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There are a few ways to remove an item from a list by its index. Firstly you can use the del keyword and point that to a list index.fruit = ...
To access the current index in a for loop, simply wrap the the list (or dictionary, string and so on) that you are iterating over in Python'...
There are various ways to list the files and directories using Python. In this article we'll take a look at some functions that can help us ...
There are two ways to remove a key from a dictionary in Python. You can use the dictionary's pop() method which will return the value of the...
A comparison of the if / else and try / catch patterns to check if a key exists in a Python dict.
To create a substring or slice a string in Python you can use the slice syntax. Each character in a Python string has an index, just like it...
Converting an int to a string in Python can be done using the built-in str() method. Typically, you need to do this when concatenating an in...
In Python you can use the built-in len() function to get the number of elements in a list.fruit = ['apple', 'pear', 'banana', 'kiwi'] num_fr...
To convert all characters in a string to lowercase in Python you can use the string's lower() method.capital = 'Colombo is the capital city ...
In Python you can check if a list is empty by using the built-in len() function. The len() function returns the number of items in a list, d...
Various ways to search for and find items in a Python list.
How to make your Python code Sleep, Wait or Pause for seconds or milliseconds.
To create a datetime object with the current date and time you can simply use Python's datetime module and now() method. You can then use th...
Examples of to how parse a string to an int or float and handle number rounding in Python.
The index of an item in a list can be found using a list's index() method. First you create the list and then you use the lists index method...
Various ways to merge lists in Python.
List comprehensions are a concise way to create lists in Python, with a performance edge over using a list's append() method within a for lo...
Ternary operators are known as conditional expressions in Python and can be used to condense simple if / else statements.Syntax:value_a if c...
Optimal ways to open and read files line-by-line using Python.
A look at the difference between Python's append and extend list methods.
A simple explanation of how the __name__ variable can be used in Python
How to add or update one or many keys in a Python dictionary
The simplest way to check if a string contains a substring in Python is to use the in operator. This will return True or False depending on ...
A look at how to iterate over dictionaries in Python 2 and Python 3
Python functions are small, reusable blocks of code that you can utilize throughout a Python project. The standard Python library provides m...
Sometimes in Django you'll want to order a QuerySet by the count of another model that has a ForeignKey relationship to the model you're que...
A guide to creating aliases for Bash
How to extract data from websites without using an API
Mixcloud is an audio streaming platform for uploading and streaming radio shows, DJ mixes and podcasts. Since being founded in 2008 they’ve ...
A guide to managing virtual environments for your Python projects using Virtualenv.
The latest results for the annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey are out. This year almost 90,000 developers from around the world weighed ...
Optimal ways to sort Python dictionaries by value or key.
One of the best things about Python is its elegant and intuitive syntax. However, there were times where I would come across some terms or s...
Environment variables are useful when you want to avoid hardcoding certain parts of your code. For example, you may need to pass in API cred...
Given the rising popularity of people and companies writing about software engineering, I was curious to find out which blogs might be the m...
The Able text editor now allows you to do the following when writing articles on Able.Code formattingYou can now emphasize references to var...
As the Python 2 End of Life date approaches, many developers will need to start looking at migrating their builds to Python 3. I sat down wi...
After working in web technology for around 10 years now it's been incredibly exciting to see the evolution of so many technologies and start...