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Basic Slicing

For any iterable (for eg. a string, list, etc), Python allows you to slice and return a substring or sublist of its data. Format for slicing: iterable_name[start:stop:step] where, start is the first index of the slice. Defaults to 0 (the index of the first element) stop one past the last in...

Python Language • Indexing and Slicing

Making a shallow copy of an array

A quick way to make a copy of an array (as opposed to assigning a variable with another reference to the original array) is: arr[:] Let's examine the syntax. [:] means that start, end, and slice are all omitted. They default to 0, len(arr), and 1, respectively, meaning that subarray that we are ...

Python Language • Indexing and Slicing

Reversing an object

You can use slices to very easily reverse a str, list, or tuple (or basically any collection object that implements slicing with the step parameter). Here is an example of reversing a string, although this applies equally to the other types listed above: s = 'reverse me!' s[::-1] # '!em esrever...

Python Language • Indexing and Slicing

Automatic Merging

When the commits on two branches don't conflict, Git can automatically merge them: ~/Stack Overflow(branch:master) » git merge another_branch Auto-merging file_a Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy. file_a | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Git • Merging

Iteration

A generator object supports the iterator protocol. That is, it provides a next() method (__next__() in Python 3.x), which is used to step through its execution, and its __iter__ method returns itself. This means that a generator can be used in any language construct which supports generic iterable o...

Python Language • Generators

The next() function

The next() built-in is a convenient wrapper which can be used to receive a value from any iterator (including a generator iterator) and to provide a default value in case the iterator is exhausted. def nums(): yield 1 yield 2 yield 3 generator = nums() next(generator, None) # 1 ...

Python Language • Generators

Sending objects to a generator

In addition to receiving values from a generator, it is possible to send an object to a generator using the send() method. def accumulator(): total = 0 value = None while True: # receive sent value value = yield total if value is None: break # aggr...

Python Language • Generators

Generator expressions

It's possible to create generator iterators using a comprehension-like syntax. generator = (i * 2 for i in range(3)) next(generator) # 0 next(generator) # 2 next(generator) # 4 next(generator) # raises StopIteration If a function doesn't necessarily need to be passed a list, you can sa...

Python Language • Generators

Introduction

Generator expressions are similar to list, dictionary and set comprehensions, but are enclosed with parentheses. The parentheses do not have to be present when they are used as the sole argument for a function call. expression = (x**2 for x in range(10)) This example generates the 10 first perfe...

Python Language • Generators

External Stylesheet

An external CSS stylesheet can be applied to any number of HTML documents by placing a <link> element in each HTML document. The attribute rel of the <link> tag has to be set to "stylesheet", and the href attribute to the relative or absolute path to the stylesheet. While usin...

CSS • Getting started with CSS

Getting Started

Create a new HTML file and paste the following content: <!DOCTYPE html> <html ng-app> <head> <title>Hello, Angular</title> <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.5.8/angular.min.js"></script> </head> <body ng-init="name=...

AngularJS • Getting started with AngularJS

Background Color

The background-color property sets the background color of an element using a color value or through keywords, such as transparent, inherit or initial. transparent, specifies that the background color should be transparent. This is default. inherit, inherits this property from its parent e...

CSS • Backgrounds

Extract the URLs and titles of links

Jsoup can be be used to easily extract all links from a webpage. In this case, we can use Jsoup to extract only specific links we want, here, ones in a h3 header on a page. We can also get the text of the links. Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://stackoverflow.com").userAgent("Mozi...

Jsoup • Getting started with Jsoup

Addition

a, b = 1, 2 # Using the "+" operator: a + b # = 3 # Using the "in-place" "+=" operator to add and assign: a += b # a = 3 (equivalent to a = a + b) import operator # contains 2 argument arithmetic functions for the examp...

Python Language • Simple Mathematical Operators

Using CSS transform

CSS transforms are based on the size of the elements so if you don't know how tall or wide your element is, you can position it absolutely 50% from the top and left of a relative container and translate it by 50% left and upwards to center it vertically and horizontally. Keep in mind that with this...

CSS • Centering

Hello World Using Variables

Create a new file called hello.sh with the following content and give it executable permissions with chmod +x hello.sh. Execute/Run via: ./hello.sh #!/usr/bin/env bash # Note that spaces cannot be used around the `=` assignment operator whom_variable="World" # Use printf to sa...

Bash • Getting started with Bash

Subtraction

a, b = 1, 2 # Using the "-" operator: b - a # = 1 import operator # contains 2 argument arithmetic functions operator.sub(b, a) # = 1 Possible combinations (builtin types): int and int (gives an int) int and float (gives a float) int and comp...

Python Language • Simple Mathematical Operators

Getting Started

Creating a database in MySQL CREATE DATABASE mydb; Return value: Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec) Using the created database mydb USE mydb; Return value: Database Changed Creating a table in MySQL CREATE TABLE mytable ( id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increme...

MySQL • Getting started with MySQL

Multiplication

a, b = 2, 3 a * b # = 6 import operator operator.mul(a, b) # = 6 Possible combinations (builtin types): int and int (gives an int) int and float (gives a float) int and complex (gives a complex) float and float (gives a float) float and complex (gives a comple...

Python Language • Simple Mathematical Operators