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data.frames in Python - DataMatrix

June 29, 2008 – 10:13

For a long time I have tried to handle text files in Python in the same way that R’s data.frame does - that is, direct access to columns and rows of a loaded text file. As I don’t like R at all, I struggled to find a Pythonic equivalent, and since I found none, I decided to eat my own food and write an implementation, which is what you’ll find below.

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By Einar | Posted in Linux, Science | Also tagged | Comments (2)

QSql vs DB-API?

December 28, 2007 – 13:58

I’ve recently begun trying to create GUIs for my Python applications with PyQt, and I can say I’m absolutely loving the toolkit, relatively easy to use and featureful. As I’m trying to create a GUI for some module I wrote that deals with databases (using MySQLdb), I also learnt that Qt has a series of classes for dealing with databases, mainly QSql.

My question, directed to whoever has experience with QSql and the Python DB-API, is: what are the advantages of one approach to the other? I’m leaning towards DB-API because like that I can create modules which work also in command line applications.

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