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How to extract digits from a number from left to right?
I know that I can extract digits from a number from right to left by implementing something like: But is there a way to do it from left to right that works similar to this one, simply by using stuff like the modulo value? Answer If you don’t have problem with recursion approach then here is a solution w…
sqlalchemy dynamic filtering
I’m trying to implement dynamic filtering using SQLAlchemy ORM. I was looking through StackOverflow and found very similar question:SQLALchemy dynamic filter_by It’s useful for me, but not enough. So, here is some example of code, I’m trying to write: then I’m trying to reuse it with s…
How to insert a picture into Excel at a specified cell position with python (Anaconda) use vba
I try to use this link with vba code but in Python it doesn’t work. AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) in () 9 sheet.Cells(20, 20).Select 10 #obj1=sheet.Shapes.AddPicture (r’C:/Users/Home/Desktop/picture.jpg’, False, True, 10, 3, 100, 100) —> 11 obj1=wb.ActiveSheet.Pic…
How to get the index of ith item in pandas.Series or pandas.DataFrame?
I’m trying to get the index of 6th item in a Series I have. This is how the head looks like: For getting the 6th index name (6th Country after being sorted), I usually use s.head(6) and get the 6th index from there. s.head(6) gives me: and looking at this, I’m getting the index as United Kingdom. …
Select multiple ranges of columns in Pandas DataFrame
I have to read several files some in Excel format and some in CSV format. Some of the files have hundreds of columns. Is there a way to select several ranges of columns without specifying all the column names or positions? For example something like selecting columns 1 -10, 15, 17 and 50-100: I need to know h…
Conditional or optional context managers in with statement
Suppose I have some kind of context manager (from a third-party library) that I am using like so: But, suppose if there is no value for test_dt, the context manager should not run, but all of the remaining code should run, like so: Assume that lines_of_code here is 2-3 lines of code which are exactly identica…
What is as_index in groupby in pandas?
What exactly is the function of as_index in groupby in Pandas? Answer print() is your friend when you don’t understand a thing. It clears out doubts many times. Take a look: Output: When as_index=True the key(s) you use in groupby() will become an index in the new dataframe. The benefits you get when yo…
Mock an entire module in python
I have an application that imports a module from PyPI. I want to write unittests for that application’s source code, but I do not want to use the module from PyPI in those tests. I want to mock it entirely (the testing machine will not contain that PyPI module, so any import will fail). Currently, each …
How to generate a random UUID which is reproducible (with a seed) in Python
The uuid4() function of Python’s module uuid generates a random UUID, and seems to generate a different one every time: I would like to be able to generate the same random UUID every time I run a script – that is, I’d like to seed the random generator in uuid4(). Is there a way to do this? (…