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PaulMcG
Site Reliability Engineer at Indeed
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Lifelong dabbler and dilettante, self-taught in many things (despite my 12 years of engineering school), and fortunate to have worked with some very smart folks who were willing to share.
Author of pyparsing https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing.
Creator of fractal-like art, see www.paulmcguireart.com.
Player of ragtime piano.
Married, with 2 great kids.

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How do I get time of a Python program's execution?
Oct 13, 2009
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How does this input work with the Python 'any' function?
May 12, 2013
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In Python how should I test if a variable is None, True or False
Jan 7, 2010
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Inverse dictionary lookup in Python
Apr 2, 2010
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Checking if all elements in a list are unique
Mar 12, 2011
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How can I use Python built-in slice object?
Oct 12, 2010
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Cast base class to derived class python (or more pythonic way of extending classes)
Aug 12, 2010
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Defining "boolness" of a class in python
Nov 21, 2011
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Python group by
Sep 20, 2010
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Match groups in Python
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Parsing scripts that use curly braces