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How to return multiple variables from python to bash

So I have a bash script that calls a python script. At first I was just returning one variable and that is fine, but now I was told to return two variables and I was wondering if there is a clean and ...
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python regular expression to remove repeated words

I am very new a Python I want to change sentence if there are repeated words. Correct Ex. "this just so so so nice" --> "this is just so nice" Ex. "this is just is is" --> "this is just is" ...
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Returning a row from a CSV, if specified value within the row matches condition

Ahoy, I'm writing a Python script to filter some large CSV files. I only want to keep rows which meet my criteria. My input is a CSV file in the following format Locus Total_Depth ...
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Keeping a sprite in a window using pygame

I have a simple pygame script, my character can move around the screen, although, he won't stay on the screen. The program reads that he is touching the edge, but how do I stop him from leaving the ...
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Best way to create a mouse automatization tool on Linux?

So I'm doing some complex network research and I'm trying to create multiple accounts for a social network in order to obtain data. So I found an amazing program to do autoclicks by murguu, but it ...
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How to return a value from a shell script in a python script

I have a python script which requires a value from a shell script. Following is the shell script (a.sh): #!/bin/bash return_value(){ value=$(///some unix command) echo "$value" } return_value ...
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Python: Plotting two cases using a definition

I would like to plot two cases. Case (1) is when alpha < pi and beta < pi and Case (2) is when both alpha and beta are greater than or equal pi but less than 2 pi. import numpy as np import ...
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Average number of bits required to store one letter of British English using perfect compression in python

I have an assignment which is written under: What is the average number of bits required to store one letter of British English if perfect compression is used? Since the entropy of an experiment can ...
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Properly using ntlk with python

I am trying to use python with ntlk to get a number of acronyms for a number of words (for now 2). It seems that I can get it to work with the first word, but not the second. I'm guessing I still have ...
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Histogram from data which is already binned, I have bins and frequency values

All the matplotlib examples with hist() generate a data set, provide the data set to the hist function with some bins (possibly non-uniformly spaced) and the function automatically calculates and then ...
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how to establish in models file that a django model should be defined as NOT NULL?

In my models.py file I would like a way to explicitly state that certain fields in my model should be defined as NOT NULL such that the MySQL code would be CREATE TABLE Minion_job(MyColumn ...
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Python: can I disable intentation “feature” [closed]

Can anyone clue me up as to which config file or other dictionary contains the settings for the intentation feature of python? I kind of need it turned off pronto as it keeps telling me my lines are ...
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String representation of file name

I have a script that uses argparse to handle command line arguments. One argument can be stdin or a file name. The basic code looks like this: import argparse p = argparse.ArgumentParser() ...
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Python urllib2 and authentication leads to None result

I have been following this as a guide: CURL alternative in Python ... but I get None as a result. Opening the URL "in browser" and authenticating leads to success. Am I missing anything here? ...
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Module naming convention (avoid collisions)

I'm learning Python and I have already created few ad-hoc utility modules that I use for whatever. I don't intend to install them anywhere, having them simply laying around and copying them wherever ...

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