Here the get method finds a key entry for 'e' and finds its value which is 1. We add this to the other 1 in characters.get (character, 0) + 1 and get 2 as result.

Mar 14, 2009 · 774 What is the quickest way to HTTP GET in Python if I know the content will be a string? I am searching the documentation for a quick one-liner like:

Finally, if the dict is long and you're on Python 2, you should consider using .iteritems() instead of .items() as Cat Plus Plus did in his answer, since it doesn't need to make a copy of the list.

Jan 20, 2010 · 1100 You need the st_size property of the object returned by os.stat. You can get it by either using pathlib (Python 3.4+):

Jun 15, 2012 · I came across the dict method get which, given a key in the dictionary, returns the associated value. For what purpose is this function useful? If I wanted to find a value …

I haven’t set it (PYTHONPATH) before; what I am doing just go with command prompt and type CMD anywhere (since python.exe is in my shell PATH). If I try to access Window …

Jul 9, 2010 · How can I list all files of a directory in Python and add them to a list?

Mar 16, 2017 · In Python 3, the iteration has to be over an explicit copy of the keys (otherwise it throws a RuntimeError) because my_dict.keys() returns a view of the dictionary keys, so any …

Why do you resolve() the path? Is it really possible to get a path to a file and not have the filename be a part of the path without that? This means that if you're give a path to symlink, …

9 This is the line that I use to get all of the classes that have been defined in the current module (ie not imported). It's a little long according to PEP-8 but you can change it as you see fit.