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First Unique Character in a String

Given a string, find the first non-repeating character in it and return its index. If it doesn’t exist, return -1. I came up with the following solution. How can I make it more efficient for very long input strings? Answer Your version isn’t bad for few cases with “nice” strings……

Why i can’t install autopy?

I’m using MacBook and Operating System is MacOS Sierra. I use this command to install autopy: But i get this error: Why am i getting this error? Answer There is a known issue that for some reason wasn’t fixed. Issue: https://github.com/msanders/autopy/issues/75 It contains following workaround (co…

pandas – Merging on string columns not working (bug?)

I’m trying to do a simple merge between two dataframes. These come from two different SQL tables, where the joining keys are strings: I try to merge them using this: The result of the inner join is empty, which first prompted me that there might not be any entries in the intersection: But when I try to …

Create wheel without building dependencies

I have a sample project: setup.py is just Then when I call pip wheel ., it automatically makes a wheel for numpy. Can I make it not do that? It’s my understanding that when you install a wheel, it will automatically go download and install any missing dependencies. Is the numpy wheel needed for making m…

Django – dropdown form with multiple select

I need guidance building a django dropdown forms.Form field in which I can select multiple choices. I need to select multiple locations on the office field of the form. When submitted, the form needs to return a list of the chosen offices (e.g. [“New York”, “Los Angeles”] or [“Au…