you can split a string on all non-word characters with re.split: >>> import re >>> re.split(r'\W', 'hello world, 2020-04-06, 333/blabla') ['hello', 'world', '', '2020', '04', '06', '', '333', 'blabla'] #python #python_tip

#python_tip: Mutable default args. Don't use mutable default arg. Instead default to None. #Python #pythoncode #DataScience

Guess the result: >>> lst = [0, 1, 2] >>> lst[-1] += lst.pop() >>> lst #python_tip by @irdb

#python_tip from @NurmeAve: Python's divmod() is one way to convert months into years and months: divmod(1, 12) # (0, 1) -> 0 years & 1 month divmod(12, 12) # (1, 0) -> 1 year & 0 months divmod(55, 12) # (4, 7) -> 4 years & 7 months

#python_tip by @raymondh: several ways to interactively display results of a calculation: # Two liner >>> q = 3.5 * 1.5 >>> q 5.25 # Second expression >>> q = 3.5 * 1.5; q 5.25 # Walrus >>> (q := 3.5 * 1.5) 5.25 # Invisible >>> q = 3.5 * 1.5

HTTPX is an asyncio HTTP client library, with an API almost identical to Requests. github.com/encode/httpx thanks @jdbowman for today's #python_tip

randint(a, b) returns random number between a and b, but be careful: b is inclusive if random.randint is used, but exclusive if np.random.randint is used Thanks, @PetraVidnerova! Do you have a #python_tip? Share it with us: bit.ly/pythontip

None is evaluated as False so you can write >>> results = None >>> print(results or "No results") Use case: def query(q, connection=None): conn = connection or create_connection() c = conn.cursor() ... #python_tip by @IDryer and @Pythonic_

عدة خيارات جميلة وسريعة لتنسيق شكل المخرج في البايثون: print(x, "/", y, "=", x / y) print(f"{x} / {y} = {x / y}") print("{} / {} = {}".format(x, y, x / y)) print("{n1} / {n2} = {r}".format(n1= x, n2 = y, r= x / y)) print("%d / %d = %.2f" % (x, y, x / y)) #python_tip #cpit110

You can call different functions with the same arguments based on a condition: >>> (foo if cond else bar)(5,7) miro.medium.com/max/1430/1*aOi… #python_tip by @PetraVidnerova

Use charset_normalizer to detect around 90 encoding and 50 languages. >>> from charset_normalizer import detect >>> my_byte_str = '我没有埋怨，磋砣的只是一些时间。'.encode('gb18030') >>> detect(my_byte_str).get('encoding') 'gb18030' #python_tip by @Ousret

Not really a #python_tip by @choldgraf: If you want to get data from your Google sheet into python, just click File > Publish to the web > csv. twitter.com/choldgraf/stat…

#python_tip by @thisPtr : #Pandas : Skip rows top, bottom or middle while importing a CSV to Dataframe in #Python. thispointer.com/pandas-skip-ro…

#Python_tip: f-strings more than faster str function python3 -m timeit -s 'v=3' 'str(v)' #Result: 10000000 loops, best of 3: 117 usec per loop python3 -m timeit -s 'v=3' 'f"{v}"' #Result: 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0475 usec per loop

6 Different ways to create dictionaries in Python thispointer.com/python-6-diffe… #Python #python_tip #pythonhub #python3