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Find and cut out a python substring
Here is what I'm trying to do:
I have a long string:
s = asdf23rlkasdfidsiwanttocutthisoutsadlkljasdfhvaildufhblkajsdhf
I want to cut out the substring: iwanttocutthisout
I will be iterating ...
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Getting a list of references using cscope and python
I am writing a Python script to edit a large C project. In this script I am using the subprocess module to call cscope's line oriented interface. This is an example of what I have been doing...
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python - fastest way to compare lists and search for term in list
Right now I'm writing some python code that needs to make list comparisons similar to the following:
small_list = ["string"]*3
big_list = ["string"]*600000
big_list_excludes = ["string"]*600000
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Trying to parse a string into a list in Python
So I have a string like so:
pattern = "AAaa$$##"
I want to parse it into a list so it outputs letter by letter,
but I can't do pattern.split("") cause it gives an error.
Like this pattern.split() ...
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Manipulating a string to create even chunks of three [on hold]
I am new to Python, and this is probably a very simple question, but I am having trouble figuring it out. I have some raw input that I need to convert. The input is a body of text such as ...
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4answers
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How can I match a regex with a pattern and arbitary amount of times?
I current have a regular expression defined as follows:
>>> import re
>>> regex = re.compile("(\d+:)+(\d+)")
>>> search_results = ...
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Dealing with string case and diacritics in python
I'm doing some text processing, and I need all the text to be converted to lowercase, BUT the text is french and I need to maintain all the diacritics, so that "È" would get converted to "è", etc. If ...
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1answer
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using on other words length for formatted string [duplicate]
I want to have output like this:
col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
row1 1 1 0 1 1
row2 1 0 0 1 0
row3 1 1 1 1 1
row4 1 0 0 0 ...
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2answers
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How to get a word bounded between `word' with regex? python
Given the string
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
I need to extract the first string bounded between the slanted single quote and the single quote
line = ...
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Matlab calling python, returning vector, str2num not working on returned vector
I am writing a piece of Matlab code in which it makes a number of calls to python. These calls are returning the data as a string. The problem I am having is converting the string to a number. Its not ...
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3answers
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python split without creating blanks
I understand why it is important to create blanks using split thanks to this question, but sometimes it is necessary not to grab them.
lets say you parsed some css and got the following strings:
s1 ...
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Java: String formatting with placeholders
I am new to Java and am from Python. In Python we do string formatting like this:
>>> x = 4
>>> y = 5
>>> print("{0} + {1} = {2}".format(x, y, x + y))
4 + 5 = 9
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3answers
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Generate random string from regex character set
I assume there's some beautiful Pythonic way to do this, but I haven't quite figured it out yet. Basically I'm looking to create a testing module and would like a nice simple way for users to define a ...
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3answers
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Python convert set to string and vice versa
Set to string. Obvious:
>>> s = set([1,2,3])
>>> s
set([1, 2, 3])
>>> str(s)
'set([1, 2, 3])'
String to set? Maybe like this?
>>> ...
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1answer
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String concatenation python
I have a file extension, I got it in this way:
fileName, fileExtension = os.path.splitext(abspath)
now I need my file extension to became a pattern, something like '*.fileExtension', included the ...
