Dimitrije Stamenic

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How to Get the Max Element of a Pandas DataFrame - Rows, Columns, Entire DataFrame

A DataFrame is a data structure that represents a special kind of two-dimensional array, built on top of multiple Series objects. These are the central data structures of Pandas - an extremely popular and powerful data analysis framework for Python. If you're not already familiar with DataFrames and how they...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Jul 27, 2021

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Python: Get Max Element of List, Dictionary or Tuple

In this guide, we'll take a look at how to find the maximum element of a few common data structures in Python, such as a list, dictionary, and tuple. The max() method, built into the Python namespace works wonders here for built-in types. How to Get the Max Element of...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Jul 26, 2021

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Pimp my Terminal - An Introduction to "Oh My Zsh"

Using a terminal can be a bit of an intimidating experience in the beginning - but after you get used to it, it can boost your productivity in ways you couldn't imagine and can become quite a pleasurable experience. That's probably the most addicting part of using terminal daily. You...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Jul 23, 2021

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Counting Sort in Python

Counting sort is a sorting algorithm used to sort elements of an array in linear time. We usually use Counting Sort to sort integer arrays. Counting Sort a stable, non-comparative algorithm. Non-comparative sorting algorithms perform sorting without any comparison between elements to be sorted. Stable sorting algorithms preserve the relative...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Jun 15, 2021

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Searching and Replacing Words in Python with FlashText

In this tutorial, we'll explain how to replace words in text sequences, with Python using the FlashText module, which provides one of the most efficient ways of replacing a large set of words in a textual document. How Does the FlashText Algorithm Work? The FlashText module is based on its...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Jun 02, 2021

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JavaScript: Get Current URL and Components (Protocol, Domain, Port, Path, Query, Hash)

In this tutorial, we'll take a look at how to get the current URL of a loaded HTML page, using JavaScript. Firstly, let's take a look at a URL: https://www.stackabuse.com:8080/category/article-title.html?searchterm=Example+title#2 It's a made-up URL, that contains several components -...

Dimitrije Stamenic

May 31, 2021

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An Introductory Guide to Brython

When developing web applications - we commonly use several technologies, and languages. A back-end can easily be built in Java (Spring Boot), Python (Django or Flask), or JavaScript (Node.js), though the front-end is more commonly done in JavaScript (React, Angular, etc). Sometimes, we even take the hybrid approach of...

Dan Nelson

May 24, 2021·15 min read

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Python: Get Last Element in List

In this tutorial, we'll take a look at some of the most common ways to find the last element in a list in Python. First, we will cover the simplest and most Pythonic way and then show some other alternative solutions afterward. Let's take a look at the list that...

Dimitrije Stamenic

May 07, 2021·8 min read

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Radix Sort in Python

The radix (or base) is the number of digits used to represent numbers in a positional numeral system. For the binary system, the radix is 2 (it uses only two digits - 0 and 1). For the decimal system, the radix is 10 (it uses ten digits to represent all...

Dimitrije Stamenic

Apr 15, 2021·10 min read