Python Review · Functions
Feb 13, 2016
Definitions Basics: the def keyword, docstring, arguments, and return. Typed Hints: defined with type hints (soft suggestions) for arguments and return, enhancing readability and allowing static analysis. Typed Checks: defined with type...
Python Review · Unpacking, Structural Matching, Packing
Feb 6, 2016
Unpacking var: positional, strictly based on position, 1-to-1 matching. _: placeholder, holds a places and ignores the value to satisfy syntax requirements, 1-to-1 matching. *foo: catch-all, catches the rest of the values...
Python Review · Iterators, Generators, Comprehensions, Iterable, Hashable
Jan 30, 2016
Iterators An object that represents a stream of data. It fetches one element at a time using the __next__() method and maintains its internal state to know "what's next." range: generates a...
Python Review · Membership, Logic, Walrus, Identity, Comparison Operators
Jan 23, 2016
Membership Checks if an element is in a container; in, not in. Logic Connects multiple Boolean conditions and evaluate the overall outcome; and, or, not. Logic Extended Performs 'bulk' logical checks, simplifying...
Python Review · Conditions, Loops, Context Managers
Jan 16, 2016
Conditional Statements if-elif-else: logical branching. Truthy Falsy Values if obj:, while executing it, Python evaluates the following internal logic: bool(): Python first calls for this method; if it exists, its return value...