While installing cygwin, make sure you install the python/python-setuptools from the list. This will install "easy_install" package. Once you have easy_install, you can use it to install pip. Type the following command:$ easy_install-a.b pipYou must replace a.b with your python version which can be 2.7 or 3.4 or whatever else. ... Read More

You cannot, in general encapsulate Python modules in a single file. Because doing so would destroy the module searching method that python uses (files and directories). If you are not able to install modules on a machine(due to not having enough permissions), you could use either virtualenv or save the ... Read More

json is simplejson, added to the stdlib. But since json was added in 2.6, simplejson has the advantage of working on more Python versions (2.4+).simplejson is also updated more frequently than Python. Although they are the same, the version included in the stdlib doesn't include the latest optimizations. So if ... Read More

The function reload(moduleName) reloads a previously loaded module (assuming you loaded it with the syntax "import moduleName". It is intended for conversational use, where you have edited the source file for a module and want to test it without leaving Python and starting it again. For example, >>> import mymodule ... Read More

When you install Python, you also get the Python package manager, pip. You can use pip to get the versions of python modules. If you want to list all installed Python modules with their version numbers, use the following command:$ pip freezeYou will get the output:asn1crypto==0.22.0 astroid==1.5.2 attrs==16.3.0 Automat==0.5.0 backports.functools-lru-cache==1.3 ... Read More

The "from module import function" statement is used to import a specific function from a Python module. For example, if you want to import the sin function from the math library without importing any other function, you can do it as follows:>>> from math import sin >>> sin(0) 0.0Note that ... Read More

The "from module import *" statement is used to import all function from a Python module. For example, if you want to import all functions from math module and do not want to prefix "math." while calling them, you can do it as follows:>>> from math import * >>> sin(0) ... Read More

To set the PYTHONPATH on Linux to point Python to look in other directories for the module and package imports, export the PYTHONPATH variable as follows:$ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${HOME}/fooIn this case, are adding the foo directory to the PYTHONPATH. Note that we are appending it and not replacing the PYTHONPATH's original ... Read More

To set the PYTHONPATH on Mac OS to point Python to look in other directories for module and package imports, export the PYTHONPATH variable as follows:$ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${HOME}/foo In this case are adding the foo directory to the PYTHONPATH. Note that we are appending it and not replacing the PYTHONPATH's original ... Read More

To set the PYTHONPATH on windows to point Python to look in other directories for module and package imports, go to:My Computer > Properties > Advanced System Settings > Environment VariablesThen under system variables edit the PythonPath variable. At the end of the current PYTHONPATH, add a semicolon and then ... Read More