Python
Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively.
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Write and reading data for a plist file
A plist file stores data in XML format.
Content of the file /tmp/plist1.plist
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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
3 <plist version="1.0">
4 <array>
5 <dict>
6 <key>key1</key>
7 <integer>123</integer>
8 <key>key2</key>
9 <string>asdf</string>
10 </dict>
11 <dict>
12 <key>keyx1</key>
13 <string>testing</string>
14 <key>keyz1</key>
15 <string>yup</string>
16 </dict>
17 </array>
18 </plist>
Threading
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1 #!/usr/bin/python
2 # timestable.py
3 # calculates the times table in concurrency
4 import threading
5 import time
6
7 class TimesTable (threading.Thread):
8 def __init__(self, timesTable):
9 threading.Thread.__init__(self) #required
10 self.timeTable = timesTable
11 self.count = 1
12 def run(self):
13 loop=True
14 while loop:
15 time.sleep(1) #sleep for 1 second
16 result=self.timeTable * self.count
17 print "%d*%d=%d"%(self.timeTable,self.count,result)
18 if self.count<10:
19 self.count = self.count+1
20 else:
21 self.count=1
22
23 # create threads
24 timesTable2 = TimesTable(2)
25 timesTable5 = TimesTable(7)
26
27 # start the threads
28 timesTable2.start()
29 timesTable5.start()