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Key-Value CLI Arguments in Python

July 29, 2021

If you have a CommandLine application (CLI) written in Python, you have a number of ways that you can take arguments from the user.


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How to use a Translation Table to Replace Characters in Python

July 28, 2021

Python provides the ability to create Translation Tables. our_text = "This is an example of some text" translation_table = str.


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How to Calculate the Sum of all Numbers in a String in Python

July 27, 2021

Let’s take the following string: numbers = "this 1 2 3 4 5 is not a 8 9 10" How can we sum up all the numbers in this string?


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How to Find all Permutations of a String in Python

July 26, 2021

Python comes with a very useful module called itertools, which allows us to calculate permutations directly.


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How to Fix ‘no basic auth credentials’ with Docker and AWS ECR

July 25, 2021

If you are trying to push a Docker image to AWS ECR (Elastic Container Registry) and you get a no basic auth credentials error.


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How to Reverse Words or Sentences in Python

July 24, 2021

Let’s take the following sentence: words = "These are some words" We can use slices to reverse the order of the string:


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How to solve AttributeError: ‘int’ object has no attribute ‘split’ – make: [sharedmods] Error 1

July 23, 2021

If you get the following error while trying to install something via Homebrew


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How to Push a Docker image to AWS ECR

July 22, 2021

By default, Docker pushes its images to Docker Hub. While Docker Hub is a great way to share both your public and private images, you may find the rest of your infrastructure on one of the prominent cloud providers.


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Complete Guide: How to Base64 Encode a String in Python | Python Base64 Encoding Explained

July 21, 2021

How to Base64 Encode a String in Python: A Comprehensive Guide Welcome to our comprehensive guide on how to python base64 encode a string in Python.


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How to Get 10 Random Numbers in Python

July 20, 2021

The random module allows you to generate choices. import random print(random.


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Get the Middle Character in Python

July 19, 2021

The challenge Return the middle character of the word. If the word’s length is odd, return the middle character.


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Convert String to Datetime in Python

July 18, 2021

If you have a string and want to create a Datetime object out of it in Python, then you can use the Datetime Parse Time method, as follows:


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How to Abort SQL statements after a set time in MariaDB

July 17, 2021

Sometimes you don’t want a SELECT query to run for more than a set amount of time.


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Multiprocessing Pools in Python

July 16, 2021

Python ships with a multiprocessing module that allows your code to run functions in parallel by offloading calls to available processors.


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How to Double Characters in Python

July 15, 2021

The challenge Given a string, you have to return a string in which each character (case-sensitive) is repeated once.


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How to Reverse Words in Python

July 14, 2021

The challenge Complete the function that accepts a string parameter, and reverses each word in the string.


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How to Count by X in Python

July 13, 2021

The challenge Create a function with two arguments that will return an array of the first (n) multiples of (x).


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Calculate the Sum of Pairs in Python

July 12, 2021

The challenge Given a list of integers and a single sum value, return the first two values (parse from the left please) in order of appearance that add up to form the sum.


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How to break a list into multiple lists (with maximum size) in Python

July 11, 2021

If you have a large list and want to create smaller lists of it, with a maximum amount of elements, then:


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Get all dates between two dates inclusive in Python

July 10, 2021

If you want to print out a list of all dates between 2 dates (a date range), then you can use the following script:


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