Questions tagged [python-2.7]
Python 2.7 is the last major version in the 2.x series, and is no longer maintained since January 1st 2020. Use the generic [python] tag on all Python questions. Do not add this tag simply to convey the version of Python you're using, unless the question concerns an issue specific to Python 2.7.
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How can I read inputs as numbers?
Why are x and y strings instead of ints in the below code?
(Note: in Python 2.x use raw_input(). In Python 3.x use input(). raw_input() was renamed to input() in Python 3.x)
play = True
while play:
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How to click on a element through Selenium Python
I'm trying to fetch data for facebook account using selenium browser python but can't able to find the which element I can look out for clicking on an export button.
See attached screenshot
I tried ...
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input() error - NameError: name '...' is not defined
I am getting an error when I try to run this simple script:
input_variable = input("Enter your name: ")
print("your name is" + input_variable)
Let's say I type in "dude",...
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urllib and "SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" Error
I am getting the following error:
Exception in thread Thread-3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line ...
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How to detect key presses?
I am making a stopwatch type program in Python and I would like to know how to detect if a key is pressed (such as p for pause and s for stop), and I would not like it to be something like raw_input, ...
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How to sort a pandas dataFrame by two or more columns?
Suppose I have a dataframe with columns a, b and c. I want to sort the dataframe by column b in ascending order, and by column c in descending order. How do I do this?
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How to write to an existing excel file without overwriting data (using pandas)?
I use pandas to write to excel file in the following fashion:
import pandas
writer = pandas.ExcelWriter('Masterfile.xlsx')
data_filtered.to_excel(writer, "Main", cols=['Diff1', 'Diff2'])
writer....
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How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?
I want to completely remove Python 2.7 from my Mac OS X 10.6.4. I managed to remove the entry from the PATH variable by reverting my .bash_profile. But I also want to remove all directories, files, ...
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Not able to install Python packages [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION]
I am trying to install a Python library using pip, getting an SSL error:
~/projects/base pre-master± pip install xdict
Collecting xdict
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/xdict/:...
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How to save and load cookies using Python + Selenium WebDriver
How can I save all cookies in Python's Selenium WebDriver to a .txt file, and then load them later?
The documentation doesn't say much of anything about the getCookies function.
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Zip lists in Python
I am trying to learn how to "zip" lists. To this end, I have a program, where at a particular point, I do the following:
x1, x2, x3 = stuff.calculations(withdataa)
This gives me three lists, x1, x2, ...
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Adding Python to PATH on Windows
I've been trying to add the Python path to the command line on Windows, yet no matter the method I try, nothing seems to work. I've used the set command, I've tried adding it through the Edit ...
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How to fix: "UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte"
as3:~/ngokevin-site# nano content/blog/20140114_test-chinese.mkd
as3:~/ngokevin-site# wok
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/wok", line 4, in
Engine()
File "...
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Regular expressions: Ensuring b doesn't come between a and c
Here's something I'm trying to do with regular expressions, and I can't figure out how. I have a big file, and strings abc, 123 and xyz that appear multiple times throughout the file.
I want a ...
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IPython Notebook locale error [duplicate]
After installing the latest Mac OSX 64-bit Anaconda Python distribution, I keep getting a ValueError when trying to start the IPython Notebook.
Starting ipython works fine:
3-millerc-~:ipython
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