What does the asterisk mean when there is no argument name? For example in some functions of the class pprint.

Sep 13, 2013 · I am new to Python. In one tutorial of connecting to mysql and fetching data, I saw the with statement. I read about it and it was something related to try-finally block. But I couldn't find a …

Mar 4, 2014 · What does for row_number, row in enumerate (cursor): do in Python? What does enumerate mean in this context?

What does this mean in Python: sock.recvfrom(2**16) I know what sock is, and I get the gist of the recvfrom function, but what the heck is 2**16? Specifically, the two asterisk/double asterisk ope...

Aug 5, 2010 · What does the >> operator do? For example, what does the following operation 10 >> 1 = 5 do?

Oct 4, 2019 · What does 'f' mean before a string in Python? [duplicate] Asked 6 years, 2 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago Viewed 46k times

See Using python's eval () vs. ast.literal_eval () for a potentially safer technique. See How do I use raw_input in Python 3? for background context on why a book might have contained code like this, or …

Aug 16, 2013 · Admittedly, there's far better ways of doing this, but we're being pathological here. (Admittedly the above makes more sense to a reader than the needed if !result: with linux-esque …

Jul 11, 2013 · In a set, Python keeps track of each hash, and when you type if x in values:, Python will get the hash-value for x, look that up in an internal structure and then only compare x with the values …

Jan 9, 2020 · The function parameter syntax (/) is to indicate that some function parameters must be specified positionally and cannot be used as keyword arguments. (This is new in Python 3.8) …