An introduction to scraping with Python and BeautifulSoup
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[Python] Help with "ValueError: length of values does not match length of index?"
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[Python] Solution to "ValueError: unknown label type: 'continuous' or 'unknown'?"
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Last ReplyThere is a mismatch in "What you can pass" Vs. "What you are actually passing". This means that the scikit-learn library is not able to recognize what... quincybatten,
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[Python] Help with "ValueError: cannot reindex from a duplicate axis?"
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Last ReplyThe error usually generates when you concatenate, reindexing or resampling a DataFrame which the index has duplicate values . When you get this... quincybatten,
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[Python] Solution to "ValueError: cannot convert float nan to integer?"
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Last ReplyYou can avoid this with a mask method. Note first that in python NaN is defined as the number which is not equal to itself: >float('nan') == flo... haviernick,
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[Python] How to fix "TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment?"
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Last ReplyJust as the error message says, you can't modify a string. One approach, which will let you keep most of the code you've written, is to convert you... irvinborder,
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[Python] Fix for "NameError: name 'xrange' is not defined?"
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Last ReplyThe error message 'xrange' is not defined would seem to indicate that you are trying to run a Python 2 codebase with Python 3 . In Python 2, an iterab... murphybeck,
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[Python] Solution to "TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'?"
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[Python] Help with "TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer?"
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[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly?"
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Last ReplyExplicitly cast the int object to a string: x = 10 # Integer print("X is set to " + str(10)) # Explicitly a string August R. Garcia,
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Fix "typeerror: 'module' object is not callable"?
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[Solved] Python - ValueError: unsupported format character ')' (0x29) at index 113
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TFW
MoreSee code. Yeah, it seems like you do in fact have to make a bunch of additional HTTP requests. def resolve_t_co(t_co_url): if t_co_url !...[Python] Fix for "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for - or / or + 'str'/'int'/'nonetype'/'list' and 'str'?"
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[Python] Fix for "TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str?"
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[Solved] Running Selenium with a Proxy (Python, FireFox)
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Some edge case what even is this.
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[Solved] Correct-Horse-Battery-Staple Implementations (Misc. Languages)
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why is this answer so hard to find
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Solve "Typeerror: unhashable type: 'list'"?
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Last ReplyRan into this like five minutes ago and found this fucking thread in the SERPs. What a shitty fucking thread that did not answer my question. Anyway,... August R. Garcia,
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[Solved] Basic progress bar functionality with Python
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Commentary is hard. Use your reading ski...
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Self explanatory, mostly.
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Last ReplyHere's a shorter version with cURL and BASH that does basically the same thing: for i in $( seq 1 10 ) ; do curl --user-agent "Some User-Agent St... August R. Garcia,
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The Easiest Way to Build a Reddit Bot?
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[Python] Fixing "TypeError: only integer scalar arrays can be converted to a scalar index?"
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Last ReplyA simple case that generates this error message: In [8]: [1,2,3,4,5][np.array([1])] --------------------------------------------------------------... Univa,
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Solve "ImportError: DLL load failed: the specified module could not be found"?
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[Python] Fix for "TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments?"
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