What is the difference between pip and conda?
I know pip is a package manager for python packages. However, I saw the installation on IPython’s website use conda to install IPython.
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How to wait some time in pygame?
While I’ve been using time.wait in my code since I began learning Python and Pygame, I’ve been wondering if there are any other ways to do it and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. For example, Pygame also has a pygame.time.wait. What’s the difference between python’s wait and pygame’s wait functions? Which one is better? And are there other ways to wait some time besides using these two functions?
Why is python ordering my dictionary like so?
Here is the dictionary I have propertyList = { "id": "int", "name": "char(40)", "team": "int", "realOwner": "int", "x": "int", "y": "int", "description": "char(255)", "port": "bool", "secret": "bool", "dead": "bool", "nomadic": "bool", "population": "int", "slaves": "int", } But when I print it out with “n”.join(myDict) I get this name nomadic dead port realOwner secret slaves team … Read more
How do I copy a string to the clipboard?
I’m trying to make a basic Windows application that builds a string out of user input and then adds it to the clipboard. How do I copy a string to the clipboard using Python?
What is getattr() exactly and how do I use it?
I’ve recently read about the getattr() function. The problem is that I still can’t grasp the idea of its usage. The only thing I understand about getattr() is that getattr(li, "pop") is the same as calling li.pop.
Is it possible to modify lines in a file in-place?
Is it possible to parse a file line by line, and edit a line in-place while going through the lines?
Matrix Transpose in Python
The built-in function zip does a similar job, but truncates the result
to the length of the shortest list, so some elements from the original
data may be lost afterwards.
How can I create lists from a list of strings?
I have a list of strings such as: names = ['apple','orange','banana'] And I would like to create a list for each element in the list, that would be named exactly as the string: apple = [] orange = [] banana = [] How can I do that in Python? Answers: Thank you for visiting the … Read more
How do I use raw_input in Python 3
import sys print(sys.platform) print(2**100) raw_input() I am using Python 3.1 and can’t get the raw_input to “freeze” the dos pop-up. The book I’m reading is for Python 2.5 and I’m using Python 3.1 What should I do to fix this? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the … Read more
How can I use pickle to save a dict (or any other Python object)?
I have looked through the information that the Python docs give, but I’m still a little confused. Could somebody post sample code that would write a new file then use pickle to dump a dictionary into it?