Python How-To's and more

python_how-tos-and_more.txt

This is a collection of Python How-To's and more.

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Read a file into a variable:

  REF: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3277503/in-python-how-do-i-read-a-file-line-by-line-into-a-list

  with open('/your/path/file') as f:
      my_lines = f.readlines()

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Read a file line by line:
  
  REF: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3277503/in-python-how-do-i-read-a-file-line-by-line-into-a-list
  
  with open(...) as f:
      for line in f:
        <do something with line>
        
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str strip()

  This function is not mutable (does not modify string object).
  
  For example:
  
    t = "     this string has leading blanks"
    t.strip()     # This is NOT remove leading blanks and change t to contain result.
    t = t.strip() # This works as desired.
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