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86 questions linked to/from Hidden features of Python
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Check if number is between given range [duplicate]
I came across an answer that we can check if number is between a given range by following method 10<=n<=100. I want to know how exactly this statement gets executed in python.I'm new to python ...
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Strange chained comparison [duplicate]
>>> a = 2
>>> b = 3
>>> c = 2
>>> b > a == c
True
>>>
Is this true that b > a == c is equal to a < b and c == a because it's a chained comparison?
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What is different between 11<8 == 34>67 and (11<8) == (34>67)? [duplicate]
>>> 11<8 == 34>67
False
>>> (11<8) == (34>67)
True
Why are the results different? What's going on here?
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What does the "yield" keyword do in Python?
What functionality does the yield keyword in Python provide?
For example, I'm trying to understand this code1:
def _get_child_candidates(self, distance, min_dist, max_dist):
if self._leftchild and ...
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Class (static) variables and methods
How do I create class (i.e. static) variables or methods in Python?
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Hidden Features of JavaScript? [closed]
What "Hidden Features" of JavaScript do you think every programmer should know?
After having seen the excellent quality of the answers to the following questions I thought it was time to ask it for ...
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Showing the stack trace from a running Python application
I have this Python application that gets stuck from time to time and I can't find out where.
Is there any way to signal Python interpreter to show you the exact code that's running?
Some kind of on-...
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Hidden features of Perl?
What are some really useful but esoteric language features in Perl that you've actually been able to employ to do useful work?
Guidelines:
Try to limit answers to the Perl core and not CPAN
Please ...
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Hidden features of HTML
HTML being the most widely used language (at least as a markup language) has not gotten its due credit.
Considering that it has been around for so many years, things like the FORM / INPUT controls ...
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Hidden features of Ruby
Continuing the "Hidden features of ..." meme, let's share the lesser-known but useful features of Ruby programming language.
Try to limit this discussion with core Ruby, without any Ruby on Rails ...
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Double Iteration in List Comprehension [duplicate]
In Python you can have multiple iterators in a list comprehension, like
[(x,y) for x in a for y in b]
for some suitable sequences a and b. I'm aware of the nested loop semantics of Python's list ...
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Hidden features of WPF and XAML?
Here is a large number of hidden features discussed for variety of languages. Now I am curious about some hidden features of XAML and WPF?
One I have found is the header click event of a ListView
&...
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How to obfuscate Python code effectively? [duplicate]
I am looking for how to hide my Python source code.
print "Hello World!"
How can I encode this example so that it isn't human-readable? I've been told to use base64 but I'm not sure how.
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Hidden features of Bash
Shell scripts are often used as glue, for automation and simple one-off tasks. What are some of your favorite "hidden" features of the Bash shell/scripting language?
One feature per answer
Give an ...