In python, one can use “”” to wrap long MySQL statements. For example, However, if I try the same thing in javascript, there will be syntax error. Is there some kind of javascript equivalent for python’s “””string encapsulation? If no, what are some best practices for…
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Python: Check for unique characters on a String
I’m asking the user to input a keyword and then remove any duplicate characters. Example: Input: balloon Output: balon I’ve tried this solution: List of all unique characters in a string? but it marks it as a syntax error. Any ideas? Answer For your answer, order is important. Here is a one line s…
How to turn a list/tuple into a space separated string in python using a single line?
I tried doing: but it says str object is not callable. Is this doable using a single line? Answer Use string join() method. List: Tuple: Non-string objects:
Python: reduce (list of strings) -> string
I expected something like ‘a.b.c.d’ or ‘abcd’. Somehow, can’t explain the results. There are similar questions here, but not quite like this one. Answer The result of executing the function passed as the first parameter, will be the first parameter to that function in the next it…
String replace doesn’t appear to be working [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: Why doesn’t calling a string method (such as .replace or .strip) modify (mutate) the string? (3 answers) Closed 7 months ago. I initially tried using = operator to assign value but it returned an error, then I tried using string.replace(): and But it is returning …
How to extract base path from DataFrame column of path strings
There are several questions about string manipulation, but I can’t find an answer which allows me to do the following—I thought it should have been simple… I have a DataFrame which includes a column containing a filename and path The following produces a representative example DataFrame: I want to…
Extracting url from style: background-url: with beautifulsoup and without regex?
I have: I want to get the url, however I don’t know how to do that without the use of regex. Is it even possible? so far my solution with regex is: Answer You could try using the cssutils package. Something like this should work: Although you are ultimately going to need to parse out the actual url this…
Replace special characters in a string in Python
I am using urllib to get a string of html from a website and need to put each word in the html document into a list. Here is the code I have so far. I keep getting an error. I have also copied the error below. Here is the error. Answer str.replace is the wrong function for what you want
How to strip a specific word from a string?
I need to strip a specific word from a string. But I find python strip method seems can’t recognize an ordered word. The just strip off any characters passed to the parameter. For example: How could I strip a specified word with python? Answer Use str.replace. Alternatively use re and use regular expres…
How do you check in python whether a string contains only numbers?
How do you check whether a string contains only numbers? I’ve given it a go here. I’d like to see the simplest way to accomplish this. Answer You’ll want to use the isdigit method on your str object: From the isdigit documentation: str.isdigit() Return True if all characters in the string ar…