How to tell if a year is a Leap Year in Python
Given that we are in a leap year this year (2020), it would be nice to know how to programmatically calculate this.
Luckily, this is a repeatable …
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How to Reverse a Linked List in Python
It’s important to know about data types and one that comes up fairly regularly is that of Linked Lists.
Let’s write the following base …
Read Article →How to package a Python app (pip) for PyPi
In this tutorial, we will create a Python application that can be installed directly from pip that will show the 10 latest blog posts from this …
How to find the longest Palindrome in a String using Python
This occasionally comes up during coding interviews and is actually quite a decent way to test someone’s aptitude of moving back and forth on a …
Read Article →How to get the Maximum Depth of a Binary Tree in Python
Let’s say that you have a binary tree and we needed to know it’s maximum depth.
Binary tree input data [3,9,20,null,null,15,7] could be …
What is Fizz Buzz?
Fizz buzz is a common programming interview question.
The problem statement usually reads something like this:
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If we break this …
Read Article →How to write a Quicksort Algorithm in Python
While there are libraries available for all programming languages that offer abilities to sort list, arrays and collections, it is important to know …
Read Article →How to Reverse a String or List using Python
Python comes with the power of slicing.
Let’s try it with a String:
>>> example1 = 'hello world'
>>> example1[::-1] …How to get the IP address in Python
Python exposes a socket library that allows us to perform networking tasks such as getting the IP Address as well as getting the Hostname of our …
How to Reverse a Binary Tree in Python
Reversing a Binary Tree is a common programming interview question.
By learning how to Reverse a Binary Tree in Python, you are working towards …
Read Article →How to delete a file in Python
A quick solution in Python
import os
os.remove("filename.txt")
The above code will delete a file in Python, it will not however delete a …
Read Article →When to use Pip3 instead of Pip in Python
If you have multiple versions of Python installed on a system, such as both Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+. Then pip will often refer to the Python2 bin, …