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python threads operating serially Question: I am a python noob. I am trying to design a visual stimulus for experiments in my lab. The stimulus should stop when the user presses a key. The entire experiment is timing sensitive and so I cannot run the key check serially. The code that I wrote looks like this. * * * ...
App Engine bulkloader transformation for datetime Question: I'm trying to load a datetime field with the following format. 2013-02-05T10:09:38-08:00 - property: event_time external_name: datetime import_transform: transform.import_date_time('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z') However, the transform...
Is there an equivalent of a bootstrap.php for python? Question: In php, people often call a bootstrap file to set variables used throughout a program. I have a python program that calls methods from different modules. I want those methods from different modules to share some variables. Can I set these variables up in s...
How to convert this non-tail-recursion function to a loop or a tail-recursion version? Question: I've been curious for this for long. It is really very easy and elegant for human to create a non-tail-recursive function to get something complicated, but the speed is very slow and easily hit the limit of Python recursion...
Why is a website's response in python's `urllib.request` different to a request sent directly from a web-browser? Question: I have a program that takes a URL and gets a response from the server using `urllib.request`. It all works fine, but I tested it a little more and realised that when I put in a URL such as <http:/...
Generate all unique permutations of 2d array Question: I would like to be able to generate all unique permutations of a 2d array in python. For example take this 2d array [[1,1],[0,0]] I would like back [[0,0], [1,1]] [[0,1], [0,1]] [[0,1] [1,0]] [[1,0] [0,1]] ...
Python yield multiple assignment Question: I generally try to use yield whenever I can, but I don't get how I'd do it on code like this: numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] def odd_and_even(numbers): odd = [] even = [] for number in numbers: if number % 2: ...
Speed up vlookup like operation using pandas in python Question: I have written some code to essentially do a excel style vlookup on two pandas dataframes and want to speed it up. The structure of the data frames is as follows: dbase1_df.columns: 'VALUE', 'COUNT', 'GRID', 'SGO10GEO' merged_df.columns: 'GRID', 'ST...
How to execute a python script and write output to txt file? Question: I'm executing a .py file, which spits out a give string. This command works fine execfile ('file.py') But I want the output (in addition to it being shown in the shell) written into a text file. I tried this, but it's not working :( execfile ('f...
How to read a large file set Question: I am very new to Python. So please give specific advice. I am using Python 3.2.2. I need to read a large file set in my computer. Now I can not even open it. To verify the directory of the file, I used: >>> import os >>> os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('a90000...
Python 2&3: both urllib & requests POST data mysteriously disappears Question: I'm using Python to scrape data from a number of web pages that have simple HTML input forms, like the 'Username:' form at the bottom of this page: <http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp> (this is just a simple example to illustrate ...
change default path of django administration Question: I am new to Django. I am using django administration for basic crud purpose. I found that template for django admin resides at C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\admin I need to change it as my own location .. i create...
Can't understand 500: internal error with Django, Apache, Mod_python Question: I'm getting a 500:Internal error when i try to start my apache server with django. I tried the steps given in the previous questions [Django with Apache 500 Error](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20262164/django-with- apache-500-error) an...
Import variables into functions from external file in Python Question: I am trying to write a script that is rather long, uses several different data sources and can go wrong at many different stages. Having to restart the whole process from the beginning each time some error in the input data is discovered is not too ...
Why does my code only write the last line? Question: I'm writing a list to file but it only writes the last line. Here is my code. I'm on Python 2.7. server=os.listdir('.') #contents of the current directory for files in server: public_html = [] if os.path.isfile(files) == True : ...
BeautifulSoup - scraping a forum page Question: I'm trying to scrape a forum discussion and export it as a csv file, with rows such as "thread title", "user", and "post", where the latter is the actual forum post from each individual. I'm a complete beginner with Python and BeautifulSoup so I'm having a really hard ti...
Python sequence error Question: I have written a code to solve various integrals using the midpoint method. I had it working for some other functions, however when trying to compute this particular function's integral (you will see it within the code), I am running into this error: "setting an array element with a sequ...
Randomizing Color Python Fractal Question: I am currently working on a fractal generation, and I've got the fractal built and functioning to my desired specifications, although I am looking to add randomize coloring to it. Currently I have the whole fractal to show as a random color after the program has ran, but I wo...
