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--- other:python:misc_by_jyp [2021/08/16 16:19] – [Useful python stuff] jypeter
+++ other:python:misc_by_jyp [2021/08/25 14:40] – [Working with paths and filenames] Improved example jypeter
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     * [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#correspondence-to-tools-in-the-os-module|Matching pathlib, and os or os.path functions]]
   * [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html|High-level file operations]]
+=== Example: getting the full path of the Python used ===
+Note: the actual python may be different from the default python!
+<code>$ which python
+/usr/bin/python
+$ /modfs/modtools/miniconda3//envs/analyse_3.6_test/bin/python
+>>> import sys, shutil
+>>> shutil.which('python')
+'/usr/bin/python'
+>>> sys.executable
+'/modfs/modtools/miniconda3//envs/analyse_3.6_test/bin/python'</code>
+=== Example: getting the full path of a script ===
+<code>>>> import os
+>>> os.getcwd()
+'/home/jypmce/PMIP4'
+>>> os.path.exists('./argv_test.py')
+True
+>>> os.path.abspath('./argv_test.py')
+'/home/jypmce/PMIP4/argv_test.py'
+>>> os.path.exists('/home/jypmce/PMIP4/argv_test.py')
+True
+</code>
 === Example: getting the size(s) of all the files in a directory ===
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 ==== Using ordered dictionaries ====
-Check the [[https://realpython.com/python-ordereddict/|OrderedDict vs dict in Python: The Right Tool for the Job]] tutorial
+**Dictionary order is guaranteed to be insertion order**! Note that the [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict|usual Python dictionary]] also guarantees the order since version **3.6**
+Check the [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict|OrderedDict class]] (''from collections import OrderedDict'') and the [[https://realpython.com/python-ordereddict/|OrderedDict vs dict in Python: The Right Tool for the Job]] tutorial
+==== Printing a readable version of long lists or dictionaries ====
+The [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/pprint.html|pprint]] module can be used for //pretty printing// objects (lists, dictionaries, ...). It will wrap long lines in a meaningful way
+<code>>>> from collections import OrderedDict
+>>> test_dic = OrderedDict([('AWI-ESM-1-1-LR_AWI', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}), ('CESM2_NCAR', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}), ('IPSL-CM6A-LR_IPSL', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f2': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f3': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f4': {'grid': 'gr'}})])
+>>> print(test_dic)
+OrderedDict([('AWI-ESM-1-1-LR_AWI', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}), ('CESM2_NCAR', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}), ('IPSL-CM6A-LR_IPSL', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f2': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f3': {'grid': 'gr'}, 'r1i1p1f4': {'grid': 'gr'}})])
+>>> pprint.pprint(test_dic)
+OrderedDict([('AWI-ESM-1-1-LR_AWI', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}),
+             ('CESM2_NCAR', {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gn'}}),
+             ('IPSL-CM6A-LR_IPSL',
+              {'r1i1p1f1': {'grid': 'gr'},
+               'r1i1p1f2': {'grid': 'gr'},
+               'r1i1p1f3': {'grid': 'gr'},
+               'r1i1p1f4': {'grid': 'gr'}})])
+</code>
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