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The process of converting one Python data type to another data type is called type casting. Type casting can be useful when you want to ensure that your data is compatible with specific functions or operations (e.g. converting a variable to a string before concatenating it to another string). How Can You Do Type Casting … Read more
Implement image edge detection in Python. Edge detection is a very common image processing technique.
One of the data types provided by Python is the NoneType which you might have found when coding in Python if you have seen the keyword None. NoneType is a Python data type that shows that an object has no value. None is the only object of type NoneType and you can use it to … Read more
I’m familiar with lists in Python and I’m aware that dictionaries are also available. What is the difference between lists and dictionaries? Which one should I use? Lists are ordered Python data structures in which every element can be accessed using an index. Dictionaries are data structures in which each element is a key-value pair. … Read more
Are you looking for a complex data structure for your application? Learn to create a nested dictionary in Python. Using a nested dictionary in Python is a way to create a hierarchical data structure for your application. In a nested dictionary, the values mapped to keys are also dictionaries. You can build a nested dictionary … Read more
If you are starting with Python programming, one of the first things you will learn to do is to create a list of numbers from 1 to N. To create a list of numbers from 1 to N Python provides the range function. You can pass a “start” argument with value 1 and a “stop” … Read more
In this Python tutorial, we will learn how to connect to an SQLite database and how to perform CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) operations using Python. To interact with an SQLite database in Python you have to connect to the database, create a cursor and use the execute() function on the cursor. This allows you … Read more
Sentiment analysis is a technique to extract emotions from textual data. This data may be used to determine what people actually believe, think, and feel about specific subjects or products. Python’s popularity as a programming language has resulted in a wide range of sentiment analysis applications. The Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is a common library … Read more
In this Python tutorial, you will see how to write a CSV file using the Pandas library. The Python Pandas library provides the function to_csv() to write a CSV file from a DataFrame. By default, the index of the DataFrame is added to the CSV file and the field separator is the comma. Index, separator, … Read more
Have you heard about Python mock and patch as a way to improve your unit tests? You will learn how to use them in this tutorial. Unit tests are key to software development because they ensure that your code works as planned. Python has many robust tools for writing and running unit tests in a … Read more
