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with open(fname) as f:
content = f.readlines()
# you may also want to remove whitespace characters like `\n` at the end of each line
content = [x.strip() for x in content]
a = [ 'abc=lalalla', 'appa=kdkdkdkd', 'kkakaka=oeoeoeo']
d = dict(s.split('=') for s in a)
d.sort()
print d
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dindinet / import_backup.py
Created April 11, 2017 13:45 — forked from jehna/import_backup.py
App Engine import data from Datastore Backup to localhost
"""
# App Engine import data from Datastore Backup to localhost
You can use this script to import large(ish) App Engine Datastore backups to your localohst dev server.
## Getting backup files
Follow instructions from Greg Bayer's awesome article to fetch the App Engine backups:
http://gbayer.com/big-data/app-engine-datastore-how-to-efficiently-export-your-data/
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dindinet / find-in-json.js
Created July 14, 2016 07:15 — forked from iwek/find-in-json.js
Searching through JSON
//return an array of objects according to key, value, or key and value matching
function getObjects(obj, key, val) {
var objects = [];
for (var i in obj) {
if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(i)) continue;
if (typeof obj[i] == 'object') {
objects = objects.concat(getObjects(obj[i], key, val));
} else
//if key matches and value matches or if key matches and value is not passed (eliminating the case where key matches but passed value does not)
if (i == key && obj[i] == val || i == key && val == '') { //
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dindinet / FizzBuzz.py
Last active August 29, 2015 14:27 — forked from jaysonrowe/FizzBuzz.py
FizzBuzz Python Solution
# Start python in a terminal window
# Copy From Line 4 to line 13 paste into terminal window and hit return
# Finally Copy and paste line 15 and hit return
def fizzbuzz(n):
if n % 3 == 0 and n % 5 == 0:
return 'FizzBuzz'
elif n % 3 == 0:
return 'Fizz'
elif n % 5 == 0:
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dindinet / FoulLine.py
Last active August 29, 2015 14:26 — forked from thurloat/FoulLine.py
Getting Google Storage working in Python App Engine
#Bring in the boto library
import boto
#Load the configuration variables from your .boto file
config = boto.config
"""
FAIL.
""""
(function() {
var CSSCriticalPath = function(w, d, opts) {
var opt = opts || {};
var css = {};
var pushCSS = function(r) {
if(!!css[r.selectorText] === false) css[r.selectorText] = {};
var styles = r.style.cssText.split(/;(?![A-Za-z0-9])/);
for(var i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
if(!!styles[i] === false) continue;
var pair = styles[i].split(": ");
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dindinet / app.yaml
Last active August 29, 2015 14:16 — forked from darktable/app.yaml
application: you-app-name-here
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1
default_expiration: "30d"
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(appcache|manifest))
mime_type: text/cache-manifest

Transforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python

Notes from Raymond Hettinger's talk at pycon US 2013 video, slides.

The code examples and direct quotes are all from Raymond's talk. I've reproduced them here for my own edification and the hopes that others will find them as handy as I have!

Looping over a range of numbers

for i in [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]: