python math domain errors in math.log function

As long as your input is within the half-open interval (0, 1] (not including 0), you are fine. You can’t be too close to zero: So simply checking for exactly zero (maybe as the result of an underflow) should be enough, or alternatively catch the exception and handle it. EDIT: This also holds for the … Read more

Need to install urllib2 for Python 3.5.1

WARNING: Security researches have found several poisoned packages on PyPI, including a package named urllib, which will ‘phone home’ when installed. If you used pip install urllib some time after June 2017, remove that package as soon as possible. You can’t, and you don’t need to. urllib2 is the name of the library included in Python 2. You can use the urllib.request library included with … Read more

python BeautifulSoup parsing table

Here you go: This gives you: Couple of things to note: The last row in the output above, the Payment Amount is not a part of the table but that is how the table is laid out. You can filter it out by checking if the length of the list is less than 7. The … Read more

python NameError: name ‘file’ is not defined

I dont know much about python. I want to start working on the project and the setup instruction says: Simple enougth. The problem is that I get this: I dont understand the problem. Maybe somebody can help out? I run this on Arch Linux, python defaults to python 3 and the project is not python … Read more

function is not defined error in Python

Yes, but in what file is pyth_test‘s definition declared in? Is it also located before it’s called? Edit: To put it into perspective, create a file called test.py with the following contents: Now run the following command: You should see the output you desire. Now if you are in an interactive session, it should go … Read more

Python CSV error: line contains NULL byte

I’m working with some CSV files, with the following code: And one file is throwing this error: What can I do? Google seems to suggest that it may be an Excel file that’s been saved as a .csv improperly. Is there any way I can get round this problem in Python? == UPDATE == Following … Read more