Popular recipes by Bryan Niederberger http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2843232/2006-06-02T07:05:41-07:00ActiveState Code RecipesSet Process Priority In Windows (Python) 2006-06-02T07:05:41-07:00Bryan Niederbergerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2843232/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/496767-set-process-priority-in-windows/ <p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 496767 by <a href="/recipes/users/2843232/">Bryan Niederberger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/ui/">ui</a>). </p> <p>This function allows you to set process priority under windows. It defaults to setting the priority of the current python process but can set anything for which you have a process ID. I find it handy to set a long-running job with lower than normal priority so the computer doesn't feel sluggish while it runs.</p> Easy Cross Platform Excel Parsing With Xlrd (Python) 2006-04-07T22:45:51-07:00Bryan Niederbergerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2843232/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/483742-easy-cross-platform-excel-parsing-with-xlrd/ <p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 483742 by <a href="/recipes/users/2843232/">Bryan Niederberger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/ui/">ui</a>). Revision 3. </p> <p>Easily extract data from microsoft excel files using this wrapper class for xlrd (<a href="http://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm</a>). The class allows you to create a generator which returns excel data one row at a time as either a list or dictionary. I found this very handy for easily pulling in a variety of excel files without having to deal with COM calls or even needing to have windows.</p>