Logging data to CSV with python Question: I am trying to update a log file form a python script. I have script that generate 2 variables, inside & outside, and a log file templog.csv The CSV file is in the format date,time,inside,outside I need to generate the date and time and then write the whole lot with commas to...
creating multiple excel worksheets using data in a pandas dataframe Question: Just started using pandas and python. I have a worksheet which I have read into a dataframe and the applied forward fill (ffill) method to. I would then like to create a single excel document with two worksheets in it. One worksheet would ...
python serial 100% cpu Question: A year ago I needed a script to capture input from a serial device and send it to a web browser. (A touch sensor attached to a 3d printed Egyptian tablet in a Museum.) I had originally intended to use Perl but as that wasn't playing ball and I only had a few hours before launch I opted ...
Waiting for xml file writing to finish in python Question: I have written this script to write data to an xml file. It is writing correctly, but I want to wait for finish writing in xml file then I will execute another code. This means another code is depend on xml data write. So how to wait for finish writing data in...
C - Signed and Unsigned integer Question: I'm delving into C because I need to import ctypes library to python to allow for keyboard control. I'm trying to learn how the following code works: import ctypes import time SendInput = ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput # C struct redefinitio...
More problems extracting frames from GIFs Question: Following my previous question ([Gifs opened with python have broken frames](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21990868/gifs-opened-with-python- have-broken-frames)) I now have code that works sometimes. For example, this code from PIL import Image ...
Drawing ellipses on matplotlib basemap projections-How to extend the basemap class Question: I am new to python and matplotlib (and stackoverflow). Can you please tell me how do I extend my basemap class with this ellipse function? The original post "Drawing ellipses on matplotlib basemap projections" from regeirk is e...
Python - removing everything from a string except certain characters Question: Not sure if this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find it, so here it is: randomList = ["ACGT","A#$..G","..,/\]AGC]]]T"] randomList2 = [] for i in randomList: if i <contains any characters other tha...
Error using Requests in a frozen app Question: I am trying to use the excelent requests library in a frozen app. The code works fine when interpreted, but it stops working when I generate the dist executable. I tried this solution, but it is not working ([Requests library: missing file after cx_freeze](http://stackove...
The pygame drawing functions leave pixel-wide gaps. Why? Question: After converting a piece of code (that animates a pattern of rectangles) from Java to Python, I noticed that the animation that the code produced seemed quite glitchy. I managed to reproduce the problem with a minimal example as follows: ...
python pandas: how to loop over dateframe and add columns Question: I need a loop to do what this code is doing and automatically generate columns ep1 ep2 and so on.. df['ep1'] = df.ep1.apply(lambda x: datetime.datetime(x.year,x.month,1)) df['ep2'] = df.ep1.apply(lambda x: datetime.datetime((x+dateti...
Heroku App crashes immediately with R10 and H10 errors Question: My app runs fine locally using foreman run, and when I execute my `runserver.py` file using `python runserver.py`. When I push it to Heroku, it just crashes. I even made changes to my procfile: `web: python runserver.py ${PORT}` so that Heroku will bind t...
Scipy expit: Unexpected behavour. NaNs Question: Noticed some _nan_ 's were appearing unexpectedly, in my data. (and expanding out and _naning_ everything they touched) Did some careful investigation and produced a minimal working example: >>> import numpy >>> from scipy.special import expit >>> ...
Running python files from command prompt Question: I have written a python program in eclipse that imports the mechanize module. It works perfectly there. When I run the .py file from the command prompt, it shows this error: "No module named mechanize". How do I rectify this? Answer: Make sure that Eclipse and prompt...
Django: Cron job is not executing python script Question: I am using csvimporter to import some a csv file into a Django model. I have 2 scripts - one python script to take the file: import subprocess subprocess.call("python manage.py csvimport --model='csv_reader.csv' /Users/path_to_csv", shell...
How to process excel file headers using pandas/python Question: I am trying to read <https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/193811/response/480664/attach/3/GCSE%20IGCSE%20results%20v3.xlsx> using pandas. Having saved it my script is import sys import pandas as pd inputfile = sys.argv[1] xl =...
