Jun 16, 2012 · There are two operators in Python for the "not equal" condition - a.) != If values of the two operands are not equal, then the condition becomes true. (a != b) is true.

In Python, you deal with data in an abstract way and seldom increment through indices and such. The closest-in-spirit thing to ++ is the next method of iterators.

How do I determine: the current directory (where I was in the shell when I ran the Python script), and where the Python file I am executing is?

When I type python into the command line, the command prompt says python is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file. What should I do? Note: I …

How do I call an external command within Python as if I had typed it in a shell or command prompt?

The python docs for os.system note: "The subprocess module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable to using …

Jul 21, 2010 · Why is it 'better' to use my_dict.keys() over iterating directly over the dictionary? Iteration over a dictionary is clearly documented as yielding keys. It appears you had Python 2 …

Use the below sample script to get the current date and time in a Python script and print results on the screen. Create file getDateTime1.py with the below content.

The python cProfile and pstats modules offer great support for measuring time elapsed in certain functions without having to add any code around the existing functions.

As recent versions of the docs explain: "Warning It is possible to crash the Python interpreter with a sufficiently large/complex string due to stack depth limitations in Python’s AST compiler."