or problem about Python programming: I am retrieving Twitter data with a Python tool and dump these in JSON format to my disk. I noticed an unintended escaping of the entire data-string for a tweet being enclosed in double quotes. Furthermore, all double quotes of the actual JSON formatting are escaped with a backslash.