How to handle a matplotlib pick Artist event within a dynamically created QMdiAreaSubWindow? (Example Given - Partially Working!) Question: I am trying to create a Qt4 application using python and matplotlib, but I got stuck in a behaviour, which is not quite clear to me. This application has a QMdiArea which holds th...
Python zipfile library fix Question: I've got a problem. I've made a simple zip file with password 12345. Now, when I try to extract the password using brute-force, zipfile chooses wrong password. It says it found password aaln0, but the extracted file is completly empty. Is there a way to 'fix' the library? Or is ther...
OpenCV darken oversaturated webcam image Question: I have a (fairly cheap) webcam which produces images which are far lighter than it should be. The camera does have brightness correction - the adjustments are obvious when moving from light to dark - but it is consistently far to bright. I am looking for a way to redu...
Python, Generating random string of brackets Question: I am looking to generate random lengths and patterns of square brackets for example, [] ][ [] ][ [] [[ ]] [] I have so far managed to get my program to generate brackets randomly, but randomly in terms of how many times it generates them, so currently my program i...
What is the canonical way of handling sys arguments in Python? Question: Let's say I want to make a hashing script: ### some code here def hashlib_based(path, htype='md5', block_size=2**16): hash = eval(htype) with open(path, 'rb') as f: for block in iter(lambda: f.re...
Create pdf with tooltips in python Question: This a python copy of the popular and highly upvoted [Create pdf with tooltips in R](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4691780/create-pdf-with-tooltips- in-r) . Simple question: Is there a way to plot a graph from python in a pdf file and include tooltips? Answer: You ca...
why networkx.draw() produces nothing? Question: I'm new to python and I'm using IPython, I'm starting to learn about NetworkX, but just in the starting point now I'm noticing that networkx.draw() is not working, here is my code: import networkx as nx g = nx.Graph() g.add_nodes_from([1...
Creating password using Python passlib Question: I'm trying to use the following that another user posted as an answer to a different question: >>> # import the hash algorithm >>> from passlib.hash import sha256_crypt >>> # generate new salt, and hash a password >>> hash = sha256_crypt.e...
Python: Pass a function as a variable with one input fixed Question: Say I have a two dimensional function f(x,y) and another function G(function) that takes a function as an input. BUT, G only takes one dimensional functions as input and I'm wanting to pass f to G with the second variable as a fixed parameter. Right ...
URL UTF-8 Decoding Python Question: I am having some data in URL format and I want to decode it using Python. I tried the (accepted) answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3563126/url-encoding-decoding-with- python) but I am still not getting getting the correct decoding. My code is as follows: ...
python multiprocessing, do the processes share a common variable? Question: I have this: #!/usr/bin/env python import multiprocessing class MultiprocessingTest(object): def __init__(self): self.cmd = '' def for_process_A(self): self.cmd ...
KeyError when writing NumPy values to GEXF with NetworkX Question: Hi everyone I 'd like to compute node coordinates and then export graph to GEXF and process it with Gephi. However when I run the following code import networkx as nx import numpy as np .... area_ratios = [np.sum(new[:,0])/Sto...
Converting ipython notebook to html with separate images Question: I have an ipython notebook with a mixture of SVG and PNG graphs. I can export it to html without any trouble, but it embeds the images as encoded text in the body of the `.html` file. I'm calling: ipython nbconvert --to html mynotebook.i...
How do I add a method to a class from a third-party Python module without editing the original module Question: I'm using the `Basemap` object from `basemap` module in the matplotlib toolkit (`mpl_toolkits.basemap.Basemap`). In `basemap`'s `__init__.py` file (i.e. the `mpl_toolkits.basemap.__init__` module), a method `...
How to log errors in python script (process) Question: I need to log errors in python script which running as process. My current code: import ips import sys import time import logging import os import string import json import multiprocessing import MySQLdb as mdb ...
Running tests with coverage using django-jenkins Question: I've got a couple of Django projects that I work on, and I use Jenkins for continuous integration purposes. I've had that arrangement up and running for a while and it works well. I'd like to be able to generate automated test coverage reports and have Jenkins...
Behavior of python method in absence of return statement Question: I have a question related to change in program behavior the absence of _return_ statement leads to in a python method. The _count_ method below prints number of digits in a given integer. With the below chunk of code I get the result as 4, which is the...
