discussion group for Python in finance?

2016-03-18 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
Is there an active online group discussing the use of Python in finance? Here are some resources for Python in finance I know of. Numpy, scipy, pandas, and matplotlib are useful packages discussed in the books "Python for Finance" by Hilpisch and "Python for Data Analysis" by McKinney. Quandl is

Exclude every nth element from list?

2016-03-26 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
I can use x[::n] to select every nth element of a list. Is there a one-liner to get a list that excludes every nth element? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Exclude every nth element from list?

2016-03-26 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 1:02:06 PM UTC-4, Gary Herron wrote: > On 03/26/2016 09:49 AM, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > I can use x[::n] to select every nth element of a list. Is there a > > one-liner to get a list that excludes every nth element? > > Yes: >

repeat items in a list

2016-03-26 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
I can create a list that has repeated elements of another list as follows: xx = ["a","b"] nrep = 3 print xx yy = [] for aa in xx: for i in range(nrep): yy.append(aa) print yy output: ['a', 'b'] ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'b'] Is there a one-liner to create a list with repeated element

Re: repeat items in a list

2016-03-26 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 7:24:10 PM UTC-4, Erik wrote: > Hi, > > On 26/03/16 22:12, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > I can create a list that has repeated elements of another list as follows: > > > > xx = ["a","b"] > > nrep = 3 &g

Re: repeat items in a list

2016-03-26 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 7:30:14 PM UTC-4, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 26/03/2016 22:12, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > I can create a list that has repeated elements of another list as follows: > > > > xx = ["a","b"] > > nre

Re: Python is an Equal Opportunity Programming Language

2016-05-06 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 3:00:01 PM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote: > https://motherboard.vice.com/blog/python-is-an-equal-opportunity-programming-language > > from an 'Intel(R) Software Evangelist' > -- > Terry Jan Reedy >From the link: MB: What is it about Python that makes it friendly to women?

Re: Python is an Equal Opportunity Programming Language

2016-05-06 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 5:07:28 PM UTC-4, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 05/06/2016 01:35 PM, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > > Most of [Guido's] keynote at that conference was answering questions from > > the people who had attended. And he actually said, &quo

Re: Python is an Equal Opportunity Programming Language

2016-05-08 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 4:02:32 AM UTC-4, Stephen Hansen wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2016, at 11:43 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote: > > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > > Who is setting and enforcing this quota, and given that only about 1 in 20 > > > Python programmers is a woman, do you think men are seriousl

Intel Distribution for Python

2016-05-10 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
The Intel Distribution for Python 2017 Beta https://software.intel.com/en-us/python-distribution is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS for Python 2.7 and 3.5. "The Beta product adds new Python packages like scikit-learn, mpi4py, numba, conda, tbb (Python interfaces to IntelĀ® Threading Bui

Re: Intel Distribution for Python

2016-05-11 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:17:33 PM UTC-4, Arshpreet Singh wrote: > Thanks for the information, I just applied for program but I got one mail > about license and expiration. > > > This software license expires on October 29, 2016. > > > I am not able to understand that can anyone put some

Re: Intel Distribution for Python

2016-06-09 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
Intel has released Beta Update 1 of its Python distribution: "What's New! Jupyter* notebook interface Neural network APIs support for pyDAAL Optimized random number generation features for numpy.random package" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Humble Book Bundle: Python by Packt

2018-01-01 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
One can purchase the following Python books and videos published by Packt for $15 at https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-by-packt-book-bundle for about the next two weeks. Python Data Analysis Cookbook Mastering Python, Second Edition Learning Robotics using Python Python Programming with

Re: Instead of deciding between Python or Lisp for a programming intro course...What about an intro course that uses *BOTH*? Good idea?

2015-05-11 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 9:38:38 PM UTC-4, Ian wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > > Scheme is my favorite language. I think, however, it is a pretty > > advanced language and requires a pretty solid basis in programming and > > computer science. > > > > Python, in

Python programming classes for children

2015-07-01 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
My 11yo son is taking the online class "Intermediate Programming with Python" http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/school/course/catalog/python2 offered by the Art of Problem Solving company (AoPS). Classes meet for 1.5 hours a week for 12 weeks. During the classes the instructor "lectures" (types

Re: The EuroPython 2015 Keynotes

2015-07-10 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:21:14 AM UTC-4, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > With Mandy Waite we have announced all keynotes for EuroPython 2015: > 5 keynotes, 6 speakers, 4 women and 2 men. Your mentioning these numbers makes me wonder if the organizing committee is using gender preferences in its selec

Re: The EuroPython 2015 Keynotes

2015-07-10 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 2:58:18 PM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:01 PM, beliavsky--- via Python-list > wrote: > > On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:21:14 AM UTC-4, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > >> With Mandy Waite we have announced all keynotes for Eu

Re: Python speed

2015-08-07 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Friday, August 7, 2015 at 10:08:37 AM UTC-4, roge...@gmail.com wrote: > Can anyone compare PyNum calculation speed to Fortran? > > This is for a number crunching program working with large files. > > Roger Did you mean NumPy? It depends on the program. Here are two posts that compared speeds

Planet Scipy blog

2015-10-08 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
There used to be a blog about SciPy at https://planet.scipy.org/ , discussing the applications of Python to scientific computing. Now there is a static page about "MPI for Python". What happened? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 2 vs Python 3 for teaching

2015-11-02 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
I think Python 2.x is still used more than Python 3.x in scientific computing. The Python books I have in this area, such as "Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data" and "Python for Data Analysis", still use Python 2.x . An aspiring computational scientist, data scientist, or financial q

Refactoring tool to create Python functions

2017-05-08 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
Googling "refactoring python code to create functions" I came to https://wingware.com/doc/intro/tutorial-refactoring where the "Extract Function/Method" does what I want. Is there a free Python tool that does this? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python library to break text into words

2018-05-31 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
I bought some e-books in a Humble Bundle. The file names are shown below. I would like to hyphenate words within the file names, so that the first three titles are a_devils_chaplain.pdf atomic_accidents.pdf chaos_making_a_new_science.pdf Is there a Python library that uses intelligent guesses t

Re: Python library to break text into words

2018-05-31 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
On Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 5:31:48 PM UTC-4, Dietmar Schwertberger wrote: > On 5/31/2018 10:26 PM, beliavsky--- via Python-list wrote: > > Is there a Python library that uses intelligent guesses to break sequences > > of characters into words? The general strategy would be t

Python Humble Bundle from Packt

2019-01-01 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
For about the next two weeks, Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-packt-2019-books offers the following 18 books and 7 videos on Python for $15. BOOKS: Python Interviews OpenCV 3 Computer Vision with Python Cookbook Mastering Flask Web Development Python Automation Cookbo

book on modern Python

2019-07-25 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
I did some basic programming in Python 2 and now use Python 3. All I know about Python 3 is that print is a function requiring parentheses. What is a good book on modern Python that covers topics such as type annotations? I know of Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming by Luc