Questions tagged [python-2.7]
Python 2.7 is the last major version in the 2.x series, and is no longer maintained since January 1st 2020. Use the generic [python] tag on all Python questions. Do not add this tag simply to convey the version of Python you're using, unless the question concerns an issue specific to Python 2.7.
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What code can I use to check if script is running in IDLE?
Just as the title says. I want to write a script that behaves differently depending on whether it's running inside a console window or in IDLE. Is there an object that exists only when running in IDLE ...
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What is the Python 'buffer' type for?
There is a buffer type in Python, but how can I use it?
In the Python documentation about buffer(), the description is:
buffer(object[, offset[, size]])
The object argument must be an object that ...
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How much faster is Python 2.7's new IO library compared to earlier versions?
The Python 2.7 update note says:
A new version of the io library, rewritten in C for performance.
I've played with Python 2.7 a bit, but I don't see any performance gain:
>>> from timeit ...
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PyScripter for Python 2.7
How to run PyScripter if you have Python 2.7 installed?
There is a command line parameter for Pyscipter to tell it which pythonXX.dll to use, but I can't get this working.
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mod_python for python 2.7
I recently downloaded python 2.7 on my computer (x64) and I would like to install mod_python for it (I have apache 2.2), however, I can't find a mod_python release supporting python 2.7. Has ...
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Manipulating binary data in Python
I am opening up a binary file like so:
file = open("test/test.x", 'rb')
and reading in lines to a list. Each line looks a little like:
'\xbe\x00\xc8d\xf8d\x08\xe4.\x07~\x03\x9e\x07\xbe\x03\xde\x07\...
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Output being printed in the same line, Py3k
In Python 2.x, I'd write...
for i in range(5):
print i,
...to get integers from 0 to 4 printed in the same row. How to do that in Python 3.x, since print is a function now?
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How to set time limit on raw_input
in python, is there a way to, while waiting for a user input, count time so that after, say 30 seconds, the raw_input() function is automatically skipped?
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How to see if there is one microphone active using python?
I want to see if there is a microphone active using Python.
How can I do it?
Thanks in advance!
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Python -- what is NOT in 2.7 that IS in 3.1? So many things have been back-ported, what is NOT?
I've been following the saga of Python 3.x and have watched the 3.x features gradually getting back-ported to the 2.x line.
Most of the libraries I use haven't been ported and some (e.g. Twisted) ...
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Python: asynchronous tcp socketserver
I'm looking http://docs.python.org/library/socketserver.html to try and handle asynchronous requests with the socketserver in python. At the very bottom there is an example, but it doesn't make sense. ...
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How do you store raw bytes as text without losing information in python 2.x?
Suppose I have any data stored in bytes. For example:
0110001100010101100101110101101
How can I store it as printable text? The obvious way would be to convert every 0 to the character '0' and ...
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Mixing files and loops [closed]
I'm writing a script that logs errors from another program and restarts the program where it left off when it encounters an error. For whatever reasons, the developers of this program didn't feel it ...
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How to deliver instance of object to instance of SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler?
This is problem.
My primary work is : deliver "s" object to "handle" method in TestRequestHandler class.
My first step was : deliver "s" object through "point" method to TestServer class, but here im ...
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How to read Unicode input and compare Unicode strings in Python?
I work in Python and would like to read user input (from command line) in Unicode format, ie a Unicode equivalent of raw_input?
Also, I would like to test Unicode strings for equality and it looks ...
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