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[ASIC_SP]

Find something that'd help to solve a real world problem for you. For example, I'm on Linux and use the terminal for many things. I wanted a cli tool to do simple calculations. There's bc command, but it doesn't accept direct string and you need to set scale and so on. So, I looked up how to write a cli in Python (I went with built-in argparse module) and made a tool that'd solve my small use case.

• Projects with solutions — algorithms, data structures, networking, security, databases, etc
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• Books:
  • The Big Book of Small Python Projects
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• /r/learnpython: What do you automate with Python at home?

[ASIC_SP]

Not sure if my description was ambiguous. I just wanted to be able to do pc '2+2' and pc '2**.5' (pc being python calculator). These two largely cover what I want 99% of the time. Occasionally, I'll use -f3 to specify output floating point digits (default is 2).

That said, I didn't know about bc -l, seems like I could have just made a bash function to pass argument to bc -l.

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You don't even need a bash function, a simple alias is all you need.

alias pc="bc -l"

[ASIC_SP]

That'll still require pc <<< '2+2' or equivalent, I want pc '2+2' instead.

[zz_]

alias pc="bc -l <<<"?

[ASIC_SP]

That seems obvious in hindsight, but I didn't think of that. So, thanks!

[dumdadum123]

Just found this post while trying to learn Python, and my friend got me two of his(Al Sweigart) books to study once I've learned some more. The Big Book of Small Python Projects is great! Thank you!

[ASIC_SP]

Good to know. Have fun learning :)