To check the Python version in your Jupyter notebook, first import the python_version function with “from platform import python_version“. Then call the function python_version() that returns a string with the version number running in your Jupyter notebook such as “3.7.11”. You can try this yourself in our interactive Jupyter notebook: Check Version Information Using sys …
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To check the Python version in your shell, you can use the following alternatives (aliases): Terminal: The following commands can be used to check the Python version in your terminal. Note that the first and second are aliases whereas the third one provides more information about the built. python –version python -V python -VV Note …
Problem If you run Python in your terminal or shell, you may have realized that there are two ways to do so: using the “python” command and using the “py” command. What’s the difference? Example Say, you want to check your Python version. You can run both commands and the output is different! Here’s using …
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Note that this tutorial concerns NumPy arrays. To learn how to print lists without brackets check out this tutorial: How to Print a List Without Brackets in Python? Problem Formulation Given a NumPy array of elements. If you print the array to the shell using print(np.array([1, 2, 3])), the output is enclosed in square brackets …
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Problem Formulation Given a set of elements. If you print the list to the shell using print({1, 2, 3}), the output is enclosed in curly brackets (braces) like so: {1, 2, 3}. But you want the set without brackets like so: 1, 2, 3. How to print the set without enclosing brackets? Method 1: Unpacking …
Problem Formulation Given a tuple of elements. If you print the tuple to the shell using print((1, 2, 3)), the output is enclosed in parentheses like so: (1, 2, 3). But you want the list without brackets like so: 1, 2, 3. How to print the tuple without enclosing parentheses? Method 1: Unpacking The asterisk …
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Problem Formulation Given a dictionary of key value pairs in Python. If you print the dictionary to the shell using print({‘a’: 1, ‘b’: 2}), the output is enclosed in curly brackets (braces) like so: {‘a’: 1, ‘b’: 2}. But you want the dictionary without brackets like so: ‘a’: 1, ‘b’: 2. How to print the …
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Problem Formulation Given a list of elements. If you print the list to the shell using print([1, 2, 3]), the output is enclosed in square brackets like so: [1, 2, 3]. But you want the list without brackets like so: 1, 2, 3. How to print the list without enclosing brackets? Method 1: Unpacking The …
Problem Formulation Given a file with name file.txt and the following content: hi finxters! 🙂 You created a Python script that reads the file line-by-line and prints each line to the shell like so: But the output unexpectedly adds an extra newline to each line so you obtain the following output on the Python shell: …
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Python’s print() function prints a string representation of any number of arguments to the standard output. It has many arguments such as the sep argument to set a custom separator string between the printed objects, the end argument to set a custom ending string, or the file argument to print a string into a file. …
Problem Formulation Assuming you have the Python package manager pip installed in your operating system (Windows, Linux, macOS). How to check its version? Method 1: pip show To check which version of a given package is installed, use the pip show <your_package> command. For example, to check the version of your NumPy installation or virtual …
Problem Formulation Given a Python dictionary d, and a list of dictionary keys. How to best determine the list of values associated to the keys? Formally, for each key in the input list, you want to add d[key] to the list of values. Here’s a minimal example: # Input: d = {‘alice’: 18, ‘bob’: 24, …