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What characteristic of tuples most directly enables copy efficiency through aliasing?

  • Being immutable. (correct)
  • The ability to contain different types of elements.
  • The support for indexing and slicing.
  • The capability to be nested to multiple levels.

Which operation, when applied to a tuple, demonstrates a pass-by-value behavior rather than pass-by-reference?

  • Indexing elements within a tuple using square brackets `[]`.
  • Concatenating two tuples using the `+` operator.
  • Passing a tuple as an argument to a function. (correct)
  • Repeating a tuple using the `*` operator.

Considering the properties of tuples, which scenario benefits most directly from the fact that tuples do not require synchronization in concurrent code?

  • Creating a tuple with nested elements.
  • Iterating over the elements of a tuple in a loop.
  • Accessing elements of a tuple in a single-threaded application.
  • Sharing a tuple among multiple threads in a multithreaded application. (correct)

What does interning an immutable tuple achieve primarily?

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What is the primary purpose of the parentheses () when creating a tuple in Python?

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Which method correctly initializes an empty list in Python?

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What will be the output of the following Python code: List = [x for x in range(20) if x % 3 == 0]?

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Which of the following is an incorrect method to create a list?

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What is the data type of list returned by the expression list()?

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Given the code L = list(x*2 for x in range(5)), what will be the value of L?

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What is the primary difference between List = [expression, ...] and List = [expression for variable in sequence]?

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If you want to perform some action on each element of the list, which option is the most suitable and readable?

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What is the purpose of using expression for variable in sequence within square brackets?

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What is the primary difference between using a for loop directly on a list versus using for i in range(len(list)) when iterating in Python?

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When using the del statement on a list in Python, what is its primary function?

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Given numbers = [50, 60, 70, 80], what will print(numbers) output after executing del numbers[1:2]?

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What is the result of the operation list = list[2:] on a list?

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How would you remove the elements at index 1 and 2 (inclusive) from a list called my_list?

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What will be the output of the following code?

list1 = ['red', 'green', 5681, 2000]
del list1[2]
print(list1)

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What is the correct way to iterate over a list of numbers and multiply each element by 2, updating the original list in place?

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If my_list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50], what will my_list be after executing my_list = my_list[3:]?

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What is the primary difference between using the append() method within a loop and list comprehension for list concatenation in Python?

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If list1 = [1, 2, [3, 4]] and list2 = [5, 6], what would be the output of result = [j for i in [list1, list2] for j in i]?

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Which of the following scenarios would be most suitable in Python lists when prioritizing code readability and conciseness?

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Given list1 = [1, 2, 3] and list2 = ['a', 'b'], what is the most efficient way to combine them into ['a', 'b', 1, 2, 3]?

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What is the key distinction regarding memory usage between list comprehension and using the extend() method for concatenation, especially when dealing with very large lists?

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When concatenating numerous lists, what performance implications should be considered when choosing between repeated append() calls within a loop and the extend() method?

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How does the extend() method handle the concatenation of a list with a string?

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What would be the result if you tried to concatenate a dictionary to a list using the extend() method in Python, i.e., list1.extend(dict1)?

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What should you specify to access a file located at 'c:/sample/readme.txt' in your code?

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Which mode would you use to ensure that you are only writing to a text file and not reading from it?

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What is the return type of the readlines() method when reading from a text file?

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If you want to read the entire content of a small file into a single variable, which method should you use?

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Which option correctly indicates that you intend to add new content to a file without deleting its current content?

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What will happen if you open a text file using the 'w' mode that already exists?

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When would you prefer to use the readline() method over the read() method?

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What is the correct assignment to open the file 'the-zen-of-python.txt' in read mode?

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What is the result of the statement dic.pop('first') when applied to the dictionary dic = {'first': 1, 'second': 2, 'third': 3, 'fourth': 4}?

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Which function would you use to retrieve only the keys from the dictionary dic = {'first': 1, 'second': 2, 'third': 3}?

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What is the output of dic.copy() if dic = {'first': 1, 'second': 2}?

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Which function removes all elements from a dictionary?

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What does the function dic.popitem() do?

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If dic = {'first': 1, 'second': 2}, what value is returned by dic.get('third')?

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Which of the following statements is true regarding tuples in Python compared to lists?

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Which of these returns a list of all values in the dictionary dic = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}?

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Flashcards

List Creation

Lists can be created using square brackets with expressions.

List Syntax

List can be defined as List = [expression, …].

List Comprehension

Creating list using: [expression for variable in sequence].

Example of List Comprehension

E.g., List1 = [x for x in range(10)].

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Creating an Empty List

An empty list can be created using L = list().

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Using list() Function

You can create lists with list([expression, …]).

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Examples with list()

E.g., l2 = list(['A', 2.3]) creates a mixed list.

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Built-in Lists

Lists can also be created using a generator: L = list(expression for variable in sequence).

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List syntax in Python

Lists are created using square brackets and can contain multiple items.

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Reading list elements

You can read elements from a list using a for loop without indices.

