http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/2005-05-05T15:48:59-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2005-05-05T15:48:59-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/413035-encode-messages-and-message-digests-in-bubble-babb/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 413035 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . Revision 3. </p> <p>This recipe allows messages to be encoded in "Bubble Babble" format. It also includes an additional function to encode message digests (sha, md5) in this same format.</p>

2003-09-30T05:32:54-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/225674-verify-if-an-argument-is-a-valid-number/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 225674 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . </p> <p>This recipe uses a regular expression to determine whether or not the argument to the function is in a numeric format (integer, floating point, scientific, or engineering).</p>

2003-07-23T11:28:58-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/211886-retrieve-word-definitions-from-online-dictionary-s/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 211886 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . </p> <p>This recipe shows one how to retrieve word definitions from the website <a href="http://www.dictionary.com." rel="nofollow">www.dictionary.com.</a></p>

2003-08-13T13:32:02-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/211887-retrieve-word-definitions-from-online-dictionary-s/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 211887 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . Revision 2. </p> <p>This recipe shows one how to retrieve word definitions from the website <a href="http://www.dictionary.com." rel="nofollow">www.dictionary.com.</a></p>

2001-08-28T03:19:37-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/67671-a-function-to-unzip-simple-list-like-objects/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 67671 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . </p> <p>This function takes a list and pulls it apart into a user-defined number of pieces. It acts like a sort of reverse zip function (although it deals with only the very simplest cases).</p>

2001-08-22T09:49:36-07:00gyro funchhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/126748/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/67084-assuring-that-an-entry-is-a-valid-number/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 67084 by <a href="/recipes/users/126748/">gyro funch</a> . </p> <p>The present recipe shows a function to check whether or not its argument is consistent with standard numerical formats: integer, floating point, scientific, or engineering.</p>