The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

August 03, 2024

I know this exists in exactly one billion places on the Internet, but figured another blog post wouldn't hurt. Digging this:

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is . . .

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Python refresher: lists vs tuples vs sets vs dictionaries

July 13, 2024

Just a quick refresher to clarify differences:

  • Sets, lists, tuples, and dictionaries are all data structures that offer various ways to organize and store data. The difference is in the details.
  • Lists are an ordered and mutable collection of elements(meaning that their values can be modified after creation).
      . . .

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Refresher on negative indexing in python

July 02, 2024

Friendly reminder regarding python slice notation for negative indexing. It's covered really well here.

Basically, the last value has an index of -1... second last has an index of -2... and so on.

 +---+---+---+---+---+---+
 | P | y | t | h | o | n |
 +---+---+---+---+---+---+
 0 1 2 3 4 5
 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 . . .

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