Basic Webscraping Script in Python | Requests | BeautifulSoup | ArgParse Sold Gig ($35) This is the gig description I offered on my profile to get my first gig: An email marketing company hired me to write a Python script that satisfies the following requirements. Requirements What is the input? (file, file type, email, text,…) … Read more
The NumPy arccos() function is the trigonometric inverse cosine function so that, if y = cos(x), then x = arccos(y). If you apply it to a NumPy array, it performs the function element-wise. Arguments Type Description x array_like x-coordinate on the unit circle. For real arguments, the domain is [-1, 1]. out ndarray, None, or … Read more
Python is powerful — you can condense many algorithms into a single line of Python code. So the natural question arises: can you write a while loop in a single line of code? This article explores this mission-critical question in all detail. How to Write a While Loop in a Single Line of Python Code? … Read more
Problem: Given a collection. You want to create a new list based on all values in this collection. The code should run in a single line of code. How do you accomplish this? Do you need a lambda function? Example: Given an array a = [1, 2, 3, 4]. You need to create a second … Read more
A few years ago, the Google company officially renamed to Alphabet. Imagine you’re asked to rename all occurrences of the name “Google” with the occurrences of the name “Alphabet” in internal documents. Would you do it by hand? As a coder, you would automate it! Fortunately, Python’s str.replace() method comes to help to replace occurrences … Read more
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The NumPy argpatition function performs an indirect partition along the given axis using the algorithm specified by the kind keyword. It returns an array of indices of the same shape as a that index data along the given axis in partitioned order. Arguments Type Description c array_like or poly1d object The input polynomials to be … Read more
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This tutorial will teach you how to write one-line for loops in Python using the popular expert feature of list comprehension. After you’ve learned the basics of list comprehension, you’ll learn how to restrict list comprehensions so that you can write custom filters quickly and effectively. Are you ready? Let’s roll up your sleeves and … Read more
In this article, I’ll show you five free resources you can study to reach an intermediate Python level being an absolute beginner. Studying all the resources will take 20-40 hours. But after you’ve completed these steps, you’ll have created yourself a new high-income skill Python development. So, let’s get started! Step 1: Complete Python Crash … Read more
Summary: The most Pythonic way to define a function in a single line is to (1) create an anonymous lambda function and (2) assign the function object to a variable name. You can then call the function by name just like any other regularly-defined function. For example, the statement f = lambda x: x+1 creates … Read more
In this article, you’ll learn the basics of parsing an HTML document using Python and the LXML library. Introduction Data is the most important ingredient in programming. It comes in all shapes and forms. Sometimes it is placed inside documents such as CSV or JSON, but sometimes it is stored on the internet or in … Read more