Python subprocess communicate kills my process Question: Why does communicate kill my process? I want an interactive process but communicate does something so that I cannot take raw_input any more in my process. from sys import stdin from threading import Thread from time import sleep i...
Reference an arbitrary row and field in another table Question: Is there any form (data type, inherence..) of implement in postgresql something like this: CREATE TABLE log ( datareferenced table_row_column_reference, logged boolean ); The referenced data may be any row field fro...
pyparsing: grammar for list of Dictionaries (erlang) Question: I'm trying to build a grammar to parse an Erlang tagged tuple list, and map this to a Dict in pyparsing. I'm having problems when I have a list of Dicts. The grammar works if the Dict has just one element, but when I add a second can't work out now to get i...
A simple Hello World setuptools package and installing it with pip Question: I'm having trouble figuring out how to install my package using setuptools, and I've tried reading the documentation on it and SO posts, but I can't get it to work properly. I'm trying to get a simple helloworld application to work. This is ho...
How to use a map with *args to unpack a tuple in a python function call Question: I am currently doing a merge over a set of variables that I'd like to parallelize. My code looks something like this: mergelist = [ ('leftfile1', 'rightfile1', 'leftvarname1', 'outputname1'), ('leftfile1', 'righ...
Open File Dialog freezes after tkinter askopenfilename method is called Question: I'm trying to simply get a file name from the user by `tkinter.filedialog.askopenfilename()`. The function returns fine and the code below displays the file name okay but the dialog window doesn't close immediately after hitting 'open' or...
Convert Python's internal str to print equivalent Question: Currently I have: >> class_name = 'AEROSPC\xc2\xa01A' >> print(class) >> AEROSPC 1A >> 'AEROSPC 1A' == class_name >> False How can I convert `class_name` into 'AEROSPC 1A'? Thanks! Answer: ## Convert to Unicode You ...
Vector to string, save in file and again to vector? Python Question: this is my first question, sorry for my english. I have already search, but hmm, i didn't know how to search and i try different ways and keywords, but nothing. The problem is this: I'm doing some scripts in blender with python and i want to use co...
Python: Create File Directories based on Dictionary Key names Question: I wonder if there is a way to turn a dictionary into a directory structure. For a example a dictionary with following keys: dict['dir1']['subdir1']['subsubdir']['folder1'] ['subdir2']['subsubdir']['folder1']['folder2'...
Python mockito - Mocking a class which is being instantiated from the testable function Question: I am bit lost while writing the test case for **UserCompanyRateLimitValidation** class. I am finding difficulty in mocking the class which is being instantiated from inside this class. class UserCompanyRateL...
Managing dictionary memory size in python Question: I have a program which imports a text file through standard input and aggregates the lines into a dictionary. However the input file is very large (1Tb order) and I wont have enough space to store the whole dictionary in memory (running on 64Gb ram machine). Currently...
How to decrypt 3DES in ECB mode (using a wordlist)? Question: I have some encrypted texts (encrypted with 3DES in ECB mode without salt). **My question: How can I decrypt them using a wordlist? (or without one?)** Example: Encrypted text: Xfi+h4Ir6l7zXCP+N4EPvQ== The wordlist for this: ...
Python: How to sort a list of lists by the most common first element? Question: How do you sort a list of lists by the count of the first element? For example, if I had the following list below, I'd want the list to be sorted so that all the 'University of Georgia' entries come first, then the 'University of Michigan' ...
python Eclipse - how to break/pause on warning? Question: I found this which allows to break on exception. [Break on exception in pydev](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/455552/break- on-exception-in-pydev/6655894#6655894) However, what I'd like is to break on a warning. This is the warning I get and would like if ...
Python client certificate authentication over https is failing Question: I'm attempting to get https client authentication working using [this sample code](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4464435/789671) in Python 2.7. Unfortunately, the client script doesn't appear to be authenticating correctly and I've not been able to t...
Pymongo BSON Binary save and retrieve? Question: I'm working in Python with MongoDB trying to save an array of floats tightly. I can **Create and store correctly *** but **I CANNOT RETRIEVE THE DATA IN A USABLE FORMAT.** >>> import random, array, pymongo >>> from bson.binary import Binary as BsonBi...
One producer thread and multiple non-blocking simultaneous consumer threads (MROW) python Question: I have one producer thread reading some data and processing them and other threads reading that that, I was using a condition variable in the producer in order to avoid busy wait and notify when the new adquisition of da...
