Before we learn about the money, let’s get this question out of the way: What Does a Computer Science Research Scientist Do? A computer science researcher and scientist identifies and answers open research questions in computer science. They apply scientific reasoning and research techniques to push the state-of-the-art forward in various fields such as machine … Read more
Before we learn about the money, let’s get this question out of the way: What is an Embedded Applications Engineer? An embedded systems engineer applies software development and embedded systems knowledge to design, create, develop, debug, and maintain embedded applications and products. Other terms with similar job descriptions are often used interchangeably: Embedded systems engineer … Read more
Problem Formulation: Let’s say we have a directory containing other subdirectories which further contain files. How do we search for a specific file in the subdirectories in our Python script? Scenario: We have a parent folder (Parent) with child folders (child_1, child_2, and child_3). There are files in the parent directory/folder as well as the … Read more
Problem Formulation and Solution Overview In this article, you’ll learn how to erase the contents of a flat text file in Python. Given the file name of a file with some content. You want to erase all content of the file to obtain an empty one like this: To make it more fun, we have … Read more
Summary: os.path.basename(path) enables us to get the file name from the path, no matter what the os/path format. Another workaround is to use the ntpath module, which is equivalent to os.path. ✨Problem: How to extract the filename from a path, no matter what the operating system or path format is? For example, let’s suppose that … Read more
Problem Statement: How to get the filename without the extension from a path in Python? Example: Suppose you have a file with the following path: C:\Users\SHUBHAM SAYON\Documents\folder1 Here, we just need to get the filename, i.e. “demo“. In Python, files are used to store information. We can perform many operations on the files- read, write, open … Read more
Problem formulation Sometimes we need to generate massive amounts of data. For example, to perform bootstrapping or jackknifing of our actual data. To get lots of parameterized dummy data, learn how to use new libraries or adjust the model’s hyperparameters. Or benchmark different solutions or debug and optimize our code. Generating this data is expensive, … Read more
What’s the Absolute Path of a File? The absolute path (i.e., full path) is just what it sounds like — it’s the exact path to, and location of, the file entered as your function’s parameter, within the hierarchical structure on your machine. The absolute path always starts at the root directory with no regard for … Read more
Overview Problem: How to choose a file starting with a given string? Example: Consider that we have a directory with files as shown below. How will you select the files starting with “001_Jan“? Python Modules Cheat Sheet To Choose A File Starting With A Given String Choosing a file starting with a given string is … Read more
Problem Formulation Suppose you have a PDF file, but it’s too large and you’d like to compress it (perhaps you want to reduce its size to allow for faster transfer over the internet, or perhaps to save storage space). Even more challenging, suppose you have multiple PDF files you’d like to compress. Multiple online options … Read more
According to the Python version 3.10.3 official doc, the os module provides built-in miscellaneous operating system interfaces. We can achieve many operating system dependent functionalities through it. One of the functionalities is to generate the file names in a directory tree through os.walk(). If it sounds great to you, please continue reading, and you will … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_text_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows PowerShell working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a pure PowerShell method afterward. By the way, you can learn all about becoming a PowerShell developer in … Read more