Python is an interpreted, general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.
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Check if username is admin OR is in CSV [on hold]
I want to check if the input, which is a username, is in the CSV file, and when it is in it, I would like to login with that name:
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Payment flow of stripe in a database in Django [on hold]
I have tried to integrate stripe in my Django website (and I did), and now I would like to explain the flow so that you can tell me what improvements that I must make:
Verify if the email exist in ...
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WiFi adapter settings
According to the advise I got in Stack Overflow, I'm asking here.
yesterday I have found that I can't use the wireless network at some spots in my house. I used another modem as a WiFi booster and I ...
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Creating a time-course dependent, correlation-based directed graph with Networkx
I have a correlation matrix containing 4 time points, each with multiple samples. Each sample is identified with a time point with its name. What I am trying to accomplish here is to create a directed ...
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Passwords storage class
I'm writing a tool, to manage our application, specifically to store passwords in encrypted view. I made a class which is based on two posts:
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Strawpoll fetch API in Python
As a beginner to Python with some rookie experience in building software, I decided writing an API wrapper for Strawpoll would be a good exercise in learning the language and design patterns.
The ...
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Trying to use global variables for referencing directories in Python 2.5
I am writing a small utility that reads a number of print files to extract out financial data, and then build a spreadsheet populating the data in specific cells.
I have it working, but it's not ...
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Using break for nested for loop
I want to apply three levels of filtering on record.
rec in cname. rec is string of >2 ...
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“Flipping bits” Python implementation
Problem Statement
You will be given a list of 32 bits unsigned integers. You are required to output the list of the unsigned integers you get by flipping bits in its binary representation (i.e. ...
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How should I arrange my imports?
I inherited a project that has many imports. Is there any way to refactor it so that we don't have this many imports?
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“Lonely Integer” Python implementation
Problem Statement
There are N integers in an array A. All but one integer occur in pairs. Your task is to find the number that occurs only once.
Input Format
The first line of the input ...
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Producing and comparing maximum sub array sum algorithms
This is an exercise in implementing the maximum sub-array sum problem.
It asks for several solutions of complexity:
\$O(n)\$
\$O(n \log n)\$
\$O(n^2)\$
\$O(n^3)\$
For an additional challenge I ...
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Factoring Polynomials Completely
I am relativly new to Python and I decided to try to write code that would factor any polynomial using the Rational Root Theorem and synthetic division. I have two questions.
Is there any way I can ...
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SQLite DB Check and Update Script
My script looks for handshake files in an input folder to determine whether certain processes have completed. If it finds them, it will update the database with the current time stamp.
Things I am ...
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Ceasar Cipher by Word Length V.2
Here is an updated version of my Caesar Cipher script. I am looking for ways to improve it, make it more succinct, and expand it's features.
I would eventually like to add text import and export ...
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Fairly Simple Hangman in Python
This is my take on a simple hangman game, which is played from command prompt.
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ML Retraining project
Tear me to shreds.
The class RandomForestRetrainer will be used to retrain a machine learning algorithm. It has functionality for taking in a directory containing malware or benignware files and ...
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Trying to use global variables for referencing directories in Python 2.5 [on hold]
I am writing a small utility that reads a number of print files to extract out financial data, and then build a spreadsheet populating the data in specific cells.
I have it working, but it's not ...
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Python OOP shopping cart
I am a new Pythoner, and don't have good knowledge of OOP. I completed the following task, but I feel the code is not good. I welcome recommendations to improve the code.
You need to create the ...
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English Checkers - Python 2.7
I've written this English checkers game. Meanwhile, it's a human vs. human game, although it is easily extensible to a game between other players (such as a computer one).
I hope it is not too long ...
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Process text file of fulltext articles from news publications
I'm relatively new to programming and have started writing some code for work. This script is something I wrote that I'd like to have someone comment on. Am I doing anything silly, stupid or totally ...
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Pangrams python implementation
Given
Roy wanted to increase his typing speed for programming contests. So, his friend advised him to type the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" repeatedly, because it is a ...
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Python shipping charge program [on hold]
Alright beginner who's teacher has assigned him a program that requires him to make a user ask the weight of an item and then displays shipping charges. my problem is this I'm not sure how to include ...
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Project Euler #18: Maximum path sum I
Problem
I want to receive advice on my code, which takes 0.012 seconds.
