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mbrenig / utftester.py

Created May 6, 2013 17:41

Unicode character detection across a directory.

	import chardet # https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chardet
	import os
	import sys
	import fnmatch

	def detect(arg, dir, names):
	for name in names:
	if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, arg):
	fpath = os.path.join(dir, name)
	r = chardet.detect(fpath)

mbrenig / gist:5664858

Last active December 17, 2015 19:59 — forked from anonymous/gist:5664828

	#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	# Set up access mappings here.
	#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	line_updated = False


	if device_cutsheet_manager != None:
	# Try the device cutsheet manager first.
	line_updated = device_cutsheet_manager.set_access_info(lineinfo)

mbrenig / gist:5715678

Created June 5, 2013 17:32

Euclid's greatest common divisor algorithm

	def gcd(a,b):
	while a != 0:
	a, b = b % a, a
	return b

mbrenig / gist:5715776

Last active December 18, 2015 03:08

Generate list continued fractions for square root of number

	from math import sqrt

	def gcd(a,b):
	while a != 0:
	a, b = b % a, a
	return b

	def sqrt_cf(D):
	A = []

mbrenig / connect4.py

Last active December 20, 2015 13:18

connect4.py - play connect 4 in the terminal.

	WIDTH = 7
	HEIGHT = 6
	NULL = " "

	def connected_4(l):
	# Tests whether or not the list, l, has
	# four similar characters in a row.
	last = None
	run = 1
	for item in l:

mbrenig / markov.py

Last active January 19, 2018 22:35

Markov chain text replicator. Usage: markov.py sourcetext.txt 4 (the final value is the number of characters in a node of the chain)

	import random
	import sys

	class Segment:
	def __init__(self, listobj, length=1):
	self.sequence = iter(listobj)
	self.memory = []
	self.length = length
	self.start = True
	self.end = False

mbrenig / weirdcheck.py

Last active December 22, 2015 07:48

Check for uncommon characters in a specified input file. Usage: weirdcheck.py <inputfilename.txt>

	import sys

	print "Reading from: %s" % sys.argv[1]
	print "----------------------------------"

	inf = open(sys.argv[1],'r')

	for (line_no, l) in enumerate(inf.readlines()):
	for (pos_no, c) in enumerate(l):
	if ord(c) > 128:

mbrenig / taqua_mlhg_snippet.py

Created September 11, 2013 18:14

Snippet to force MLHG_HUNT_ON_NA to FALSE on all Taqua BGs. (Not recommended - please SFR).


	def cust_specific_process():
	for bgline in taqua_glob.bg_line_entries_list:
	# Try to get mlhg lineinfo objects
	mlhgs = []
	try:
	bg = bgline.parent_bg
	mlhgs = bg.lineinfo[si.BG_MLHGS]
	except:
	pass

mbrenig / snake.py

Last active December 23, 2015 06:49

Runs a simulated game of 3D snakes on a cube, and print frames to a snake.txt that can be copied into code that runs this: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-4x4x4-LED-cube-Arduino/

	# Not much fun unless you have one of these:
	# http://www.instructables.com/id/The-4x4x4-LED-cube-Arduino/
	#
	import random

	DEBUG = True # Visualize the movement. Hit/hold return to progress the snake

	CUBESIZE = 4

	ouf = open("snake.txt",'w')

mbrenig / dateutil.py

Last active May 25, 2016 12:02

Python libraries demo

	# https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-dateutil/2.5.3
	# https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
	from dateutil import parser # pip install python-dateutil

	if __name__ == '__main__':
	try:
	a = parser.parse("18 Aug 2001")
	print a
	b = parser.parse("2016-04-05 12:33:55")
	print b

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