Python Problem Solving

Welcome to the Python Problem Solving section. A collection of many different scenarios and problems that may arise during your Coding journey. Follow the individual links to see the main article which contains a detailed step by step break down of the solution.

Q. How to create Backups in Python using Zip Files?

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from zipfile import ZipFile
import os

extension = input('Input file extension: ')

Zippy = ZipFile("Backup.zip", 'w')

for folder, subfolders, file in os.walk("C:\\Users"):
    for subfolders in subfolders:
        path = folder + subfolders 
    for x in file:
        if x.endswith(extension):
            filepath = folder + "\\" + x
            print(filepath)
            Zippy.write(filepath, compress_type=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
Zippy.close()

Q. How to iterate through multi dimensional Arrays?

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import numpy as np
 
arr2 = np.array([[1,2,3],
                [4,5,6]])
 
for x in np.nditer(arr2):
    print(x)

Q. How to take input from the User with a user interface (Tkinter GUI)?

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from tkinter.simpledialog import askstring

root = tk.Tk()
prompt = askstring("Input", "Input an String")
print(prompt)

root.mainloop()

Q. How to update/change values Dynamically on a GUI (Tkinter)?

Q. How to remove the newline (/n) character while reading from Files?

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file = open("File3.txt")
for x in file:
    print(x.splitlines()) 
file.close()

Q. How to create a spreadsheet (Tkinter GUI)?

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from tkinter import *
 
root = Tk()
root.geometry('300x300')
 
for x in range(10):
    for y in range(6):
         entry = Entry(root, width = 6)
         entry.grid(row = x, column = y)
 
root.mainloop(

Q. How to create an Undo button (Tkinter GUI)?

Q. How to edit a file?

Q. How to improve Tkinter GUI screen resolution? (Fix for blurriness)

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import tkinter as tk
import ctypes
 
ctypes.windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness(1)
 
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("200x150")
 
label = tk.Label(root, text = "Hello World")
label.pack(padx = 5, pady = 5)
 
root.mainloop()

Q. How to skip Captcha and bot checks while Web scraping?

Q. How to create a save and load system for a game or application?

Q. How to dynamically update values in a Matplotlib graph?

Q. How to create multiple Tkinter GUI windows?

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from tkinter import *

def NewWindow():
    window = Toplevel()
    window.geometry('150x150')
    newlabel = Label(window, text = "Settings Window")
    newlabel.pack()


root = Tk()
root.geometry('200x200')

myframe = Frame(root)
myframe.pack()

mybutton = Button(myframe, text = "Settings", command = NewWindow)
mybutton.pack(pady = 10)

root.mainloop()

Q. How to take a password as input from the User (Tkinter)?

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from tkinter import *

root = Tk()
root.geometry('150x100')
widget = Entry(root, show="*", width=15)
widget.pack()

root.mainloop()

Alternate technique without Tkinter.

Q. How to create an Open File dialog?

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import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog 

path = filedialog.askopenfilename(initialdir="/", title="Select file",
                    filetypes=(("txt files", "*.txt"),("all files", "*.*")))

Q. How to check if a specific File paths exists?

Q. How to change the font type and size in Tkinter?

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import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()
root.option_add('*Font', 'Times 19')
root.geometry("200x150")

label = tk.Label(root, text = "Hello World")
label.pack(padx = 5, pady = 5)

root.mainloop()

Q. Trigger a Function if user tries to close Tkinter Window

Q. How to make a time/date based expiration for my software?

Q. How to disable resizing in a Tkinter Window?

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import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("200x150")
 
label = tk.Label(root, text = "Hello World")
label.pack(padx = 5, pady = 5)
 
root.resizable(False, False) 
root.mainloop()

Q. How to make my Tkinter window start up in the center?

Q. How to subtract two dates from each other?

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import datetime

a = datetime.datetime(2021,3,20,12)
b = datetime.datetime(2020,4,11,8)
c = a -　b

print("Days: ",c.days)
print("seconds: ",c.seconds)

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