This article deals with signal processing. More precisely, it shows how to smooth a data set that presents some fluctuations, in order to obtain a resulting signal that is more understandable and easier to be analyzed. In order to smooth a data set, we need to use a filter, i.e. a mathematical procedure that allows … Read more
Scikit-learn has a library of transformers to preprocess a data set. These transformers clean, generate, reduce or expand the feature representation of the data set. These transformers provide the fit(), transform() and fit_transform() methods. The fit() method identifies and learns the model parameters from a training data set. For example, standard deviation and mean for … Read more
Problem Formulation Given an integer number n. Get all divisors c of the number n so that c * i = n for another integer i. The desired output format is a list of integers (divisors). Here are a couple of examples: n = 10 # Output: [1, 2, 5, 10] n = 13 # … Read more
Method overriding vs overloading in Python—what’s the difference? If you’re short on time—here it is: Method overloading: creating a method that can be called with different arguments such as m() and m(1, 2, 3). Method overriding: overwriting the functionality of a method defined in a parent class. In method overloading, methods in a given class … Read more
[toc] ? This is one of the Google interview questions and reported by programmers across the globe as one of the commonly asked questions during interviews. So, can you give the optimal solution to this problem? Problem Formulation Given an integer array or Python list nums, an integer value x and k. Find and return … Read more
Hacking Alexa’s Voice Recordings After David’s mother passed away, he wanted to hear her voice again. As she used Amazon Alexa, he figured, he could download the voice recordings from the Alexa device. But Amazon didn’t provide an interface for it. Fortunately he found this project online: [Cool Project] Hacking Alexa’s Voice Recordings After following … Read more
Problem Formulation The following problem formulation is taken from this Kata. Design a recursive function called replicate(times, number) that returns an array of repetitions of the number argument. For example, replicate(3, 5) should return the list [5, 5, 5]. If the times argument is negative, return an empty array. Do not use loops to solve … Read more
Problem Formulation Given an image stored at image.jpeg, a target width and height in pixels, and a target starting point (upper-left) x and y in the coordinate system. How to crop the given image in Python OpenCV so that the resulting image has width * height size? Here’s an example of how the original image … Read more
What made the internet overflow with Java language courses and people searching every other second on Google? If you search for the term “learn Java”, you’ll end up with more than 160 million results. In this article, we’ll examine if this hype is a mere exaggeration or if you as a software engineer should consider … Read more
You may have seen an import statement from . import your_module with the dot after the from keyword: What Does the Dot Mean? In Python, modules are defined in packages. If you want to import a certain module within a package that may be hierarchically structured, you need to specify the path of your module. … Read more
Having looked at the Python date and datetime modules in previous articles, today we’ll take a closer look at the time module and understand how to extract, input, and work with times in our coding. First, I’ll recap on computer time and introduce the time object we’ll be using with the functions we introduce later … Read more
You’d like to add text to your plot, perhaps to explain an outlier or label points. Matplotlib‘s text method allows you to add text as specified coordinates. But if you want the text to refer to a particular point, but you don’t want the text centered on that point? Often you’ll want the text slightly … Read more