With countless applications and a combination of approachability and power, Python is one of the most popular programming ...

If you've ever wished Excel could handle text patterns the way Python or JavaScript does, these functions deliver exactly ...

Abstract: Handwritten mathematical expression recognition (HMER) is a challenging task that has many potential applications. Recent methods for HMER have achieved outstanding performance with an ...

Large language models (LLMs) have been extensively researched for programming-related tasks, including program summarisation, over recent years. However, the task of abstracting formal specifications ...

In this text we’ll talk about syntax and semantics, so it’s important that we understand what these terms mean, particularly in the context of computer programming. In a (natural) language course—say ...

Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by the chaos of mixed data—names, IDs, codes—all crammed into single cells? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets in ...

Abstract: AOP improves modularity and maintainability by centrally managing cross-cutting concerns from the business logic, making development simpler and more efficient. Despite Python’s growing ...

There’s more than one way to thread (or not to thread) a Python program. We point you to several threading resources, a fast new static type checker from Astral, a monkey patch for Pandas that adds ...

Quick: If you shout "regular expressions" in a crowd of Linux users, what happens? Answer: Everyone will tell you the right way to use them, and every answer will be different. Regular expressions -- ...

If you’re using an IDE, no doubt you’ve noticed that as you type code in it changes color. This is what’s called “syntax highlighting”, and it’s done automatically by virtually all modern IDEs. Its ...