Questions tagged [python-3.x]
Python 3 is the latest version of the Python programming language and was formally released on December 3rd, 2008. Use this tag along with the main python tag to denote programs that are meant to be run on a Python 3 interpreter only. Do not mix this tag with the python-2.x tag.
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How clean is my snow?
I just wrote a snow animation in Python. I think this is fairly clean but I have a few things that I don't like.
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We'll be counting stars
Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,
Said, no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be ...
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Random IP Address Generator
randip.py
I know there are probably better, easier ways to do this.
It was just a bit of a learning exercise for the sake of familiarising myself with Python.
It takes a single argument (positional ...
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Beheading of knights, who survives?
We have a round table of n knights, where n is some positive
integer. These have failed to satisfy the expectations of the mad ...
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Increase performance creating Mandelbrot set in python
I created a program in python that generates an image of the mandelbrot set. The only problem I have is that the program is quite slow, it takes about a quarter of an hour to generate the following ...
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Markov country name generator
I wrote a country name generator in Python 3.5. My goal was to get randomized names that would look as much like real-world names as possible. Each name needed to have a noun and an adjective form (e....
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Beginner's snake game using PyGame
I am a complete beginner when it comes to programming and writing games and this is my first ever game. I made it with python 3 using pygame library. I would ...
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Bush Wanderer - code intended for teaching
I am teaching computing to an AS class and this was their assignment:
Bush Wanderer
Task 1
Create a 5x5 grid of hashes(#) where the player is an ...
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Tiny image scraper for xkcd.com
This came out on the spur of the moment, as a quick and dirty tool to have the job done.
This is a simple image scraper for immensely popular and legendary comic website inspired by a Python Easter ...
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Car crash reaction time
In physics class we are doing an investigation thing. Some of the numbers might seem plucked out of thin air but they aren't. The maths is right(I think) I just want some feedback on the code.
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Project Euler Problem 45
As a self-teaching Python beginner for almost 4 months, I have mostly been doing online challenges including Project Euler problems.
Problem 45 asks:
Triangle, pentagonal, and hexagonal numbers ...
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Sieve of Eratosthenes - Python
I've been doing a lot of Project Euler lately and just wanted to make sure my implementation was as good as it could be. Does anyone have any suggestions to speed this up?
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Fishing simulator
I'm new to Python, for a school project I created a "fishing simulator". Basically, it is a use of random. I know that my code is repetitive towards the end, but I don't know how to simplify it.
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A first "Hangman" game in Python
I am new to Python (it's my first language), been coding for a couple of weeks now.
I have already made a couple of simple scripts to download and manipulate some financial data, but lately I thought ...
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1, 2, Fizz, 4, Buzz: FizzBuzz
I just recently started working on python (interesting language, actually), and, as I always do when I learn a new language (with the exception of BrainFuck, that's too hard), I write a FizzBuzz ...
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Simulating an OOP Coffee Machine
Today I learnt the basics of OOP. I have tried to apply them to this coffee machine project. However I'm still a beginner, and so I feel my code can be improved. Are there any tips, trick or other ...
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Calculate questions per day on CodeGolf.SE
I wrote a short script in Python 3 that connects to the Stack Exchange API, gets all questions on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf over the past two weeks, and determines the average number of ...
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Telling fibonaccis to the user
Though this program tells the truth (unless you change the source code), it does tell Fibonacci numbers, depending on the user's input. Keeping in mind of all (or most) of the feedback given from ...
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Monte Carlo pi calculation
In order to learn the basics of Monte Carlo I calculated pi with it.
I also wrote an explanation of the reasoning behind the code.
Down here you can see the circle with random points that I simulated ...
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Printing 1,000,000 numbers in 1 sec. in Python
Here's a fairly simple task from CSES Problem Set - Permutations 1070 that reads:
A permutation of integers 1,2, …, n is called beautiful if there are no adjacent elements whose difference is 1.
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Python review_generator
Given a Python file containing a Python script written with bad style, this script will output a review adressing its problems.
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Translating from English to Entean
I wrote a python script that converts English to Entean language from an anime called "The Devil is a part timer". I am sloppy at coding and know that the script can be made better.
In the anime, the ...
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Send daily email alerts of the Bitcoin Price
My script sends daily alerts of the bitcoin price to my inbox. I am using CoinDesks API, and the following libraries:
requests==2.18.4
schedule==0.5.0
and gmail sender: https://github.com/...
