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Building Bingo with Python
Want to build your own bingo game? Python is a good way to get started. You can put together a basic version without getting bogged down in complicated code, then add features once the thing actually works. There’s a bit more to it than picking random numbers. You need to…
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Queue in Python: Create and Use Queues
As you build a Python program that processes items in sequence, a queue holds them until they are retrieved. Python’s queue module includes synchronized FIFO queues, while collections.deque provides a basic FIFO container. I’ll explain how to create a queue and pair retrieved…
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Python Exception Handling: How to Fix Ignored Messages
When Python prints “Exception ignored in,” check the traceback to find the code that raised the exception. Python uses this message when an exception cannot be returned to an ordinary caller, often during cleanup. I’ll explain what the message means and show how to repair the…
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What Happens Behind the Scenes When an Online Casino Game Runs?
An online casino game looks like a single screen, but every action on it is a request to a server somewhere else. The browser sends it over HTTP, and the server checks it, applies the game’s rules, writes to a database and replies with what the page should draw next. The…
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How to Handle Files in Python
Working with files in Python starts with deciding whether your program needs to read data or write it. File handling lets Python read from a named file or write data to it, and open() returns the file object used to do that. I’ll explain how to choose a file mode and use a…
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How to Import Other Python Files
When you want one Python file to use a function or class from another, you can import its definitions instead of copying them. A Python module is a file whose names can be made available to other code with an import statement. I’ll explain what a module is and show how to import…
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Pandas Melt and Pivot Data
A table can keep one row per record while storing each measurement in a separate column. Pandas melt turns selected measurement columns into labeled rows, and pivot reshapes those rows into columns again. This article walks through choosing columns for melt and restoring a wide…
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Python pytz: Migrate to zoneinfo
Updating timezone code in a Python app means checking that its dates still mean what you intend. pytz is a separately installed package for working with time zones, while zoneinfo is Python’s built-in option in Python 3.9 and later. This article shows how to map pytz calls to…
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How to Pass a Function as an Argument in Python
A Python function sometimes needs to let another function choose how to handle a value. Passing the function by name gives the receiving function a callable it can invoke when needed. I’ll explain when to pass a function rather than call it, then show how to pass one with…
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What Does the @ Symbol Do in Python?
When you write or review a Python function, an @ line above def can be hard to interpret at first. In Python, @ applies a decorator to the function being defined, while between operands it requests matrix multiplication. I’ll show how Python applies decorators, then explain how…