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# Check if a specified package is installed and available to Python.
def is_package_installed(package_name: str) -> bool:
    """Check if a Python package is installed."""
    try:
        __import__(package_name)
        return True
    except ImportError:
        print(f"The required package '{package_name}' is not installed. Please install it to proceed.", file=sys.stderr)
        return False

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# Utility functions for process_urls.py

import pkgutil
import encodings
import codecs

############################################################################
# Codec related utilities
############################################################################
    

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# Generate an alphanumeric password with at least one lowercase character,
# at least one uppercase character, at least one digits, and one special symbol.
# See docstring for more information

from typing import List
import secrets
import string

def generate_password(min_len:int = 16, max_len: int = 16, allow_short: bool = False, safe: bool = True, risky: str = "") -> str:
    """

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import sqlite3
from typing import List       


def dict_execute(con: sqlite3.Connection, query: str, **kwargs):
    """
    Returns the result of a SQLite query as an iterator of dictionaries for each row, with each column name
    being used as a key for the column value.

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##########################################################################################
# Purpose:     Copies a file of data rows, removing the lines specified in the
#              user supplied pattern
#
# Repository:  https://gist.github.com/mpmansell/ad82a2cb7d0022e7239381e33b3eebf1
#
# Author: Mark Peter Mansell
# Github: https://github.com/mpmansell
#
# Copyright (c) 2022 Mark Peter Mansell

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# Purpose:     Copies a file of data rows, randomly removing a specified number of them.
#
# Repository:  https://gist.github.com/mpmansell/1479e309db5d0b354d082dc00a299683
#
# Author: Mark Peter Mansell
# Github: https://github.com/mpmansell
#
# Copyright (c) 2022 Mark Peter Mansell
# 

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import re


def str_to_filename(
    text_string: str = "",
    suffix: str = "",
    append_suffix: bool = False,
    lower: bool = False,
    upper: bool = False,
):

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#TODO: extend documentation for both methods and provide deeper explanations with examples

from typing import List, Set, Dict, SupportsFloat, Tuple, Optional

def deep_set_dict(dict_obj:dict, keys:list, value:any) -> None :
    """Sets a value in multiply nested dictionaries, creating keys and sub-dictionaries as required.

    Args:
        dict_obj (dict): The dictionary to add values to

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# Floating point implementation of the range() built-in function
# ==============================================================
#
# Primarily written for use with embedded Pythons such as micropython as a
# lighter implementation than importing NumPy and using numpy.arange()
#
# Implementation can take integers as parameters as they are all internally 
# coerced to floats to avoid Type Errors during the calculations.
#