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# Sort a list of dictionary objects by a key - case sensitive
from operator import itemgetter
mylist = sorted(mylist, key=itemgetter('name'))

# Sort a list of dictionary objects by a key - case insensitive 
mylist = sorted(mylist, key=lambda k: k['name'].lower())

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import re
from DictionaryServices import DCSCopyTextDefinition


PURPLE = '\033[95m'
BLUE = '\033[94m'

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#!/usr/bin/env python

from queue import Queue

# https://medium.com/the-renaissance-developer/learning-tree-data-structure-27c6bb363051

'''
Root - the topmost node of the tree
Edge - the link between two nodes
Child - A node that has a parent node

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class MyModel(models.Model):
  time_field = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

This makes testing difficult, because the created field will always be the current time. If you try changeing it with

myobject.time_field = _sometime
myobject.save()

it will get reset to the current time when saving.

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Recently came across a situtuation where I was trying to display a dictionary of dictionaries of lists in a django template. In the python code, the data structure was built like:

      @property
      def nested(self):
          from collections import defaultdict
          data = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
          for x in self.a_list_of_objects:
               data['key'][x.an_attribute].append(x)

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A Bootstrap3 navbar using class="navbar-fixed-top will overlay the first bit of other elements on your page. The recommendation is to add body {padding-top = 60px;} to your css after bootstrap is loaded. (http://getbootstrap.com/components/#navbar-fixed-top)

This works great, until you try to go to an internal anchor, which will then get buried under the navbar. There seem to be a couple of fixes for this. (Issue reported: twbs/bootstrap#1768)

Example of problem: see z_example.html

###Solution 1: CSS

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Def a_function(a, b, c):
    print(a)
    print(b)
    print(c)
    
def another_function(robot, cat)
    awesome = robot + cat
    return awesome
    
variable1 = 5

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def double_it(x):
  x = x * 2
  return x
  
def get_input():
  return int(input("Enter a number: "))
  
#  main
x = get_input()
y = double_it(x)

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Situation: Have some code that repeats over and over with only minor variation.

        self.likes_comedy = BooleanVar()
        Checkbutton(
            self,
            text='Comedy',
            variable=self.likes_comedy,
            command=self.update_text
 ).grid(row=2, column=0, sticky=W)