If the pickled object is an XML string and you want to remove a substring only from text nodes (not from tags/attributes), parse the XML and edit the node content rather than doing a blind string replace. …

Jan 24, 2010 · The core issue here is ABI mismatch: the distro package python-tk you see in YaST was built for the system Python (2.5/2.4 on openSUSE 10.x), so it cannot satisfy a self-installed Python …

Hey guys, In Java, there is a method called substring, but what substitute does it have in Python, or do I have to explicitly do it like: [CODE] s=raw_input("En

The trouble you hit comes from using foreach ( \ cat file` ), which splits on whitespace and breaks multi-word lines. In tcsh/csh you can read the file line-by-line with $<and then use the variable …

Aug 10, 2009 · Hello once again. I'm trying to do one last project, but unlike the others, that usually i struggle with some common errors, this time i have problems figuring out how its supposed to be …

Aug 26, 2006 · A few pitfalls to avoid here. In C++, string literals are immutable. Do not write char* p = "Hi there"; because that points to read-only memory. Use either const char* p = "Hi there"; or better, …

Dec 14, 2011 · A common, idiomatic way to keep asking the user for input is a sentinel-controlled loop: run forever and break only when the user asks to quit. Because True is always truthy, while True: …

If your intent is to remove the last non-empty line (ignoring trailing blank lines), first walk backward over rtb.Lines while the entries are empty, then compute start for that line and delete as above. For large …

For the example from @CHOCHOCHO ("^^^^^^Big^^^Bob" → "Big^Bob") the two practical choices are: a tiny in-place pass (fast, low memory) or a couple of simple regex replacements (concise, clear). …

I suggest to start with 'dive into python' (or into python 3 if you want to use python 3). Notice that a good part of proficiency in python programming comes from knowing existing libraries (especially the …