It is my understanding that the range() function, which is actually an object type in Python 3, generates its contents on the fly, similar to a generator. This being the case, I would have expected the following line to take an inordinate amount of time because, in order to determine whether 1 quadrillion is in … Read more
This question already has answers here: How do I get my program to sleep for 50 milliseconds? (6 answers) Closed 2 years ago. I would like to know how to put a time delay in a Python script. 1 13
I’m using this code to get standard output from an external program: >>> from subprocess import * >>> command_stdout = Popen([‘ls’, ‘-l’], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0] The communicate() method returns an array of bytes: >>> command_stdout b’total 0\n-rw-rw-r– 1 thomas thomas 0 Mar 3 07:03 file1\n-rw-rw-r– 1 thomas thomas 0 Mar 3 07:03 file2\n’ However, I’d like to … Read more
