PYTHON -- UTILITIES

BASIC PYTHON UTILITIES 

    AND SOME BASIC MODULES

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SOME BASIC PYTHON FUNCTIONS AND MODULES 

WHICH CAN BE AT TIMES VERY USEFUL

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KEYBOARD MODULE

pip install keyboard

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import keyboard

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# TYPES THE INPUT TEXT THROUGH KEYBOARD
keyboard.write(INPUT)

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# TO CHECK IF A KEY IS PRESSED ON KEYBOARD
keyboard.is_pressed(KEY_NAME)
# returns True if keyprssed else false ,
# can be used with while loop

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OS MODULE IN PYTHON

IMPORTING OS MODULE

import os

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DIR RELATED FUNCTIONS

• mkDIR
• rmDIR
• listDIR
• currentDir
• changeCWD
• checkIfDir

os.mkdir(nameOfDIr)

os.rmdir(nameOfDIr)

os.listdir()
 # DIR_PATH (OPTIONAL ARGUMENT) WHICH CAN BE GIVEN
 # TO GET THE DIRS/FILES INSIDE THE DIR_PATH 
 # ELSE THE DIRS IN CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY WILL BE GIVEN

os.getcwd()

os.chdir(pathOfDir)
 # "../" REPRESENTS PARENT DIR 
 # SIMILARLY "../../" REPRESENTS PARENT DIR OF PARENT DIR 
 # BASICALY GRANDPARENT DIR AND THE PATTERN CONTINUE 

os.path.isdir(dirPath)

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FILE RELATED FUNCTIONS

• START A FILE
• CHECK IF FILE

os.startfile(nameOfFile)

os.path.isfile(nameOfFile)

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