Python’s built-in dict() function creates and returns a new dictionary object from the comma-separated argument list of key = value mappings. For example, dict(name = ‘Alice’, age = 22, profession = ‘programmer’) creates a dictionary with three mappings: {‘name’: ‘Alice’, ‘age’: 22, ‘profession’: ‘programmer’}. A dictionary is an unordered and mutable data structure, so it …
In this article, I’m going to compile the top ten Python freelancer resources on the Finxter website. [Article] How to Go Full-Time ($3000/m) as a Python Freelancer In this article, you are going to learn my exact strategy how to earn $3000 per month as a Python freelancer without actually working full-time and without sacrificing …
The most Pythonic way to import a module from another folder is to place an empty file named __init__.py into that folder and use the relative path with the dot notation. For example, a module in the parent folder would be imported with from .. import module. The __init__.py file signals to Python that the …
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“This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface. […] ” – McIlroy This book chapter draft is original material drawn from my upcoming book “From One to Zero” to appear in …
This article deals with the analysis and processing of signals, more specifically on how to identify and calculate the peaks contained in a given signal. Motivation Being able to identify and hence work with the peaks of a signal is of fundamental importance in lots of different fields, from electronics to data science and economics. …
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No matter the stage of your Python development career, you probably already appreciate the importance of running and testing your code. This is the only way to ensure it works as planned and does what you need it to do. But how do you actually run scripts and code? This article will give you a …
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Data visualization is an important toolkit for a data scientist. Building beautiful dashboards is an important skill to acquire if you plan to show your insights to a C-Level executive. In this blog post you will get an introduction to a visualization framework in Python. You will learn how to build a dashboard from fetching …
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Problem: Write a function that joins an arbitrary number of string arguments with a given separator. Example: Given the string arguments “A”, “B”, and “C” and the string separator “-“. Join them to the concatenated string “A-B-C”. Solution: The following code creates a Python function concat() that takes an arbitrary number of arguments, packs them …
Python’s built-in getattr(object, string) function returns the value of the object‘s attribute with name string. If this doesn’t exist, it returns the value provided as an optional third default argument. If that doesn’t exist either, it raises an AttributeError. An example is getattr(porsche, ‘speed’) which is equivalent to porsche.speed. Usage Learn by example! Here’s an …
Heatmaps are a specific type of plot which exploits the combination of color schemes and numerical values for representing complex and articulated datasets. They are largely used in data science application that involves large numbers, like biology, economics and medicine. In this video we will see how to create a heatmap for representing the total …
Python’s built-in setattr(object, string, value) function takes three arguments: an object, a string, and an arbitrary value. It sets the attribute given by the string on the object to the specified value. After calling the function, there’s a new or updated attribute at the given instance, named and valued as provided in the arguments. For …
Python’s built-in delattr() function takes an object and an attribute name as arguments and removes the attribute from the object. The call delattr(object, ‘attribute’) is semantically identical to del object.attribute. This article shows you how to use Python’s built-in delattr() function. Usage Learn by example! Here’s an example on how to use the delattr() built-in …