#Python Pop Quic 🐍❓ A) {range} B) (range) C) [0, 1, 2] D) (0, 1, 2) E) {0, 1, 2}

I don't use lambdas very often, but they are very handy in #Python when you use the built-in sorted() function By using a lambda, you can do some cool advanced sorting! 🐍🔥

What have you used #Python's case statement for? 🐍❓ If you haven't seen it, here's an example:

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What will be the output if you run this code? A) Outer ZeroDivisionError exception caught B) Error: You divided by zero! C) Error: You divided by zero! Finally executed D) Finally executed E) None of the above

Need to time how long a short snippet of #python code takes to run? Use the timeit module! 🐍🔥 You can also use timeit to time functions and imports!

Here's a silly example of a function factory using #Python and lambdas Normally, you wouldn't use lambdas, but you might have a list of functions or a use a generator to return functions or callables.

Here's some ternary fun with #Python 🐍🔥

How to use #Python threads to target specific functions as workers

How often do you use the ternary operator in #Python? Here's an example in case you haven't heard of it:

Have you ever used a generator expression in #Python? They are similar to a list comprehension except that you get a generator returned. Check it out:

Function overloading in #Python using the functools module! 🐍🔥

One of the craziest lambdas I have ever seen in #Python 🐍🚀 The obfuscated "Hello World" by Ben Kurtovic

Have you ever used #Python's handy ChainMap collection? You can use ChainMap to combine dictionaries, among other things:

Here's a silly #Python trick. 🐍🔥 You can use lambdas to create a simple function dictionary where you can call each function using the key in the dict:

GitKracken gave me a 50% off GitKracken Pro subscription link. I've been using GitKracken for a few years now and find it really useful, especially with complex merges or working with large teams.

The latest episode of The Python Show Podcast is out now! Listen in as I chat with Paul Everitt about the beginnings of the #Python language, the new Python documentary, and much more!

One way to annotate a plot in #Python using matplotlib

Did you know that #Python has arrays? No, I am not talking about lists. I'm talking about the array module:

How to convert a CSV file to Excel using Python and pandas 🐍🐼

How to create a simple PDF with #Python and the borb package 🐍🔥

How to profile code with #Python using the built-in cProfile module in the REPL

The latest episode of The Python Show is out now! Today's special guest is Nicolas Rougier who researches the brain using neural networks with #Python

Need to create a thread pool in #Python? 🐍🔥 Here's one way to do that using Python'se handy concurrent futures library:

Here are a couple of different ways to create an empty function or stub in #Python This can be useful when planning your code or presenting to your team how something could be implemented.

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) 255 B) 256 C) ff D) 377

How to reverse a string and a list in #Python using slicing! 🐍🔥

Which #Python CLI tool(s) do you use and why? 🐍 argparse 🐍 click 🐍 cyclopts 🐍 Typer 🐍 Rich 🐍 python-fire

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) {1, 2, 3} B) 1, 2, 3 C) (1, 2, 3) D) An exception is raised

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) {[4,5,6]} B) 4, 5, 6 C) [4, 5, 6] D) [4,5,6]

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) Syntax Error B) ... C) Ellipsis D) None of the above

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the length that is returned? A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) None of the above

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) AttributeError B) 10 C) 14 D) 7

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) a ['b', 'c'] B) ['a', 'b', 'c'] C) ['b', 'c'] D) None of the above

#Python 101 - How to read a TOML file using a `pathlib.Path` object

#Python Pro Tip 🐍 If you use the uv package manager, don't forget to clean up every so often. You may end free up gigabytes of data on your hard drive!

The latest edition of the Python Papers Newsletter is out now! Learn how to read a TOML document with #Python using the standard library! 🐍🔥

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following REPL session?

Want to sort a dictionary by value in #Python? Here's one way to do that using the handy built-in sorted() function:

Did you know that #Python for loops had an optional `else` statement? If you don't break out of the loop, the `else` statement executes. Here are two examples, one that loops through without breaking and one that does:

Yesterday, I showed how to change a single pixel in an image with OpenCV and #Python 🐍🔥 But what if you wanted to change multiple pixels all at once? Well, you don't need a loop. You can set a range of rows and columns. Here's how:

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of this code? A) [15] B) [] C) [1, 2, 3, 15] D) [1, 2, 3] E) An error is raised

How to change a single pixel's value using OpenCV and #Python

Here’s a new way to bring real production behavior into your IDE - it’s called Hud. Hud dynamically and automatically gathers unique live service and function-level data straight from production

You can unpack lists, tuples and ranges in #Python using the helpful asterisk!

#Python Pro Tip Use the unpacking operator to help you create new dictionaries

🐍 #Python Pro Tip Use generator expessions for memory efficiency and lazy evaluation Regular generators are also great for working with large data sets!

How to create a blank Excel spreadsheet with #Python and OpenPyXL with only FOUR lines of code! 🐍🚀

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ Which of the following values is no longer true when you check its identity in the Python REPL?

#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓ What is the output of the following code? A) [[True]. [True], [True]] B) [[10], [10], [10]] C) [[True], [False], [5]] D) [[False], [False], [False]]

There are 3️⃣ ways to remove items from a #Python dictionary. Let's talk about them today! 🐍🧵👇