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min, max, and sorted all need the objects to be orderable. To be properly orderable, the class needs to define all of the 6 methods __lt__, __gt__, __ge__, __le__, __ne__ and __eq__: class IntegerContainer(object): def __init__(self, value): self.value = value def __rep...

Closures (also known as blocks or lambdas) are pieces of code which can be stored and passed around within your program. let sayHi = { print("Hello") } // The type of sayHi is "() -> ()", aka "() -> Void" sayHi() // prints "Hello" Like other fun...

The basic closure syntax is { [capture list] (parameters) throws-ness -> return type in body }. Many of these parts can be omitted, so there are several equivalent ways to write simple closures: let addOne = { [] (x: Int) -> Int in return x + 1 } let addOne = { [] (x: Int) -> Int in...

Functions may accept closures (or other functions) as parameters: func foo(value: Double, block: () -> Void) { ... } func foo(value: Double, block: Int -> Int) { ... } func foo(value: Double, block: (Int, Int) -> String) { ... } Trailing closure syntax If a function's last parameter ...

class MyClass { func sayHi() { print("Hello") } deinit { print("Goodbye") } } When a closure captures a reference type (a class instance), it holds a strong reference by default: let closure: () -> Void do { let obj = MyClass() // Captures a strong re...

In Python, variables inside functions are considered local if and only if they appear in the left side of an assignment statement, or some other binding occurrence; otherwise such a binding is looked up in enclosing functions, up to the global scope. This is true even if the assignment statement is ...

A for loop iterates over a sequence, so altering this sequence inside the loop could lead to unexpected results (especially when adding or removing elements): alist = [0, 1, 2] for index, value in enumerate(alist): alist.pop(index) print(alist) # Out: [1] Note: list.pop() is being used t...

A class can have only one constructor, that is a method called initialize. The method is automatically invoked when a new instance of the class is created. class Customer def initialize(name) @name = name.capitalize end end sarah = Customer.new('sarah') sarah.name #=> 'Sarah' ...

math.log(x) gives the natural (base e) logarithm of x. math.log(math.e) # 1.0 math.log(1) # 0.0 math.log(100) # 4.605170185988092 math.log can lose precision with numbers close to 1, due to the limitations of floating-point numbers. In order to accurately calculate logs close to 1, ...

In Python 2.6 and higher, math.copysign(x, y) returns x with the sign of y. The returned value is always a float. Python 2.x2.6 math.copysign(-2, 3) # 2.0 math.copysign(3, -3) # -3.0 math.copysign(4, 14.2) # 4.0 math.copysign(1, -0.0) # -1.0, on a platform which supports signed zero ...

There is a problem when using optional arguments with a mutable default type (described in Defining a function with optional arguments), which can potentially lead to unexpected behaviour. Explanation This problem arises because a function's default arguments are initialised once, at the point whe...

Python 3.x3.0 In Python 3, print functionality is in the form of a function: print("This string will be displayed in the output") # This string will be displayed in the output print("You can print \n escape characters too.") # You can print escape characters too. Pyth...

def input_number(msg, err_msg=None): while True: try: return float(raw_input(msg)) except ValueError: if err_msg is not None: print(err_msg) def input_number(msg, err_msg=None): while True: try: return ...

Python 2.x2.3 In Python 2.x, to continue a line with print, end the print statement with a comma. It will automatically add a space. print "Hello,", print "World!" # Hello, World! Python 3.x3.0 In Python 3.x, the print function has an optional end parameter that is what...

There are different modes you can open a file with, specified by the mode parameter. These include: 'r' - reading mode. The default. It allows you only to read the file, not to modify it. When using this mode the file must exist. 'w' - writing mode. It will create a new file if it does no...

The preferred method of file i/o is to use the with keyword. This will ensure the file handle is closed once the reading or writing has been completed. with open('myfile.txt') as in_file: content = in_file.read() print(content) or, to handle closing the file manually, you can forgo with...

with open('myfile.txt', 'w') as f: f.write("Line 1") f.write("Line 2") f.write("Line 3") f.write("Line 4") If you open myfile.txt, you will see that its contents are: Line 1Line 2Line 3Line 4 Python doesn't automatically add line b...

if (navigator.geolocation) { navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(geolocationSuccess, geolocationFailure); } else { console.log("Geolocation is not supported by this browser."); } // Function that will be called if the query succeeds var geolocationSuccess = function(pos) {...

In the event that geolocation fails, your callback function will receive a PositionError object. The object will include an attribute named code that will have a value of 1, 2, or 3. Each of these numbers signifies a different kind of error; the getErrorCode() function below takes the PositionError....

with open(input_file, 'r') as in_file, open(output_file, 'w') as out_file: for line in in_file: out_file.write(line) Using the shutil module: import shutil shutil.copyfile(src, dst)