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Currency Converter

Nov 19, 2022CodeCatch

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""" Currency Converter
----------------------------------------
"""
import urllib.request
import json
def currency_converter(currency_from, currency_to, currency_input):
yql_base_url = "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql"
yql_query = 'select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.xchange%20where%20pair' \
'%20in%20("'+currency_from+currency_to+'")'
yql_query_url = yql_base_url + "?q=" + yql_query + "&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys"
try:
yql_response = urllib.request.urlopen(yql_query_url)
try:
json_string = str(yql_response.read())
json_string = json_string[2:
json_string = json_string[:-1]
print(json_string)
yql_json = json.loads(json_string)
last_rate = yql_json['query']['results']['rate']['Rate']
currency_output = currency_input * float(last_rate)
return currency_output
except (ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
print(yql_query_url)
return "JSON format error"
except IOError as e:
print(str(e))
currency_input = 1
#currency codes : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
currency_from = "USD"
currency_to = "TRY"
rate = currency_converter(currency_from, currency_to, currency_input)
print(rate)

Return Letter Combinations

Nov 18, 2022AustinLeath

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# @return a list of strings, [s1, s2]
def letterCombinations(self, digits):
if '' == digits: return []
kvmaps = {
'2': 'abc',
'3': 'def',
'4': 'ghi',
'5': 'jkl',
'6': 'mno',
'7': 'pqrs',
'8': 'tuv',
'9': 'wxyz'
}
return reduce(lambda acc, digit: [x + y for x in acc for y in kvmaps[digit]], digits, [''])

Sort a List of Strings

Oct 15, 2022CodeCatch

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my_list = ["blue", "red", "green"]
#1- Using sort or srted directly or with specifc keys
my_list.sort() #sorts alphabetically or in an ascending order for numeric data
my_list = sorted(my_list, key=len) #sorts the list based on the length of the strings from shortest to longest.
# You can use reverse=True to flip the order
#2- Using locale and functools
import locale
from functools import cmp_to_key
my_list = sorted(my_list, key=cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll))

Calculate Square Root

Nov 18, 2022AustinLeath

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# Python Program to calculate the square root
num = float(input('Enter a number: '))
num_sqrt = num ** 0.5
print('The square root of %0.3f is %0.3f'%(num ,num_sqrt))

key of minimum value

Nov 19, 2022CodeCatch

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def key_of_min(d):
return min(d, key = d.get)
key_of_min({'a':4, 'b':0, 'c':13}) # b

clamp number

Nov 19, 2022CodeCatch

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def clamp_number(num, a, b):
return max(min(num, max(a, b)), min(a, b))
clamp_number(2, 3, 5) # 3
clamp_number(1, -1, -5) # -1