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By David Isaacson
Updated over 4 years ago (01 Jul 2008 at 06:42 PM) recent activity
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Snippets from the excellent book Dive Into Python by Mark Pilgrim.

For more information, visit http://www.diveintopython.org

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Convert Strings to Soundex Equivalents in Python Add filter from David Isaacson Add filter
Converts strings to their soundex equivalent. Soundex is a phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound in English. This allows similarly-pronounced but differently-spelled words to be matched....
License Python 2.x (PSF) Add filter Comments 1 Keywords convert Add filter   soundex Add filter   string Remove filter  
Open Any Input Source as a File-like Object in Python Add filter from David Isaacson Add filter
Lets you take any input source -- URL, local pathname, network pathname, string -- and deal with it in a uniform manner. The returned object is guaranteed to have all the basic stdio read methods...
License Python 2.x (PSF) Add filter Keywords ETag Add filter   file Add filter   file-like object Add filter   headers Add filter   Last-Modified Add filter   metadata Add filter   open Add filter   read Add filter   string Remove filter   url Add filter