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Spin-the-bottle-like game
I've started coding about 3 weeks ago, just for fun and maybe practical uses later. My GF dared me to make a PGM that would replace this dice game where you roll two dice, one with body parts and one ...
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Formatting 3 integers (hours, mins, secs) to `00:00:00`?
I have this at the moment, wondering if there's a cleaner way to do it or if this is already as compact as it gets.
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Functions to convert camelCase strings to snake_case
I have written two functions, one actual and one helper, to convert camelCase strings into snake_case strings (I call it joint-lower case). Any ideas for improvement are welcome.
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Backpropagation in simple Neural Network
I've been working on a simple neural network implemented in python. Currently, it seems to be learning, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be learning effectively. The graph below shows the output ...
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My first calculator
I've just wrote my first code, which is basically a calculator. Please rate it and suggest improvements (keeping in mind that I'm a beginner).
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Zork-like text adventure w/ Python
I've been using Python for around 3 months and decided to make a simple text adventure game for fun and to exercise a lot of ideas I've been learning about. I've just recently learned about classes ...
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Financial website scraper
I wrote the code that would scrape Finviz for tickers and href that attach to the ticker. I tested with multi-page as well as one page. I'm new to Python ...
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Simple Morse code interpreter
This is a simple Morse code interpreter with a CLI. It's a naive table-lookup implementation, and uses my-py for type checking. It automatically detects the input (English or Morse) and converts ...
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Converting JPG images to PNG
I had a task to convert some JPG images into PNG format using Python. I successfully did it but I was wondering if somehow I could make my code better than my current one.
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Add 'ing' or 'ly' suffix to a string
I have been practising Python Practice questions and came across this question:
Write a Python program to add 'ing' at the end of a given string
(length should be at least 3).
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Pythons Around the Rose
Based off my Java Petals Around the Rose, I thought it would be good practice to write something again in a different language.
Because the language is Python, I named it "Pythons Around the Rose", ...
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Battleships game in Python
The idea is, you enter an amount of ships, for example 10. It will then place 10 ships on a 10x10 grid (0-9). You may enter a coordinate, and it will tell you if it is a hit or a miss. A simplified ...
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Program to check if a date is valid or not
I am a novice programmer and am currently learning Python programming by myself through a book. I stumbled upon a question in a chapter and it took me 2 days to figure out a solution for it. Although, ...
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System that manages employee data for managers
This code is for an employee management system. The goal that I am trying to reach is to allow managers to access data of their employees more easily. The data that is entered is saved to a CSV file ...
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Turn-based battle simulator
I am embarking on the daunting journey of learning to program on my own two feet and have created a turn-based battle simulator (think Pokémon). The idea came from here.
It's very crude and could ...
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RSA algorithm implementation in Python 3
First, a reminder of the RSA algorithm and what my program implements:
Take two distinct, large primes p and q
Ideally these ...
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Approximating constant π² to within error
This function takes as input float error and approximates constant π² to within error by computing this sum, term by term, until the difference between the new and the previous sum is less than error. ...
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Python function to map True, False, and None to symbols for display
I have a use case in which I need to check whether a given value is explicitly True or False:
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Password validator
I have made a password verification "program" which takes user input and checks whether the password is valid or not. Based on that, a reply is printed.
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Count Even Digits In Number
I was asked to complete this CodeStepByStep problem. Here's a quick summary:
Write a function named count_even_digits that accepts two integers as
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Generating a random MAC address
I need the ability to generate random MAC addresses, so I wrote up a little function that does that:
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CodeReview question markdown downloader
This is an update to my earlier question From Q to compiler in less than 30 seconds.
As with that version, this Python script automatically downloads the markdown from any question on Code Review and ...
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Select external resource to feed data into a processing function
I wrote an application a while back to plan and manage drones races. (Well, it could be anything with identification numbers going through checkpoints.) At that time, communication between the gates (...
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Explicit song lyrics checker
To stay in practice with my Python I've decided to write an explicit song checker. It checks each word in the song against an array of 14 explicit words contained in the text file. I've decided not to ...
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Premier League simulation
I've created a simulator for the Premier League, which takes in all of the 20 teams and plays them against each other, recording the results and outputting a table at the end.
The skill levels are ...
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