2017 started my learning journey with Python.
07 Sep 2022
This note here will include only reminders and new learnings for basic Python objects knowledge & syntax.
Python resources within this site:
Snippets: Python Snippets
Main libraries: [Nic Notes: Libraries tag]
Simple scripts: [Nic Notes: Scripts tag]
Projects: [Nic Notes: Projects category]See also note from 2 years ago - still relevant (albeit using different tools now):
My guide to start learning programming in Python (for Business People)
Python objects & syntax
Lists
- Ordered: the items have a defined order, and that order will not change. If you add new items to a list, the new items will be placed at the end of the list.
- Changeable: we can change, add, and remove items in a list after it has been created.
- Allow Duplicates: can have items with the same value.
snippets
(list name for examples below: highlights)
Add at index: highlights.insert(position, element)
Fetch last element of list: highlights[-1:][0]
Tuples
- Indexed: the first item has index [0], the second item has index [1] etc.
- Ordered: the items have a defined order, and that order will not change.
- Unchangeable: cannot change, add or remove items after the tuple has been created.
- Allow Duplicates: can have items with the same value.
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Sets
Sets are lists of unique values. Its primary feature is that you can add as much to it as you want, and if a value is already in it, it will simply be skipped.
So to get all the unique values from a list, you can just make it a set, eg unique_values = set(my_list) or in a for loop: for x in y: unique_values.add(x).
For example:
list_emails = []
set_emails = set()
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("log"):
for name in files:
if name.endswith((".txt")):
file_path = f"{root}/{name}"
with open(file_path, 'r') as df:
lines = df.readlines()
for line in lines:
set_emails.add(line) # this will create a set of unique values
list_emails.append(line) # this will keep all items, ie include duplicates
print(f"\nlen set_emails: {len(set_emails)}")
print(f"\nlen list_emails: {len(list_emails)}")
prints:
len set_emails: 763
len list_emails: 72090
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