How to Convert Numpy Array to Tuple

a = array((1, 2, 3))
print a
>>> array([1, 2, 3])
tuple(a)
>>> (1, 2, 3)

Pretty lame right?

PIL: Get RGB Value from GIF

If you load a GIF file with PIL via Image.open(‘giffile.gif’) and then try to look at its pixels, you would get integers instead of tuples since the GIF pixels refers to one of the 256 colours in the GIF colour palette. The palette would then contain the RGB value of the pixel.

Validate and Format Addresses using Google API

Suppose you want to make some web app that lets users input addresses. I would be nice to

1. Weed out minor misspelling
2. Standardise format (proper capitalisation, abbreviated province/state or full…

Python Challenge Level 14: Italy — Code

Used a NumPy array. Doesn’t work if the diagonal+1s are white of course.

import Image
from numpy import array, zeros, uint8

line = Image.open('wire.png')
# third dimension is for colours
a = zeros((100, 100…

Python Debug with ipdb

A quickie:

import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()

This puts a breakpoint in the code using ipdb. It has the advantage of having better formatted output, tab completion etc over the vanilla pdb