——————List Operations—————

# Python's list slice syntax can be used without indices
# for a few fun and useful things:

# You can clear all elements from a list:
>>> lst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>> del lst[:]
>>> lst
[]

# You can replace all elements of a list
# without creating a new list object:
>>> a = lst
>>> lst[:] = [7, 8, 9]
>>> lst
[7, 8, 9]
>>> a
[7, 8, 9]
>>> a is lst
True

# You can also create a (shallow) copy of a list:
>>> b = lst[:]
>>> b
[7, 8, 9]
>>> b is lst
False

# Python's list comprehensions are awesome.

vals = [expression
for value in collection
if condition]

# This is equivalent to:

vals = []
for value in collection:
if condition:
vals.append(expression)

# Example:

>>> even_squares = [x * x for x in range(10) if not x % 2]
>>> even_squares
[0, 4, 16, 36, 64]

———Sorting is easy in Python———

# Python has a HTTP server built into the
# standard library. This is super handy for
# previewing websites.

# Python 3.x
$ python3 -m http.server

# Python 2.x
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

# (This will serve the current directory at
# http://localhost:8000)

# Python 3.5+ supports 'type
# annotations' that can be
# used with tools like Mypy
# to write statically typed Python:

def my_add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
return a + b

# itertools.permutations() generates
# permutations for an iterable.
# Time to brute-force those passwords

>>> import itertools
>>> for p in itertools.permutations('ABCD'):
... print(p)

('A', 'B', 'C', 'D')
('A', 'B', 'D', 'C')
('A', 'C', 'B', 'D')
('A', 'C', 'D', 'B')
('A', 'D', 'B', 'C')
('A', 'D', 'C', 'B')
('B', 'A', 'C', 'D')
('B', 'A', 'D', 'C')
('B', 'C', 'A', 'D')
('B', 'C', 'D', 'A')
('B', 'D', 'A', 'C')
('B', 'D', 'C', 'A')
('C', 'A', 'B', 'D')
('C', 'A', 'D', 'B')
('C', 'B', 'A', 'D')
('C', 'B', 'D', 'A')
('C', 'D', 'A', 'B')
('C', 'D', 'B', 'A')
('D', 'A', 'B', 'C')
('D', 'A', 'C', 'B')
('D', 'B', 'A', 'C')
('D', 'B', 'C', 'A')
('D', 'C', 'A', 'B')
('D', 'C', 'B', 'A')

# When To Use repr vs str?
# Emulate what the std lib does:
>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.date.today()

# Result of str should be readable:
>>> str(today)
'2020-04-27’

# Result of repr should be unambiguous:
>>> repr(today)
'datetime.date(2020,4,27)’

# Python interpreter sessions use
# repr to inspect objects:
>>> today
datetime.date(2020,4,27)

# You can use Python's built-in "dis"
# module to disassemble functions and
# inspect their CPython VM bytecode:

>>> def greet(name):
... return 'Hello, ' + name + '!'

>>> greet('Dan')
'Hello, Dan!'

>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(greet)
2 0 LOAD_CONST 1 ('Hello, ')
2 LOAD_FAST 0 (name)
4 BINARY_ADD
6 LOAD_CONST 2 ('!')
8 BINARY_ADD
10 RETURN_VALUE

In the python document it says that math.nan is the same as float("nan")

# The lambda keyword in Python provides a
# shortcut for declaring small and
# anonymous functions:

>>> add = lambda x, y: x + y
>>> add(5, 3)
8

# You could declare the same add()
# function with the def keyword:

>>> def add(x, y):
... return x + y
>>> add(5, 3)
8

# So what's the big fuss about?
# Lambdas are *function expressions*:
>>> (lambda x, y: x + y)(5, 3)
8

# • Lambda functions are single-expression
# functions that are not necessarily bound
# to a name (they can be anonymous).

# • Lambda functions can't use regular
# Python statements and always include an
# implicit return statement.

# @classmethod vs @staticmethod vs "plain" methods
# What's the difference?

class MyClass:
def method(self):

"""
Instance methods need a class instance and can access the instance through self.
"""
return 'instance method called', self

@classmethod
def classmethod(cls):

"""
Class methods don't need a class instance. They can't access the instance (self) but they have access to the class itself via cls.
"""

return 'class method called', cls

@staticmethod
def staticmethod():

"""
Static methods don't have access to cls or self. They work like regular functions but belong to the class's namespace.
"""
return 'static method called'

# All methods types can be
# called on a class instance:

>>> obj = MyClass()
>>> obj.method()
('instance method called', <MyClass instance at 0x1019381b8>)

>>> obj.classmethod()
('class method called', <class MyClass at 0x101a2f4c8>)

>>> obj.staticmethod()
'static method called'

# Calling instance methods fails
# if we only have the class object:

>>> MyClass.classmethod()
('class method called', <class MyClass at 0x101a2f4c8>)

>>> MyClass.staticmethod()
'static method called'

>>> MyClass.method()
TypeError:
"unbound method method() must be called with MyClass "
"instance as first argument (got nothing instead)"

Check yourself

Complexity : easy

CLOSING TIME: 30th April, 6PM

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If the local date format us DD/MM/YYYY, you can use the dayfirst=True argument in dateutil.parser.parse:

>>> from dateutil.parser import parse
>>> s = '6.5.2020'
>>> parse(s)
datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 5, 0, 0)
>>> parse(s, dayfirst=True)
datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 6, 0, 0)