...als in the result, even though your input values are integers. By default, Python does integer division: it discards the remainder. To divide things through all the way, we need to use floating-point numbers. Fortunately, dividing an int by a float will produce a float, so we just use 2.0 for our di...

I need to know if a variable in Python is a string or a dict. Is there anything wrong with the following code? 10 Answers ...

I am having problems understanding how to email an attachment using Python. I have successfully emailed simple messages with the smtplib . Could someone please explain how to send an attachment in an email. I know there are other posts online but as a Python beginner I find them hard to understand....

.... However, there are still a few cases why you might prefer range(): In python 3, range() does what xrange() used to do and xrange() does not exist. If you want to write code that will run on both Python 2 and Python 3, you can't use xrange(). range() can actually be faster in some cases - eg. i...

Say I have a Python function that returns multiple values in a tuple: 11 Answers 11 ...

... well, this works for most well-written python packages. – fast tooth Oct 23 '14 at 3:02 1 ...

If one wants to develop a user interface in Python, which one to go for: TkInter or PyQt? 6 Answers ...

I am writing a python package with modules that need to open data files in a ./data/ subdirectory. Right now I have the paths to the files hardcoded into my classes and functions. I would like to write more robust code that can access the subdirectory regardless of where it is installed on the use...

...me intensive numerical solver after all), the re module is in the standard Python library and it doesn't hurt to load it. – Ioannis Filippidis Apr 22 '14 at 7:27 24 ...

I'm trying to learn python and I now I am trying to get the hang of classes and how to manipulate them with instances. 4 An...