Python 3 is the latest version of the Python programming language and was formally released on December 3rd, 2008.
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Elo Rating Tracking Applet [on hold]
I have a little applet that I wrote in python and tkinter, and I was wondering what a good way would be to make it public, or open source or whatever.
I think it's quite fun. You can add players, ...
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Army strength based on level and modifiers
Right so I was doing a quick project, and sought a quick way to finish one section of my Python code. I handed it in, but I'm well aware that it's bad code, but I was wondering if there was a good way ...
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Implement selection from array by 'random' or 'if/elif conditionals'
I'm working on some code examples in 'Automate the boring stuff in python...' to prepare for my first year of CS. I want to know if its better to use an array with random selection below or rather ...
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Small text-based RPG (v2)
This is my first text-based game I made. It's very small because I just learned Python and wanted to start small, and then code bigger programs. I added some stuff since the last time. Please give ...
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Small text-based RPG
This is my first text-based game I made. It's very small because I just learned Python and wanted to start small and then code bigger programs. Please comment on this.
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Guess a random number between 1 and 100
I want some recommendations or something I could add to the game. Please tell me what I could do better or what I did wrong. I made this during the time I learned Python.
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Text based fight game
I learned code about a week ago and I wanna hear some recommendations and stuff I could add to my code. This is a fight system I made for my text based game. Please tell me what I could do better.
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Merging two XMLs together in Python
I have these two XMLs that I want to merge together based on these conditions:
If any of the element is more than 7 weeks old, it has to be deleted.
If any of the element is newer with the same date ...
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Simple Snake with pygame
I've been reading Dive Into Python and I needed to actually program something before I forget everything I learned. So, this is my first Python project (apart from trying the basics and playing with ...
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Compensating for typos in strings by removing spaces and making uppercase for comparison
I'm working with a database that has typos in the values. To compensate for them I've made a function called standardizer() which removes spaces and converts all ...
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Function to find two prime numbers that sum up to a given even number
The Goldbach Conjecture asserts that any even number will be the sum of at least two prime numbers. I've created a function to find two prime numbers that add up to the number entered, but would like ...
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Small Kivy application
I've written a small app using the kivy framework, which aims at reviewing your times tables. My major concern is about making this app easier to improve in the future. That is, how to organize the ...
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Matrix rotation algorithm - follow-up
In a response to this post I wrote a solution in Python. It passed all the test cases given, so I would like help making it more pythonic and reducing the almost repeated lines.
Link to the source of ...
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Guess the bigger number out of two random integers
I want to make my code more efficient by instead of repeating my code again for level two, as the only change from level one to level two is the random numbers change from ...
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Writing a utility class for converting between datetime and timestamp
I'm writing an Python application that uses frequently datetime and Unix timestamp. I know Python is 'batteries included', however, I found that converting between datetime and timestamp in Python 2.6 ...
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Simple local source control - Part 2
I've refactored the previous version of my local source control, and revised a few things. It's mostly the same, but there are a few minor differences, like the argument separator, one new command, ...
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Listing movies for torrenting
Can I get some help on shortening the amount of code I have in this program?
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Google's Python exercise about lists very different from the given solution
Disclaimer: Although I do believe that this is somewhat a code review, I'm not sure if this kind of question applies to the site; if not, please let me know and I'll delete it promptly.
I found ...
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Card data extraction from file
I wrote a quick script and wanted some critique, as I don't get to practice my coding often, or even in one language I might make some idiomatic errors.
The program works and runs \$145,555\$ entries ...
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Matrix rotation algorithm
Problem Statement
You are given a 2D matrix, a, of dimension \$MxN\$ and a positive integer
\$R\$. You have to rotate the matrix R times and print the resultant
matrix. Rotation should be in ...
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Caesar cipher brute force
I have code that uses the brute force technique to find the message to a Caesar cipher. The program decrypts the message using different keys and then checks whether the resulting words are contained ...
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Simple local source control
I've written my own local "source control". Rather than using a commit-based system, when you're ready to release a version, you can run a command which will create a ...
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Using random to generate strings
I have code that reads from files of surnames, female and male names and randomly generates a name in the following format: lastname, male/female name.
The files are in the following format:
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Transforming markdown files in folders into a documentation
I start coding a simple application: I transform markdown files in folders into documentation.
My architecture is very flat. My code looks like a series of unit function called one after the other.