Minimum, mean and maximum distance between points 3-D in Python Question: I have a list of x,y,z points. Using the formula to find the distance between two points in 3-D import math import numpy as np point0 = x0, y0, z0 point1 = x1, y1, z1 dist = math.sqrt((x0-x1)**2+(y0-y1)**2...
Python: Testing Serial Ports for Answer Question: I'm trying to build a short code that will test all Serial COM ports (I'm on windows) for reply. For example, I have a Arduino connected on COM3, and when it connects, it sends a serial message. I want that when I run the python script it automatically detects which is...
Positional Inverted Index in Python Question: I recently developed a Python program that makes an inverted index out of terms in a certain document. I now want to create position postings, such as to, 993427: ⟨ 1, 6: ⟨7, 18, 33, 72, 86, 231⟩; 2, 5: ⟨1, 17, 74, 222, 255⟩; 4, 5: ⟨8, 16, 190, 4...
Python Classify commands Question: I am writing a python script to classify ip countries as they are in another file .. for example .. I have 2 files in the script dir IPCountries.txt contains :- 192.168.1.1 | US, 188.100.0.0 | AU, and the file arrange.txt contains :- ...
Speeding up Fourier-related transform computations in python (OpenCV) Question: I have an image and I need to compute a fourier-related transform over it called Short Time Fourier Transform (for extra mathematical info check:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-time_Fourier_transform>). In order to do that I need to : ...
How to code a Python function that accepts float, list or numpy.array? Question: I have the following simple Python function: def get_lerp_factor( a, x, b ): if x <= a: return 0. if x >= b: return 1. return (x - a) / (b - a) Many numpy functions, like numpy.sin(x) can handle...
Invoking destroy() method on window after mainloop in tkinter Question: I'm relatively new to Python and Tkinter and I am striving to get my head over how mainloop and the after method work. More specifically, I want to create a splashScreen, which goes away after a timeframe, and then the actual mainWindow is shown. ...
Find and copy a line using regex in Python Question: I am new to this forum and to programming and apologize in advance if I violate any of the forum rules. I have researched this extensively, but I couldn't find a solution for my problem. So I have a very long file that has this general structure: data...
Installing Anaconda on Ubuntu 13.10 giving an error message Question: I ran the installer of Anaconda and at the end I got this message: ... installing: zlib-1.2.7-0 ... installing: anaconda-1.9.1-np18py27_0 ... installing: _cache-0.0-x0 ... Anaconda-1.9.1-Linux-x86_64.sh: line 389: /home...
Python reportlab put an image in a canvasmaker Question: I'd like to put an image (a barcode more precisely) in a pdf doc generated by reportlab. I can put it in a table. That works perfectly with createBarcodeDrawing(). The point is that I'd like the barcode to change on each page. Thus, I want to put it in a canvasm...
How do I programmatically split a multi-page tiff into single pages using Adobe Acrobat and it's exposed COM Objects? Question: I want to programmatically (using Python) split a multi-page tiff into single pages using Adobe Acrobat's exposed COM Objects. I am writing this in order to answer my own question in order to...
why does this vimscript print more than it should? Question: Here is the code: function! test() python << endpy import vim buf = vim.current.buffer (row1, col1) = buf.mark('<') (row2, col2) = buf.mark('>') for i in range(row1, row2+1): print i endpy endfunction ...
How do I install pyPDF2 module using windows? Question: As a newbie... I am having difficulties installing pyPDF2 module. I have downloaded. Where and how do I install (setup.py) so I can use module in python interpreter? Answer: To install setup.py files under Windows you can choose this way with the command line: ...
java.io.IOException: Broken pipe on increasing number of mappers/reducers, a lot Question: I am running MapReduce job on a hadoop cluster of 6 nodes with 4 map tasks and 10 reduce tasks configured. Mapper/Reducer fails a lot on increasing number of map/reduce tasks as below, ![Task running on multiple nodes](http://i...
How to get the length of a mp3 link in python? Question: I need get a mp3 lenght(from a url) to transform the lenght in seconds for a delay, someone know how to do it? Answer: Here is an example of retrieving the resource (mp3 file), and printing the track length via [mutagen](https://code.google.com/p/mutagen/) libr...
