Python of the Day

Eduational tool to learn python functions, one day at a time!

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split()
Turn a string in to a list using split()

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Cant quite find what your looking for in a list? Use this function to search using keywords!

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pop()
This function mutates a list by removing and returning its last element

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Quick! How many states start with the letter M?
Using def, for, in, if, and return, we wrote a code to answer this!

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append()
Use append to merge lists together!

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Find the max and min value in a dataset using max() and min()
In this example we use max and min to find the range

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zip()
This function returns a list of tuples, where the n-th tuple contains the n-th element

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Use while to create loops!

In this example we create a loop to calculate factorials such as:
5*4*3*2*1 = 120

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Use if-else statements to return variables based on specific conditions

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def & return
Create and define your own function using def and return. Remember to have the proper indents and colon

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Since I introduced len() in my last tweet I thought I'd show an example

len(s)
Return the number of items in a list

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help(object)
Find help creating functions using the one and only help function!

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enumerate(sequence, start = 0)
Use the enumerate function to number your sequences
Example provided in screenshot

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Follow me to learn Python functions, one day at a time! First we will cover the built-in-functions, then delve into numpy and pandas.