Converting string to datetime object
I was trying to convert a string to a datetime object.
The string I got from a news feed is in the following format:
“Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:16:17 EDT”
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What is %pylab?
I keep seeing people use %pylab in various code snippits, particularly with iPython. However, I cannot see where %pylab is mentioned anywhere in Learning Python (and the few other Python books I have) and am not really sure what it means.
Overriding python threading.Thread.run()
Given the Python documentation for Thread.run():
Python 3 – Encode/Decode vs Bytes/Str
I am new to python3, coming from python2, and I am a bit confused with unicode fundamentals. I’ve read some good posts, that made it all much clearer, however I see there are 2 methods on python 3, that handle encoding and decoding, and I’m not sure which one to use. So the idea in … Read more
How do I re.search or re.match on a whole file without reading it all into memory?
I want to be able to run a regular expression on an entire file, but I’d like to be able to not have to read the whole file into memory at once as I may be working with rather large files in the future. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
PyQt: app.exec_() stops all following code from running
I have a code which looks like:
pip installs packages successfully, but executables not found from command line
I am working on mac OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.3.
How to use python variable in os.system?
I am creating small console script in python, and I will like to put cowsay command in it, but cow says name of the variable, where the string is, not the string inside the variable. How I can get the cow to say string inside the variable? if (command == 'cow'): word = raw_input('What does … Read more
How to create multiple class objects with a loop in python?
Suppose you have to create 10 class objects in python, and do something with them, like:
What is the fastest way to generate image thumbnails in Python?
I’m building a photo gallery in Python and want to be able to quickly generate thumbnails for the high resolution images.