Python - Sentiment Analysis using Pointwise Mutual Information Question: from __future__ import division import urllib import json from math import log def hits(word1,word2=""): query = "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=%s" if word2 == "": ...
Redirection of stdout to console and file with verbosity turned on or off Question: I have written some code just to practice verbosity in python. Verbosity is embedded by means of the `ArgumentParser` module. However, I'd also like to write the `stdout` to file also when verbosity is disabled: #!/usr/bi...
Get all class names in a Python package Question: I need to get the list of all classes in Python package. At first I get all filenames (it works fine, took it from stackoverflow): from os import listdir, getcwd from os.path import isfile, join mypath = os.getcwd() onlyfiles = [ f for f in li...
send email to recipient from .txt in python 3.3 Question: I am trying to send an email with smtp in python 3.3 to a recipient listed in a text file. The error I receive is: `session.sendmail(sender, recipient, msg.as_string())` `smtplib.SMTPRecipientsRefused: {}` Where is the error in sendmail? Thanks! Full code be...
Python connect to IRC function - must be integer Question: I made a basic IRC bot that would join a certain channel and say a defined phrase, as part of learning Python. However, are there changes in the latest version of Python? import socket nick = 'TigerBot' passdwd = '*****' port = '...
How to group multiples classes defined in several files in one package or namespace? Question: I have c# background and learning python and I am confused between packages and namespace. I want to define number of classes in different .py files and some how they belong to same nsamespace (c# kind of namespace). How can ...
How to make web based python interactive shell Question: How do sites like <https://www.pythonanywhere.com/try-ipython/> work? They probably do several `exec` commands, or interfacing with ipython. However, this can be extremely insecure if they didn't do any "preventive action" (which they did). A mere (and evil) us...
How to execute git command in a identified path? Question: I want to execute git command in python program. I have tried os.system("git- command") As we know, git command can be executed correctly only in the directories which contains repositories. I have tried to print current path and this path is not what I hope fo...
Counting chars in a file | python 3x Question: I'm wondering, how can I count for example all "s" characters and print their number in a text file that I'm importing? Tried few times to do it by my own but I'm still doing something wrong. If someone could give me some tips I would really appreciate that :) Answer: Op...
Twython update_status_with_media error Question: I have the following code: photo = open(os.path.join("images", localFileName), 'rb') tweetThis = "status" twitter.update_status_with_media(status=tweetThis, media=photo) Here is the traceback: twitter.update_status_with_med...
Import a sequence of .svg files into FontForge as glyphs and output a font file Question: I want to create a font with a large volume of glyphs. Think Japanese kanji, in the thousands. So there will definitely be some scripting / batch processing required. Luckily FontForge supports python scripting! Unluckily I haven'...
Read from CSV file and make plot Question: I have a little problem I hope someone could help me with. I'm not the best at python. I have a "CSV" file that I have to manipulate. I have 3 questions I hope you could help with. **1: Print the first two lines** The first I think I done already, I printed the first two li...
python scrapy how to code the parameter instead of using cmd: use Custom code in Scrapy Question: I am using scrapy 0.20 with puthon 2.7 i used to do this in cmd -s JOBDIR=crawls/somespider-1 to handle the dublicated items. **note please, i already did the changes in setting** I dont' want to us...
Python: Naming with Acronyms Question: In Python code, what is the canonical way of dealing with well-known acronyms when naming classes, methods and variables? Consider, for example, a class dealing with RSS feeds. Would that rather be this: class RSSClassOne: def RSSMethod(self): s...
How can I autospec mock attributes that are None by default in python 3? Question: Consider this code: import unittest from unittest.mock import patch class Foo(object): def __init__(self, bar=None): self.bar = bar def methodA(self): print("In met...
Python ElementTree: find element by its child's text using XPath Question: I'm trying to locate an element that has certain text value in one of its child. For example, <peers> <peer> <offset>1</offset> <tag>TRUE</tag> </peer> <peer> <offset>2</...
Python- Share Variable Between Function and It's Decorator Question: (Python 2.7)Since decorators can not share variables with the function they are decorating, how can I make/pass `object_list` to the decorating function? I have a few of functions that will be using `raw_turn_over_mailer()` decorator and I would like ...