... Within a Python scope, any assignment to a variable not already declared within that scope creates a new local variable unless that variable is declared earlier in the function as referring to a globally scoped variable with the keywo...

...ding === always works. Any extra = chars are seemingly safely discarded by Python. – Acumenus Nov 24 '19 at 21:30 ...

... Actually, Python allows statement-terminating semicolons, so the first example is completely valid both in Python and JavaScript – celticminstrel Oct 15 '15 at 22:45 ...

...code you would raise a KeyError, that would be an error, not a failure. In python - differently than some other languages - Exceptions are routinely used for control flow, this is why we have the except <ExceptionName> syntax indeed. To that regard, user9876's solution is simply wrong. ...

... In Python, strings are immutable, so you can't change their characters in-place. You can, however, do the following: for i in str: srr += i The reasons this works is that it's a shortcut for: for i in str: srr = srr...

I'm trying to do some class inheritance in Python. I'd like each class and inherited class to have good docstrings. So I think for the inherited class, I'd like it to: ...

... C++ folks would like to encourage use of C++. Others do disagree, though; Linux Torvalds, for instance, has apparently rejected multiple proposed Linux-kernel patches that attempt to replace the identifier class with klass to permit compiling with a C++ compiler. Also note that there are some diffe...

...gt;>> import socket >>> socket <module 'socket' from 'C:\Python27\lib\socket.pyc'> >>> socket.socket <class 'socket._socketobject'> >>> >>> from socket import socket >>> socket <class 'socket._socketobject'> This is what the erro...

... whether there is a shortcut to make a simple list out of list of lists in Python. 42 Answers ...

...n for this problem on the net (probably because switch, position, list and Python are all such overloaded words). 7 Answers...