Python Input/Output – The Clipboard

Over your career as a Data Scientist, there may be instances where you will work with data to/from the system Clipboard. This article shows you how to manipulate this data. Preparation Before any data manipulation can occur, one (1) new library will require installation. The Pandas library enables access to/from a DataFrame. To install this … Read more

Iterative Deepening Depth-First Search (DFS) Algorithm in Python

What is an Iterative Deepening Depth-First Search Algorithm? Continuing our story even further, after introducing graphs and basic graph traversal algorithms, we will refine the Depth-First Search Algorithm by introducing the iterative depth limitation. An iterative deepening depth-search algorithm also traverses a graph by exploring it vertex-by-vertex, but it does it by following the vertical … Read more

Finxter.com Puzzles by Topic

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Python Pandas Input/Output – Flat File

Over your career as a Pythonista, there may be instances where you will work with Flat Files. This file type is an ASCII character-based file, usually with commas (,) separating the fields. Other common field separators are the following: Semi-colon (;) Tab character (\t) Colon (:) and so on. This article covers the commonly used … Read more

Python __float__() Magic Method

Syntax object.__float__(x) The Python __float__() method implements the built-in float() function. So, when you call float(x), Python attempts to call x.__float__(). If the return value is not a float, Python will raise a TypeError. If x.__float__() is not implemented, Python attempts to call x.__index__() first and only if this is not implemented either, it raises … Read more

Cómo convertir una lista de cadenas en una lista de números en coma flotante (flotantes) en Python

La forma más pitónica de convertir una lista de cadenas en una lista de flotantes es usar una comprensión de listas floats = [float(x) for x in strings]. Recorre todos los elementos de la lista y convierte cada elemento de la lista x en un flotante utilizando la función incorporada float(x). Este artículo muestra las … Read more

Python __index__() Magic Method

Python’s __index__(self) method is called on an object to get its associated integer value. The returned integer is used in slicing or as the basis for the conversion in the built-in functions bin(), hex(), and oct(). The __index__() method is also used as a fallback for int(), float(), and complex() functions when their corresponding magic … Read more

No, Python __hex__() Does Not Exist. Do This Instead!

The Problem TypeError: ‘…’ object cannot be interpreted as an integer If you’re reading this article, chances are that you have been thinking something along those lines: Given a custom class My_Class. You want to override the behavior of the built-in hex(x) function in Python when calling it on a My_Class object x. You know … Read more

Python Anagrams in One Line Python

Why Learning about Python Anagrams? A popular question in programming interviews is to create an anagram checker. The interviewer wants to test your knowledge about the basic terminology in computer science, and how good you are at developing your own simple algorithms to solve the problems you are facing. In this article, you’ll learn about … Read more

Python Pandas Input/Output – Pickling

If you are leaning towards a career as a Data Scientist or just a coder looking to expand your skillset, the art of pickling is a must-have. This article focuses on creating, saving, and reading various object types to/from a pickle file. Syntax pandas.read_pickle(filepath_or_buffer, compression=’infer’, storage_options=None) The return value is an unpickled object of the … Read more

Introduction to Web3.py

This article will give you a quick overview of a Python library, Web3.py. By the end of this article, we will install it on our local computer and understand how to use the basic functionality, such as sending Ether, deploying a Smart Contract, and interacting with it in Python. What is Web3.py? Web3.py is a … Read more

Python Working with the Pandas DataFrame & MySQL – Part 3

Background & Preparation Part 3 of this series centers around creating a MySQL table and inserting records from the CSV file referenced in Part 2. Working with MySQL is a must-have if you are interested in pursuing a career as a Data Scientist. After completing Part 2, you should be comfortable: Connecting to a Localhost/Server … Read more