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Updating list elements

To update elements, use their indices with a loop over range(len()).

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Deleting an element with del

The del statement removes an item at a specified index.

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Removing an element with remove()

The remove() method deletes an element by value, not index.

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Slicing to delete items

You can exclude specific indices using list slicing to remove elements.

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Output of deleting an element

Using del shows the list with the specified index element removed.

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Built-in list operators

Python provides various built-in operators for list manipulation.

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Immutable Types

Types whose instances cannot be altered after creation, like tuples.

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Tuple

An ordered collection of elements that can be of different types and is immutable.

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Creating a Tuple

Tuples can be created using parentheses '()' and separated by commas.

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Tuple Characteristics

Tuples can contain duplicates, be indexed, sliced, concatenated, and nested.

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Pass-by-Value

When a tuple is passed to a function, it is passed by value, not by reference due to immutability.

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Concatenation

The process of joining two lists together in Python.

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List1

An initial list used in the concatenation example: [10, 11, 12, 13, 14].

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List2

A second list that is added to the first list: [20, 30, 42].

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Append() method

A method that adds an element to the end of a list.

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For loop

A coding structure for iterating over elements in a list.

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Result list

The new list formed after concatenating List1 and List2: [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 30, 42].

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Extend() method

A method to concatenate lists by adding all elements of one list to another.

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File Path

The location of a file on a computer, like 'c:/sample/readme.txt'.

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File Modes

Strings that specify how a file is opened: 'r', 'w', 'a'.

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'r' Mode

Opens a text file for reading only.

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'w' Mode

Opens a text file for writing, overwriting existing data.

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'a' Mode

Opens a text file for appending, adding to existing data.

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open() Function

Returns a file object to read from or write to a file.

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read() Method

Reads all text from a file into a string.

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dic.pop(key)

Removes the element with the specified key from a dictionary.

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readline() Method

Reads a file line by line, returning each line as a string.

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dic.clear()

Removes all elements from the dictionary.

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dic.copy()

Returns a shallow copy of the dictionary.

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dic.items()

Returns a list of tuples, each containing a key-value pair.

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dic.get(k)

Returns the value associated with the specified key.

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dic.keys()

Returns a list of all the keys in the dictionary.

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dic.popitem()

Removes the last inserted key-value pair from the dictionary.

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dic.values()

Returns a list of all the values in the dictionary.

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Study Notes

Python Programming: Lists

  • Lists are versatile data structures in Python
  • Lists can store various data types
  • Lists are mutable, meaning elements can be changed after creation
  • Lists can be created using square brackets and commas to separate elements
  • Lists are sequences of arbitrary objects

Creating Lists

  • Generic method: List = [], or List = [expression, ...]
  • List comprehension: List = [expression for variable in sequence], the expression is evaluated once for each element
  • Built-in method: L = list(), or L = list([expression, ...]), or L = list(expression for variable in sequence)

Values and Accessing Elements

  • Access elements using square brackets and an index. Indices start from 0.
  • For example, list1 = ['jack','nick', 1997,5564], list1[0] would return 'jack'
  • Slicing allows access to ranges of elements, list1[1:3]. For example, the same list list1, will return ['nick', 1997].

Lists are mutable

  • List elements can be modified directly through indexing
  • For example: color = ["red", "white", "black"], color[0] = "orange"

Traversing a List

  • Iterate through elements using a for loop: color = ["red", "white", "blue", "green"], for x in color: print(x)
  • To modify elements use indices, like for i in range(len(number)): number[i] = number[i] * 2

Deleting Elements from a List

  • Use del list[index] to remove elements at specific indexes
  • For example: list1 = ['red', 'green', 5681, 2000,]; print(list1); del list1[2], print("list1 after deleting element at index 2 :") , print(list1) will give an output ['red', 'green', 2000,]

Built-in List Operators

  • Concatenation: Combining multiple lists: list1 + list2. For example: list1 = [10, 20, 30], list2 = [40, 50, 60], list1 + list2 which returns [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
  • Repetition: Creating copies of lists: list1 * 2. For example: list1 = [10, 20, 30], list1 * 2 which returns [10, 20, 30, 10, 20, 30].
  • Membership: Testing if an item exists in a list in List, or not in list. Example list1 = [10, 20, 30], 50 in list1 which returns False, and 20 in list1 returns True
  • Indexing: Using index values to access elements. For Example: list1 = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70], list1[4] which returns 50.
  • Slicing: List[start : stop] to select a range of elements For example: list1 = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70], list1[3:7] which will return [40, 50, 60, 70]

Built-in List functions and methods

  • cmp(list1, list2): compares elements
  • len(List): gives the length of list
  • max(list): returns item with maximum value
  • min(list): returns the item with the minimum value
  • list(seq): converts tuple to list
  • list.append(obj): appends element
  • and many more

Summary

  • Python's lists are useful and versatile to store various datatypes, they are mutable and can be changed after their creation
  • They have many methods and operations to access different parts of the data or perform different actions
  • They are commonly used in data analysis and manipulation operations.

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