From f77199b780a1c41df00c828dc70703fba15716ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: evuez Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:09:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add some stuff to lists, tuples, dicts and sets Lists: added `remove`, `insert` and `index` Tuples: added extended unpacking Dictionaries: added new unpacking from Python 3.5 Sets: added ^, <=, >= operators --- python3.html.markdown | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/python3.html.markdown b/python3.html.markdown index 87fa0b70..85f16858 100644 --- a/python3.html.markdown +++ b/python3.html.markdown @@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ not False # => True # Boolean Operators # Note "and" and "or" are case-sensitive -True and False #=> False -False or True #=> True +True and False # => False +False or True # => True # Note using Bool operators with ints -0 and 2 #=> 0 --5 or 0 #=> -5 -0 == False #=> True -2 == True #=> False -1 == True #=> True +0 and 2 # => 0 +-5 or 0 # => -5 +0 == False # => True +2 == True # => False +1 == True # => True # Equality is == 1 == 1 # => True @@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ b == a # => True, a's and b's objects are equal # You can repeat the formatting arguments to save some typing. "{0} be nimble, {0} be quick, {0} jump over the {1}".format("Jack", "candle stick") -#=> "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick" +# => "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick" # You can use keywords if you don't want to count. -"{name} wants to eat {food}".format(name="Bob", food="lasagna") #=> "Bob wants to eat lasagna" +"{name} wants to eat {food}".format(name="Bob", food="lasagna") # => "Bob wants to eat lasagna" # If your Python 3 code also needs to run on Python 2.5 and below, you can also # still use the old style of formatting: @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ None is None # => True # All other values are True bool(0) # => False bool("") # => False -bool([]) #=> False -bool({}) #=> False +bool([]) # => False +bool({}) # => False #################################################### @@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ li2 = li[:] # => li2 = [1, 2, 4, 3] but (li2 is li) will result in false. # Remove arbitrary elements from a list with "del" del li[2] # li is now [1, 2, 3] +# Remove first occurrence of a value +li.remove(2) # li is now [1, 3] +li.remove(2) # Raises a ValueError as 2 is not in the list + +# Insert an element at a specific index +li.insert(1, 2) # li is now [1, 2, 3] again + +# Get the index of the first item found +li.index(2) # => 3 +li.index(4) # Raises a ValueError as 4 is not in the list + # You can add lists # Note: values for li and for other_li are not modified. li + other_li # => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] @@ -244,11 +255,13 @@ tup[:2] # => (1, 2) 2 in tup # => True # You can unpack tuples (or lists) into variables -a, b, c = (1, 2, 3) # a is now 1, b is now 2 and c is now 3 +a, b, c = (1, 2, 3) # a is now 1, b is now 2 and c is now 3 +# You can also do extended unpacking +a, *b, c = (1, 2, 3, 4) # a is now 1, b is now [2, 3] and c is now 4 # Tuples are created by default if you leave out the parentheses d, e, f = 4, 5, 6 # Now look how easy it is to swap two values -e, d = d, e # d is now 5 and e is now 4 +e, d = d, e # d is now 5 and e is now 4 # Dictionaries store mappings @@ -296,12 +309,17 @@ filled_dict.setdefault("five", 5) # filled_dict["five"] is set to 5 filled_dict.setdefault("five", 6) # filled_dict["five"] is still 5 # Adding to a dictionary -filled_dict.update({"four":4}) #=> {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4} +filled_dict.update({"four":4}) # => {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4} #filled_dict["four"] = 4 #another way to add to dict # Remove keys from a dictionary with del del filled_dict["one"] # Removes the key "one" from filled dict +# From Python 3.5 you can also use the additional unpacking options +{'a': 1, **{'b': 2}} # => {'a': 1, 'b': 2} +{'a': 1, **{'a': 2}} # => {'a': 2} + + # Sets store ... well sets empty_set = set() @@ -326,7 +344,16 @@ filled_set & other_set # => {3, 4, 5} filled_set | other_set # => {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} # Do set difference with - -{1, 2, 3, 4} - {2, 3, 5} # => {1, 4} +{1, 2, 3, 4} - {2, 3, 5} # => {1, 4} + +# Do set symmetric difference with ^ +{1, 2, 3, 4} ^ {2, 3, 5} # => {1, 4, 5} + +# Check if set on the left is a superset of set on the right +{1, 2} >= {1, 2, 3} # => False + +# Check if set on the left is a subset of set on the right +{1, 2} <= {1, 2, 3} # => True # Check for existence in a set with in 2 in filled_set # => True @@ -435,7 +462,7 @@ with open("myfile.txt") as f: filled_dict = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3} our_iterable = filled_dict.keys() -print(our_iterable) #=> range(1,10). This is an object that implements our Iterable interface +print(our_iterable) # => range(1,10). This is an object that implements our Iterable interface # We can loop over it. for i in our_iterable: @@ -449,17 +476,17 @@ our_iterator = iter(our_iterable) # Our iterator is an object that can remember the state as we traverse through it. # We get the next object with "next()". -next(our_iterator) #=> "one" +next(our_iterator) # => "one" # It maintains state as we iterate. -next(our_iterator) #=> "two" -next(our_iterator) #=> "three" +next(our_iterator) # => "two" +next(our_iterator) # => "three" # After the iterator has returned all of its data, it gives you a StopIterator Exception next(our_iterator) # Raises StopIteration # You can grab all the elements of an iterator by calling list() on it. -list(filled_dict.keys()) #=> Returns ["one", "two", "three"] +list(filled_dict.keys()) # => Returns ["one", "two", "three"] ####################################################