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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

You're reading from   Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja Over 70 recipes that uncover powerful programming tactics in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788294874
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cody Jackson Cody Jackson
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Preface 1. Working with Python Modules FREE CHAPTER 2. Utilizing the Python Interpreter 3. Working with Decorators 4. Using Python Collections 5. Generators, Coroutines, and Parallel Processing 6. Working with Python's Math Module 7. Improving Python Performance with PyPy 8. Python Enhancement Proposals 9. Documenting with LyX 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Reviewing containers

Before we get into collections, we will take a little bit of time to review the existing containers so we know what is, and is not, provided with them. This will allow us to better understand the capabilities and potential limitations of collections.

Sequence types include lists, tuples, and ranges, though only lists and tuples are relevant here. Sequence types include the __iter___ function by default, so they can naturally iterate over the sequence of objects they contain.

Lists are mutable sequences, that is, they can be modified in-place. They most commonly hold homogeneous items, but this is not a requirement. Lists are probably the most common container to be used in Python, as it is easy to add new items to a list by simply using <list>.append to extend the sequence.

Tuples are immutable, meaning they cannot be modified in-place and a new tuple...

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