Split a string to even sized chunks
How would I be able to take a string like 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
and split it into 4 length tuples like (aaaa,aaaa,aaaa)
string
Escape special characters in a Python string
Does Python have a function that I can use to escape special characters in a string?
Check if string has date, any format
How do I check if a string can be parsed to a date?
Convert floating point number to a certain precision, and then copy to string
I have a floating point number, say 135.12345678910. I want to concatenate that value to a string, but only want 135.123456789. With print, I can easily do this by doing something like:
Product code looks like abcd2343, how to split by letters and numbers?
I have a list of product codes in a text file, on each line is the product code that looks like:
Convert Variable Name to String?
I would like to convert a python variable name into the string equivalent as shown. Any ideas how?
How to “properly” print a list?
So I have a list:
Python __str__ versus __unicode__
Is there a python convention for when you should implement __str__() versus __unicode__(). I’ve seen classes override __unicode__() more frequently than __str__() but it doesn’t appear to be consistent. Are there specific rules when it is better to implement one versus the other? Is it necessary/good practice to implement both?
How can I tell if a string repeats itself in Python?
I’m looking for a way to test whether or not a given string repeats itself for the entire string or not.
How can I escape latex code received through user input?
I read in a string from a GUI textbox entered by the user and process it through pandoc. The string contains latex directives for math which have backslash characters. I want to send in the string as a raw string to pandoc for processing. But something like “theta” becomes a tab and “heta”.