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    Thread: Question on babynames.py solution code?
Post: RE: Question on babynames.py solution code?

Thanks. I suppose it is saying that you have the option to write it to a summary file by specifying that string as your first argument (after the program name/filepath).
Athenaeum General Coding Help 3 4,489 Feb-20-2018, 02:25 AM
    Thread: Question on babynames.py solution code?
Post: Question on babynames.py solution code?

I am reading the Google Python crash course, where they give you a challenge to open .html files that contain tables of popular baby names in a given year, sort the babynames alphabetically, and retur...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 3 4,489 Feb-20-2018, 02:01 AM
    Thread: Why can't I import seaborn module?
Post: Why can't I import seaborn module?

I would like to post error output here, but I don't know how to copy text from Python to clipboard so that I can paste into clipboard. I googled how to do this and came up with nothing. If someone c...
Athenaeum Data Science 1 6,470 Dec-09-2017, 08:34 AM
    Thread: Best way for me to enter into Data Science?
Post: RE: Best way for me to enter into Data Science?

Thanks a lot for your advice. Do you know of any good examples of a "personal project"?
Athenaeum News and Discussions 4 3,389 Dec-09-2017, 06:44 AM
    Thread: Best way for me to enter into Data Science?
Post: Best way for me to enter into Data Science?

I recently graduated with a Master's Degree in Statistics. However, I do not have any relevant work experience or internships. Should I first try to obtain a Data Science internship, or go for entry...
Athenaeum News and Discussions 4 3,389 Dec-08-2017, 08:32 AM
    Thread: A couple of questions about pip install
Post: A couple of questions about pip install

I am new to Python. At first I understood that packages are to be installed via the command prompt with py -m pip install [package_name]. However, I have just installed a package that excluded the ...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 3 3,592 Oct-12-2017, 01:40 AM
    Thread: Running Python via Anaconda?
Post: RE: Running Python via Anaconda?

(Oct-11-2017, 12:10 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: Do they keep up to date with the latest releases of python? If you're talking about my class, not that I'm aware of.
Athenaeum Data Science 14 17,367 Oct-12-2017, 01:30 AM
    Thread: Running Python via Anaconda?
Post: RE: Running Python via Anaconda?

I am taking classes because I want to enter into data science. I have had trouble installing packages (the issue with some of them is installing them, not import/loading them) with the main OS Python...
Athenaeum Data Science 14 17,367 Oct-10-2017, 11:51 PM
    Thread: Running Python via Anaconda?
Post: Running Python via Anaconda?

I am rather new to Python. I recently installed Anaconda, after I had already installed a regular Python command line. Anaconda came with many new packages that I needed to use for an online course,...
Athenaeum Data Science 14 17,367 Oct-10-2017, 07:13 PM
    Thread: Installing packages through Anaconda?
Post: RE: Installing packages through Anaconda?

I managed to copy and paste the command prompt error message (when trying to install scipy) below. If you don't want to dig through all of it then I completely understand. I tried the same command as...
Athenaeum Data Science 5 15,720 Oct-08-2017, 03:17 AM
    Thread: Installing packages through Anaconda?
Post: RE: Installing packages through Anaconda?

I do not want to install or update anything inside Anaconda. What I want to do is use the packages that came with Anaconda within my OS-installed version of Python 3.6 that is separate and outside of...
Athenaeum Data Science 5 15,720 Oct-08-2017, 12:51 AM
    Thread: Installing packages through Anaconda?
Post: Installing packages through Anaconda?

I have successfully installed the pandas package via Anaconda. At first, I was only able to use pandas when I opened Python via Anaconda. After playing around with it for a bit, I was able to instal...
Athenaeum Data Science 5 15,720 Oct-07-2017, 04:36 AM
    Thread: What default directory does "open" function draw from?
Post: RE: What default directory does "open" function dr...

Thanks for your help.
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 3,823 Oct-06-2017, 11:55 PM
    Thread: What default directory does "open" function draw from?
Post: What default directory does "open" function draw f...

I experimented with using the "open" function to open text files, and in doing so I had to type out the file directory on my hard drive. However, in every example I've seen there is no filepath speci...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 3,823 Oct-06-2017, 10:23 PM
    Thread: What role does module "sys" play in this code?
Post: RE: What role does module "sys" play in this code?

Sarcasm?
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 4,258 Oct-03-2017, 02:08 AM
    Thread: These boolean statements don't make sense?
Post: These boolean statements don't make sense?

In trying to diagnose a problem with my code, I have traced the problem to the following result, which makes no sense to me. I was wondering if somebody could make sense of the problem: '2'.isupper...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 6 5,071 Oct-02-2017, 09:05 PM
    Thread: What role does module "sys" play in this code?
Post: RE: What role does module "sys" play in this code?

That's all the code that there is. You can see that the print statement is at the bottom which is the end of the code.
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 4,258 Oct-02-2017, 07:43 PM
    Thread: What role does module "sys" play in this code?
Post: What role does module "sys" play in this code?

Below is code that was part of an exercise I found online. I completed the exercise in a different way, but their solution involves importing the "sys" module. However, I don't see any unfamiliar meth...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 4,258 Oct-02-2017, 08:06 AM
    Thread: Understanding "help()" output?
Post: RE: Understanding "help()" output?

So for example, when I type (help(bytes)) and receive: bytes(string, encoding [,errors]) --> errors , Does this command take 2 arguments or 3? The bracket notation with the errors confuses me, ...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 3,914 Sep-29-2017, 09:32 PM
    Thread: Understanding "help()" output?
Post: Understanding "help()" output?

I am fairly new to Python and sometimes have minor trouble understanding the output from help(). First of all, is there a way to tell what formats are acceptable for *args and **kwargs? When the hel...
Athenaeum General Coding Help 4 3,914 Sep-29-2017, 05:06 PM

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