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The Python snippet collection contains helper functions for Python 3.6. It includes utilities for most common data types, such as primitivies, lists, dictionaries and date objects.
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Merges two or more lists into a list of lists, combining elements from each of the input lists based on their positions.
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Sorts one list based on another list containing the desired indexes.
Groups the elements of a list based on the given function and returns the count of elements in each group.
Randomizes the order of the values of an list, returning a new list.
Builds a list, using an iterator function and an initial seed value.
Splits values into two groups, based on the result of the given filtering function.
Creates a list with the non-unique values filtered out.
Creates a list with the unique values filtered out.
Groups the elements of a list based on the given function.
Returns the difference between two lists, after applying the provided function to each list element of both.
Returns a list of elements that exist in both lists, after applying the provided function to each list element of both.
Returns the symmetric difference between two lists, after applying the provided function to each list element of both.
Returns every element that exists in any of the two lists once, after applying the provided function to each element of both.
Splits values into two groups, based on the result of the given filter
list.
Converts a number to a list of digits.
Finds the indexes of all elements in the given list that satisfy the provided testing function.
Finds the index of the first element in the given list that satisfies the provided testing function.
Finds the index of the last element in the given list that satisfies the provided testing function.
Retrieves the value of the nested key indicated by the given selector list from a dictionary or list.
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Maps the values of a list to a dictionary using a function.