Python
Python is a dynamic, strongly typed, object-oriented, multipurpose programming language, designed to be quick (to learn, to use, and to understand), and to enforce a clean and uniform syntax. Two similar but incompatible versions of Python are in use (Python 2.7 or 3.x). For version-specific Python questions, please also use the [python-2.7] or [python-3.x] tags. When using a Python variant (Jython, Pypy, Iron-python, etc.) - please also tag the variant.
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How to do exponential and logarithmic curve fitting in Python? I found only polynomial fitting
I have a set of data and I want to compare which line describes it best (polynomials of different orders, expo
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Is there a library function for Root mean square error (RMSE) in python?
I know I could implement a root mean squared error function like this: def rmse(predictions, targets): re
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Installing SciPy with pip
It is possible to install NumPy with pip using pip install numpy. Is there a similar possibility with SciPy?
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Calculating Pearson correlation and significance in Python
I am looking for a function that takes as input two lists, and returns the Pearson correlation, and the signif
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Moving average or running mean
Is there a SciPy function or NumPy function or module for Python that calculates the running mean of a 1D arra
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How to smooth a curve in the right way?
Lets assume we have a dataset which might be given approximately by import numpy as np x = np.linspace(0,2*np
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Does Conda replace the need for virtualenv?
I recently discovered Conda after I was having trouble installing SciPy, specifically on a Heroku app that I a
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Import Error: No module named numpy
I have a very similar question to this question, but still one step behind. I have only one version of Python
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Relationship between SciPy and NumPy
SciPy appears to provide most (but not all [1]) of NumPy's functions in its own namespace. In other words
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Read .mat files in Python
Is it possible to read binary MATLAB .mat files in Python? I've seen that SciPy has alleged support for
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Can I detect if my code is running on cPython or Jython?
I'm working on a small django project that will be deployed in a servlet container later. But development
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Clojure Jython interop
I was wondering if anyone has tried somehow calling Jython functions from within Clojure, and how you went abo
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fast-ish python/jython IPC?
All I want to do is make some RPC calls over sockets. I have a server that does backendish stuff running jytho
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Jythonc missing
I just installed Jython 2.5.1. I want to convert my Python file into Java class file and it is instructed on t
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Differences between Jython and Python
I know Jython converts Python code into Java byte code, but are there any syntax changes between the two? and
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What are some strategies to write python code that works in CPython, Jython and IronPython
Having tries to target two of these environments at the same time I can safely say the if you have to use a da
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How to read the last MB of a very large text file
I am trying to find a string near the end of a text file. The problem is that the text file can vary greatly i
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Pure python implementation of greenlet API
The greenlet package is used by gevent and eventlet for asynchronous IO. It is written as a C-extension and t
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Does Jython have the GIL?
I was sure that it hasn't, but looking for a definite answer on the Interwebs left me in doubt. For examp
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How to catch an exception in python and get a reference to the exception, WITHOUT knowing the type?
I'm wondering how I can catch any raised object (i.e. a type that does not extend Exception), and still g
