Is there a list of Pytz Timezones?
I would like to know what are all the possible values for the timezone argument in the Python library pytz. How to do it?
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Integer square root in python
Is there an integer square root somewhere in python, or in standard libraries? I want it to be exact (i.e. return an integer), and bark if there’s no solution.
Convert Django Model object to dict with all of the fields intact
How does one convert a django Model object to a dict with all of its fields? All ideally includes foreign keys and fields with editable=False.
Python Linked List
What’s the easiest way to use a linked list in python? In scheme, a linked list is defined simply by '(1 2 3 4 5). Python’s lists, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], and tuples, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), are not, in fact, linked lists, and linked lists have some nice properties such as constant-time concatenation, and being able to reference separate parts of them. Make them immutable and they are really easy to work with!
What is a “slug” in Django?
When I read Django code I often see in models what is called a “slug”. I am not quite sure what this is, but I do know it has something to do with URLs. How and when is this slug-thing supposed to be used?
why is plotting with Matplotlib so slow?
I’m currently evaluating different python plotting libraries. Right now I’m trying matplotlib and I’m quite disappointed with the performance. The following example is modified from SciPy examples and gives me only ~ 8 frames per second!
Python NameError: name is not defined
I have a python script and I am receiving the following error:
Change one value based on another value in pandas
I’m trying to reproduce my Stata code in Python, and I was pointed in the direction of Pandas. I am, however, having a hard time wrapping my head around how to process the data.
Writing a connection string when password contains special characters
I’m using SQLalchemy for a Python project, and I want to have a tidy connection string to access my database. So for example:
How to remove relative shift in matplotlib axis
When I try to do a plot against a range with big enough numbers I get an axis with relative shift for all the ticks. For example: