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/ get-talks.py
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August 29, 2015 13:57
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| import re | |
| import bs4 | |
| import urllib2 | |
| root = "http://www.ted.com" | |
| req = urllib2.Request(root + "/talks/quick-list") | |
| html = urllib2.urlopen(req).read() | |
| while html: | |
| talks = bs4.BeautifulSoup(html) |
albrow
/ confirm.go
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April 16, 2023 03:03
Go (golang): How to ask for user confirmation via command line
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| import ( | |
| "fmt" | |
| "log" | |
| "os" | |
| "sort" | |
| ) | |
| // askForConfirmation uses Scanln to parse user input. A user must type in "yes" or "no" and | |
| // then press enter. It has fuzzy matching, so "y", "Y", "yes", "YES", and "Yes" all count as | |
| // confirmations. If the input is not recognized, it will ask again. The function does not return |