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Raising an error if a variable is not created during class initalization
I would like to properly raise an error if self._header was not created when I initialize a NewFile object.
This is working ...
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Roll the die… play again?
Is there a way to write this code more efficiently so that it is easier to read, maybe using loops and lists?
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Stock quote checking script
I know that this code would look a lot better if I made it so that checking the current prices against the open prices were in a function. This would avoid rewriting it for every stock I want to ...
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Caesar cipher using the word length as key [on hold]
Here is a code I'm working on that alters a individual letters.Each letter is pumped up x amount of letters. This alteration is dependent on the length of the word.
So for instance "hi" becomes "jk", ...
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Project Euler #14: Longest Collatz sequence
Problem : source
Which starting number, under one million, produces the longest chain?
n → n/2 (n is even)
n → 3n + 1 (n is odd)
I want to receive advice on my code.
It is too slow... It ...
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Project Euler #12: Highly divisible triangular number
I want to receive advice on my code. It is too slow... The problem I am trying to solve is:
What is the value of the first triangle number to have over five hundred divisors?
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Plus Minus in Python
You're given an array containing integer values. You need to print the
fraction of count of positive numbers, negative numbers and zeroes to
the total numbers. Print the value of the fractions ...
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Printing octo-thorpes
Given a number, for example, \$6\$, this Python function should print hashes in the following format:
#
##
###
####
#####
######
This is the ...
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Random Word Splitter
I wrote a word splitting function. It splits a word into random characters. For example if input is 'runtime' one of each below output possible:
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Automate branch merging with git
I wanted to learn how to use python to replace bash, and found this old post from 2008 or 2009. The output of git has changed a bit, though, so I decided to remake it.
I also decided to try out ...
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Get count of digits of a number that divide the number
So, here's a program in python to get the count of digits that divide the number. If you give the program a list like [24,10245], you get an output of:
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Finding all legal bishop moves
I am trying to create a two player Chess game. To do this I want to generate a list of legal moves. I am having trouble with the brevity of the code to generate the moves for the rooks and bishops.
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Dead-end filling maze solver in Python
I was reading Wikipedia about maze-algorithms, and I decided to write my own maze-solver. It uses dead-end-filling as it seemed simple to implement (it seemed, I said).
The code I wrote is pretty ...
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Diagonal difference
Given
You are given a square matrix of size N×N. Calculate the absolute difference of the sums across the two main diagonals.
Input Format
The first line contains a single integer N. The ...
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Excluding an element from a dictionary
I was asked to change code that I maintain (but didn't write) for a learning management system that previously listed an examed course both under examed courses and other courses and now my task was ...
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Hailstone sequence using nested while loops [on hold]
I'm writing a program that allows the user to input a range of numbers, and then the program will preform a hailstone sequence of each number in the range and will then print the number with the ...
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Optimizing Project Euler Solution #12
Just to reiterate my prev. post, as I think it helps structure my weaknesses.
Coding methodology: Is the algorithm I used feasible or mostly correct? If not, how do I correct it and why won't it ...
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Cactus Reborn - A game engine for text-based adventure games
I'm currently working on reincarnation of the Cactus project, Cactus Reborn, and I've gotten the basic implementation so far. At this point, you can create simple, playable games.
There are currently ...
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Notifying if a plane has been found
The object is to notify if a plane was found or not.
The aircraft_identifier variable is a must. cpl_id and ...
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Snake game with graphics and classes [on hold]
I just finished my first PyGame project here (GitHub), and would like to get some reviews on the code.
It's multiple files of code and few images for graphics, so I figured it's easier if I just link ...
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Income growth/retirement feat. loop function [closed]
"In this first problem, we are just going to consider how your nest egg grows due to monthly contributions and careful investments."
Question asks to "Write a program to calculate your retirement ...
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Python :SPOJ problem (Prime generator) working on my pc but not on the website [closed]
I am solving a problem in SPOJ (Prime generator) I made the program it works perfectly fine on my computer but doesn't seem to work on the SPOJ and I absolutely don't know why I even double checked ...
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Multiplying over a matrix
The below code is a solution I put together for the Project Euler #11 question which asked to find the largest product of 4 numbers of any direction in a matrix (horiz, vertic, and diag all ...
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Typing training with GUI in Python
This script allows you to practice your typing skills, as soon as you finish typing a new word appears for a non-stop typing experience. The code has in memory the top 100 words as per the Pareto ...
