Python Archives - RichardKilleen https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/category/python/ Fun in Networking Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:33:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Site-icon-32x32.png Python Archives - RichardKilleen https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/category/python/ 32 32 Python for Network Engineers blog 18: Python if statements https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-if-statements/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-if-statements/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:33:09 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1833 Main blog image for Python for Network Engineers Blog 18 Python if statements showing a Python if statement code example and a network diagram with router, switch, host, and admin laptopPython If Statements, Making Decisions That Actually Matter Right, so you’ve got variables, data types, and operators working, haven’t you? Been through all the fundamentals in the first seventeen posts and mabye even the PCEP Supplement blogs. Now we’re getting to the good stuff – making your scripts actually think and make decisions based on… Read More »Python for Network Engineers blog 18: Python if statements

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-if-statements/feed/ 0 Python for Network Engineers Blog 17: Python Bitwise Operators https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-bitwise-operators/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-bitwise-operators/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:19:19 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1642 main blog image for Python for Network Engineers Blog 17 Python Bitwise OperatorsStop Learning Binary with Silly Calculator Examples Right, so you’ve got arithmetic operators working and you understand how Python handles basic maths operations. Now we’re moving into python bitwise operators territory, which is where networking gets really interesting. Python for Network Engineers Blog 16: Logical Operators Now here’s where most Python courses completely lose the… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 17: Python Bitwise Operators

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-bitwise-operators/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 16: Logical Operators https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-logical-operators/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-logical-operators/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:58:18 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1640 python Logical Operators main blog image showing the python logo and the name of the postPython Logical Operators – Stop Checking Voting Eligibility Right, so you’ve got comparison operators working and decision-making logic sorted haven’t you. Greater than, less than, equality checks, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of people out when they start building complex network monitoring logic – python logical operators. Python for… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 16: Logical Operators

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-logical-operators/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 15: Python Comparison Operators https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-comparison-operators/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-comparison-operators/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:00:44 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1637 Main blog header image for Python for Network Engineers Blog 15: Python Comparison Operators, featuring Python logo and comparison operators in a clean, wide, uncropped layoutStop Comparing Age and Height Right, so you’ve got arithmetic operators working and maths calculations sorted haven’t you. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of people out when they start making decisions in their network scripts – python comparison operators. Python for Network Engineers Blog 14:… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 15: Python Comparison Operators

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-comparison-operators/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 14: Arithmetic Operators https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/learn-python-arithmetic-operators/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/learn-python-arithmetic-operators/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:55:04 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1635 Main blog image showing a network diagram with routers and switches, annotated with Python arithmetic operators code snippets calculating network metrics such as bandwidth, throughput, and interface errorsPython Arithmetic Operators – Stop Calculating Pizza Slices Right, so you’ve got scientific notation working and data types sorted haven’t you. Numbers, strings, converting between them, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of people out when they start doing actual calculations with network data – python arithmetic operators. Python for… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 14: Arithmetic Operators

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/learn-python-arithmetic-operators/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 13: Scientific Notation https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-scientific-notation/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-scientific-notation/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:48:17 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1633 main blog post image for the python Scientific Notation post showing different bandwidths in notationPython Scientific Notation – Stop Calculating Planetary Distances Right, so you’ve got variables and basic data types working haven’t you. Numbers, strings, booleans, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of people out when they start working with real network data – python scientific notation. Python for Network Engineers Blog 12:… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 13: Scientific Notation

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-scientific-notation/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 12: Python Type Conversion https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-type-conversion/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-type-conversion/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:30:06 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1630 Main blog image summarising Python type conversion for network engineers. Shows code converting interface speed values, a network device table before and after type conversion, and a network diagram backgroundPython Type Conversion – Stop Converting Temperatures and Start Converting Network Data Right, so you’ve got booleans working haven’t you, got floats sorted, integers done, strings working properly. Now we’re onto python type conversion. Python for Network Engineers Blog 11: Python Booleans Now here’s where most Python courses completely lose the plot again. They’ll have… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 12: Python Type Conversion

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-type-conversion/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 11: Python Booleans https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-11-python-booleans/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-11-python-booleans/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:20:36 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1627 main blog image for Python for Network Engineers Blog 11 Python Booleans showing true and falsePython Booleans – Stop Making Calculators and Start Checking Interface Status Right, so you’ve got integers working haven’t you, got floats sorted, variables are done, print function working. Now we’re onto python booleans. Python for Network Engineers Blog 10: Python Floats Now here’s where every Python course I’ve seen completely goes mental again. They’ll have… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 11: Python Booleans

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-11-python-booleans/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 10: Python Floats https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-10-python-floats/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-10-python-floats/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2025 22:20:20 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1625 main blog post image for my blog: Python for Network Engineers Blog 10: python floats showing what a float is alongside the python logoPython Floats – Actually, Let’s Sort This Out Properly Okay so we’re at python floats now. So we’ve got integers working haven’t we, got variables sorted, print function working, comments are done, you’ve figured out the indentation business. Python for Network Engineers Blog 9: Python Integers Now here’s where most Python courses completely lose the… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 10: Python Floats

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]]> https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-for-network-engineers-blog-10-python-floats/feed/ 1 Python for Network Engineers Blog 9: Python Integers https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-integers-for-network-engineers/ https://richardkilleen.co.uk/blog/python/python-integers-for-network-engineers/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:01:21 +0000 https://richardkilleen.co.uk/?p=1623 Main blog image for Python for Network Engineers Blog 9: Python Integers, showing Python code calculating interface up percentage on a network switchPython Integers – Actually, Let’s Sort This Out Properly Okay so we’re at python integers now. So we’ve got variables working haven’t we, got the print function sorted, comments are done, you’ve figured out the indentation business. Right so integers. Now this is where it gets mental again because most Python courses, they’ll have you… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 9: Python Integers

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