PyTricks - is this The True Power Of Python?

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[🐍PyTricks]: The get() method on Python dicts and its "default" arg

Saturday, April 11, 2020

# The get() method on dicts # and its "default" argument name_for_userid = { 382: "Alice", 590: "Bob", 951: "Dilbert", } def greeting(userid): return "Hi %s

[🐍PyTricks]: picking up the basics of Python was the easy part?

Friday, April 10, 2020

Hey Reader, Ever caught yourself thinking "I don't even feel like I've scratched the surface of what I can do with Python?" I know I have. It didn't look like it in the beginning,

A path to "Python mastery"

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Hey Reader, Ever caught yourself thinking "I don't even feel like I've scratched the surface of what I can do with Python"? I know I have. It didn't look like it in the beginning,

[🐍PyTricks]: How to sort a Python dict by value

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

# How to sort a Python dict by value # (== get a representation sorted by value) >>> xs = {'a': 4, 'b': 3, 'c': 2, 'd': 1} >>> sorted(xs.items(), key=

[🐍PyTricks]: Merging two dicts in Python 3.5+ with a single expression

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

# How to merge two dictionaries # in Python 3.5+ >>> x = {'a': 1, 'b': 2} >>> y = {'b': 3, 'c': 4} >>> z = {**x, **y} >>> z {'c

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