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Getting calendar for a month in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:06:44
The calendar module gives a wide range of methods to play with yearly and monthly calendars. Here, we print a calendar for a given month ( Jan 2008 ) −Example Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python import calendar cal = calendar.month(2008, 1) print "Here is the calendar:" print calOutputThis would produce the following result −Here ... Read More

Getting formatted time in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:05:46
You can format any time as per your requirement, but simple method to get time in readable format is asctime() −Example Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python import time; localtime = time.asctime( time.localtime(time.time()) ) print "Local current time :", localtimeOutputThis would produce the following result −Local current time : Tue Jan 13 10:17:09 2009 Read More

Getting current time in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:03:37
To translate a time instant from a seconds since the epoch floating-point value into a time-tuple, pass the floating-point value to a function (e.g., localtime) that returns a time-tuple with all nine items valid.Example Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python import time; localtime = time.localtime(time.time()) print "Local current time :", localtimeOutputThis would produce the following result, which ... Read More

What is TimeTuple in Python?

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:02:37
Many of Python's time functions handle time as a tuple of 9 numbers, as shown below −IndexFieldValues04-digit year20081Month1 to 122Day1 to 313Hour0 to 234Minute0 to 595Second0 to 61 (60 or 61 are leap-seconds)6Day of Week0 to 6 (0 is Monday)7Day of year1 to 366 (Julian day)8Daylight savings-1, 0, 1, -1 ... Read More

What is Tick in Python?

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:01:47
Time intervals are floating-point numbers in units of seconds. Particular instants in time are expressed in seconds since 12:00am, January 1, 1970(epoch).There is a popular time module available in Python which provides functions for working with times, and for converting between representations. The function time.time() returns the current system time ... Read More

Built-in Dictionary Functions & Methods in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:01:09
Python includes the following dictionary functions −Sr.NoFunction with Description1cmp(dict1, dict2)Compares elements of both dict.2len(dict)Gives the total length of the dictionary. This would be equal to the number of items in the dictionary.3str(dict)Produces a printable string representation of a dictionary4type(variable)Returns the type of the passed variable. If passed variable is dictionary, ... Read More

Properties of Dictionary Keys in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 13:00:22
Dictionary values have no restrictions. They can be any arbitrary Python object, either standard objects or user-defined objects. However, same is not true for the keys.There are two important points to remember about dictionary keys −More than one entry per key not allowed. Which means no duplicate key is allowed. ... Read More

Delete Dictionary Elements in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 12:59:30
You can either remove individual dictionary elements or clear the entire contents of a dictionary. You can also delete entire dictionary in a single operation.To explicitly remove an entire dictionary, just use the del statement.ExampleFollowing is a simple example − Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'} del dict['Name']; # ... Read More

Updating Dictionary in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 12:50:23
You can update a dictionary by adding a new entry or a key-value pair, modifying an existing entry, or deleting an existing entry as shown below in the simple example −Example Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'} dict['Age'] = 8; # update existing entry dict['School'] = "DPS ... Read More

Accessing Values of Dictionary in Python

Mohd Mohtashim
Mohd Mohtashim
Published on 28-Jan-2020 12:49:38
To access dictionary elements, you can use the familiar square brackets along with the key to obtain its value.ExampleFollowing is a simple example − Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'} print "dict['Name']: ", dict['Name'] print "dict['Age']: ", dict['Age']OutputWhen the above code is executed, it produces the following ... Read More
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