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How to put multi-line comments inside a Python dict()?

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 09:58:45

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You can put comments like you normally would anywhere in a python script. But note that you can only put single line comments using #. Multiline comments act like strings and you cannot put just a string in between definition of a dict. For example, the following declaration is perfectly ... Read More

How to make loops run faster using Python?

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 09:55:17

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This is a language agnostic question. Loops are there in almost every language and the same principles apply everywhere. You need to realize that compilers do most heavy lifting when it comes to loop optimization, but you as a programmer also need to keep your loops optimized.It is important to ... Read More

How to execute Python multi-line statements in the one-line at command-line?

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Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 08:08:02

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There are multiple ways in which you can use multiline statements in the command line in python. For example, bash supports multiline statements, which you can use like −Example$ python -c ' > a = True > if a: > print("a is true") > 'OutputThis will give the output −a ... Read More

What does the &= operator do in Python?

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Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 07:26:25

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The += operator is syntactic sugar for object.__iand__() function. From the python docs:These methods are called to implement the augmented arithmetic assignments (+=, -=, *=, @=, /=, //=, %=, **=, =, &=, ^=, |=). These methods should attempt to do the operation in-place (modifying self) and return the result (which ... Read More

Finding The Biggest Key In A Python Dictionary?

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Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 07:17:57

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If you have a dict with string-integer mappings, you can use the max method on the dictionary's item pairs to get the largest value. exampled = {    'foo': 100,    'bar': 25,    'baz': 360 } print(max(k for k, v in d.items()))OutputThis will give the output −foofoo is largest in alphabetical order.

How to convert a spreadsheet to Python dictionary?

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 06:49:21

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The easiest way to convert a spreadsheet to Python dictionary is to use an external library like pandas. This provides very helpful features like to_dict on excel objects. You can use these like −Examplefrom pandas import * xls = ExcelFile('my_file.xls') data = xls.parse(xls.sheet_names[0]) print(data.to_dict())OutputThis will give the output −{'id': 10, ... Read More

How can we print multiple blank lines in python?

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Samual Sam

Updated on 05-Mar-2020 05:02:36

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We can print multiple blank lines in python by using the character the number of times we need a blank line. For example, If you need 5 blank lines, you can use −Python 2.x: print "" Python 3.x: print("")You can use features like repetition operator in python to ... Read More

Usage of :active pseudo-class in CSS

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 04-Mar-2020 12:45:38

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The :active pseudo-class is used to add special style to an active element. Possible values could be any color name in any valid format.Example                    a:active {             color: #FF00CC;          }                     Click This Link    

CSS outline-style property

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 04-Mar-2020 12:41:19

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The outline-style property specifies the style for the line that goes around an element. It can take one of the following values −none − No border. (Equivalent of outline-width:0;)solid − Outline is a single solid line.dotted − Outline is a series of dots.dashed − Outline is a series of short lines.double ... Read More

Absolute Positioning with CSS

Samual Sam

Samual Sam

Updated on 04-Mar-2020 12:36:00

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An element with position: absolute is positioned at the specified coordinates relative to your screen top-left corner.You can use two values top and left along with the position property to move an HTML element anywhere in the HTML document.Move Left - Use a negative value for left. Move Right - Use a positive value for left. Move ... Read More

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