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Multithreaded Proxy Checker in Python
I've used PyLint to harden the styling according to PEP8 as much as I could but looking for feedback on anything I've missed. Also some questions below:
Passing ...
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Memoizing decorator that can retry
I have some tasks that I'd like to memoize because they connect to a rather slow network and have to wait for the data. Unfortunately this network can be a little finnicky and we get occasional ...
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Implementation of Luhn Algorithm
I've implemented the well known Luhn Algorithm in Python. It's a simple one, so it's good for beginners.
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Alien Name Generator (using blocks of consonants and vowels)
This is my first script in Python, and I am looking for tips and constructive criticism about code style, whether there are more efficient ways of doing things, etc. (not as interested in tips about ...
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Random number guessing
Is there anything specifically bad here, or anything that I could improve? Wasted lines of code, things done in a more memory intensive way than it could be, etc.
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Solving 'decent numbers' that follow specific division rules
HackerRank Problem Statement
I have to find the largest 'decent number' having N digits. A decent number has the following properties:
3, 5, or both as its ...
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Quadratic equation solver
I started Python 2-3 months ago, but I really haven't done much since then, just little things. Yesterday, I wrote this simple quadratic equation solver. You can give \$a, b\$ and \$c\$ any value, but ...
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Python class inheritance - using super() and __str__
I have been trying out some stuff using inheritance with classes in Python 3.4. In the code below, I use the super() call to return the ...
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String replacement using dictionaries
I've always been bothered by the fact that there weren't any built-in functions that could replace multiple substrings of a string in Python, so I created this function. Essentially, you supply it ...
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Skeleton for a text-based RPG
I'm new to python and created this small program. It's basically a skeleton for a simple text-based RPG. The program is one menu that allows you to:
Create a Character
View Character ...
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Processing command line parameters
This code works, but I'm curious what feedback you have about style and doing things in a more "pythonic" way.
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Cross-platform performance and statistical information script
My usual disclaimer, I'm new to Python and scripting and I'm still studying the PEP8 guide, so please forgive any huge failures with respect to syntax, formatting and style. I'm open to any ...
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Parsing span library
This is a Python library for efficiently tracking span information while parsing source code, and generating errors on those spans.
I intend to use it in my rewrite of mypy's Python parser to add ...
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A tiny module for handling text updates
I call these text updates "Feeds". A Feed object has some basic attributes like its content string, how many lives it has and its priority in the queue. I haven't ...
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Cleaning old XML log files automatically
I have a piece of code that searches for XMLs in given folders, delete the ones older than X, zip the ones older than Y and delete zips older than X. It works perfectly but I have a terrible feeling ...
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Simple chat program
I've thrown together this simple chat program, and while it works. I think it could certainly use some improvement. Here's how it works.
Obtain user input by removing all punctuation from the input ...
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Perfect Hash Family Non-Distinct t Columns Calculator
Perfect Hash Families (PHFs) are a widely studied combinatorial object. Essentially, they are 4-tuples (N; t, k, v), where the PHF is an ...
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Chi Square Independence Test for Two Pandas DF columns
I want to calculate the scipy.stats.chi2_contingency() for two columns of a pandas DataFrame. The data is categorical, like this:
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Simple Morse code interpreter
This is a simple Morse code interpreter with a CLI. It's a naive table-lookup implementation, and uses my-py for type checking. It automatically detects the input (English or Morse) and converts ...
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Script to create a customized, efficient adblocking hosts file
I am writing a Python script that creates a customized, efficient adblocking hosts file. Basically it checks the user's DNS cache and sees if any entries there are listed in the popular hosts files. ...
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Creating a complex hierarchy for “Player Effects”
I'm coding a plugin for a game that has a Player class which has a boolean attribute frozen, which decides if the player is ...
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Soup of the day: best served during election season
Community moderator elections on the Stack Exchange network are really exciting.
Alas, on the page of the primaries, I find it mildly annoying that candidates are randomly reordered on every page ...
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Dijkstra's algorithm without relaxation
I'm trying to implement Dijkstra's algorithm in Python, but the issue is that Python doesn't have support for key-based heaps out of the box, so applying relaxation step of the classical algorithm ...
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Simple game of Hangman
On my quest to become a master programmer I have created a simple game of Hangman, and so I thought I would upload it here and see how it could be refined.
One question I had was my use of exception ...
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Script for creating custom hosts files
I wrote a basic Python script that consolidates and customizes several popular adblocking hosts files. I was interested in making it more efficient if possible, and I'd like to improve my style and ...
