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Tag Archives: Simple Tricks

Simple Python Tricks #8

05 Monday Aug 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 4 Comments

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format function, format method, format strings, Python code, Simple Tricks

Simple Tricks started late last year with a “project” post that may have been a misfire, though it’s possible I’ll do some other simple projects in the future (though my question is whether they’re really “simple tricks” — I’m not sure the first post in the series qualified).

Regardless, since then we’ve looked at Python comprehensions (see here and here), file handling techniques (see here and here), and function parameters (see here and here). This time we look at printing output with an emphasis on formatted output.

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Simple Python Tricks #7

22 Monday Jul 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 3 Comments

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Python code, Simple Tricks

The previous post in this Simple Tricks series began an exploration into function parameters and arguments. (Parameters are what a function declares it takes. Arguments are values passed at runtime.)

We covered optional arguments with defaults and variable arity functions. We left off with variable arity keyword parameters and a synchronization problem.

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Simple Python Tricks #6

08 Monday Jul 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 4 Comments

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Python code, Simple Tricks

The last two posts in this Simple Tricks series (Tricks #4 and Tricks #5) explored the basics of file handling. The two before that (Tricks #2 and Tricks #3) explored Python list comprehensions.

This time we’ll explore something extremely basic, passing parameters to functions. Python has interesting native capabilities that give programmers options in how they deal with function parameters.

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Simple Python Tricks #5

22 Saturday Jun 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 3 Comments

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file system, Python code, Simple Tricks

Last time we looked at dealing with files in Python, looked into filename handling, and left off after creating a couple of base classes to support general file operations.

This time we’ll extend those classes into some useful file utility classes for handling data from different types of files (for instance, binary, plain text, line-oriented text, and any type of structured file).

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Simple Python Tricks #4

08 Saturday Jun 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

file system, Python code, Simple Tricks

The last two posts looked at Python list comprehensions. [See Simple Tricks #2 and Simple Tricks #3] This time we look at file handling, one of the most common tasks programmers deal with, especially with script languages such as Python.

Python’s native file object, created with the built in open function, is simple and easy, but here are some tricks that make file access even simpler and easier.

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Simple Python Tricks #3

30 Thursday May 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

list comprehensions, Python code, Simple Tricks

In the last post we looked at Python list comprehensions, an inline alternative to for-next loops. List comprehensions are a powerful technique for creating and processing lists.

In this post, we’ll look at more list comprehensions, including some real-life examples, and look at three other kinds of Python comprehensions: sets, dictionaries, and generators.

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Simple Python Tricks #2

21 Tuesday May 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

list comprehensions, Python code, Simple Tricks

Considering that it has been six months since the last post, my attempt to get a post flow going with “Simple Python Tricks” left something to be desired. Like success. Undaunted, I’m drawing from the well again.

This time to discuss Python comprehensions, a feature that is powerful and expressive, but which is rather unique to Python. Newcomers may not, at first, even realize they exist.

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Simple Python Tricks #1

18 Saturday Nov 2023

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

Python code, Simple Tricks

While I love coding, it turns out I don’t enjoy blogging about it quite as much as I thought I would. But I’m not ready to toss in the towel yet, and to help develop more of a habit of posting here, I thought I’d try posting some really simple things.

These are simple tricks intended to help beginners dig deeper into coding with Python.

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