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## Section: Strain your brain!
### ▶ Strings can be tricky sometimes *
<!-- Example ID: 30f1d3fc-e267-4b30-84ef-4d9e7091ac1a --!>
1\.
```py
>>> a = "some_string"
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---
### ▶ Splitsies ^
<!-- Example ID: ec3168ba-a81a-4482-afb0-691f1cc8d65a --!>
```py
>>> 'a'.split()
['a']
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### ▶ Time for some hash brownies!
<!-- Example ID: eb17db53-49fd-4b61-85d6-345c5ca213ff --!>
1\.
```py
some_dict = {}
@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ So, why is Python all over the place?
---
### ▶ The disorder within order ^
<!-- Example ID: 91bff1f8-541d-455a-9de4-6cd8ff00ea66 --!>
```py
from collections import OrderedDict
@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ What is going on here?
---
### ▶ Keep trying? *
<!-- Example ID: b4349443-e89f-4d25-a109-82616be9d41a --!>
```py
def some_func():
try:
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---
### ▶ Deep down, we're all the same. *
<!-- Example ID: 8f99a35f-1736-43e2-920d-3b78ec35da9b --!>
```py
class WTF:
pass
@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ True
---
### ▶ For what?
<!-- Example ID: 64a9dccf-5083-4bc9-98aa-8aeecde4f210 --!>
```py
some_string = "wtf"
some_dict = {}
@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ for i, some_dict[i] in enumerate(some_string):
---
### ▶ Evaluation time discrepancy ^
<!-- Example ID: 6aa11a4b-4cf1-467a-b43a-810731517e98 --!>
1\.
```py
array = [1, 8, 15]
@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ array_4 = [400, 500, 600]
---
### ▶ Messing around with `is` operator^
<!-- Example ID: 230fa2ac-ab36-4ad1-b675-5f5a1c1a6217 --!>
The following is a very famous example present all over the internet.
1\.
@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ Similar optimization applies to other **immutable** objects like empty tuples as
---
### ▶ A tic-tac-toe where X wins in the first attempt!
<!-- Example ID: 69329249-bdcb-424f-bd09-cca2e6705a7a --!>
```py
# Let's initialize a row
row = [""]*3 #row i['', '', '']
@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ We can avoid this scenario here by not using `row` variable to generate `board`.
---
### ▶ The sticky output function
<!-- Example ID: 4dc42f77-94cb-4eb5-a120-8203d3ed7604 --!>
```py
funcs = []
results = []
@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ Even when the values of `x` were different in every iteration prior to appending
---
### ▶ The chicken-egg problem ^
<!-- Example ID: 60730dc2-0d79-4416-8568-2a63323b3ce8 --!>
1\.
```py
>>> isinstance(3, int)
@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ False
---
### ▶ `is not ...` is not `is (not ...)`
<!-- Example ID: b26fb1ed-0c7d-4b9c-8c6d-94a58a055c0d --!>
```py
>>> 'something' is not None
True
@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ False
---
### ▶ The surprising comma
<!-- Example ID: 31a819c8-ed73-4dcc-84eb-91bedbb51e58 --!>
**Output:**
```py
>>> def f(x, y,):
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---
### ▶ Strings and the backslashes\ ^
<!-- Example ID: 6ae622c3-6d99-4041-9b33-507bd1a4407b --!>
**Output:**
```py
>>> print("\"")
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---
### ▶ not knot!
<!-- Example ID: 7034deb1-7443-417d-94ee-29a800524de8 --!>
```py
x = True
y = False
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---
### ▶ Half triple-quoted strings
<!-- Example ID: c55da3e2-1034-43b9-abeb-a7a970a2ad9e --!>
**Output:**
```py
>>> print('wtfpython''')
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---
### ▶ Midnight time doesn't exist?
<!-- Example ID: 1bce8294-5619-4d70-8ce3-fe0bade690d1 --!>
```py
from datetime import datetime
@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ Before Python 3.5, the boolean value for `datetime.time` object was considered t
---
### ▶ What's wrong with booleans?
<!-- Example ID: 0bba5fa7-9e6d-4cd2-8b94-952d061af5dd --!>
1\.
```py
# A simple example to count the number of booleans and
@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ for item in mixed_list:
---
### ▶ Class attributes and instance attributes
<!-- Example ID: 6f332208-33bd-482d-8106-42863b739ed9 --!>
1\.
```py
class A:
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---
### ▶ yielding None
<!-- Example ID: 5a40c241-2c30-40d0-8ba9-cf7e097b3b53 --!>
```py
some_iterable = ('a', 'b')
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---
### ▶ Mutating the immutable!
<!-- Example ID: 15a9e782-1695-43ea-817a-a9208f6bb33d --!>
```py
some_tuple = ("A", "tuple", "with", "values")
another_tuple = ([1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6])
@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ But I thought tuples were immutable...
---
### ▶ The disappearing variable from outer scope
<!-- Example ID: 7f1e71b6-cb3e-44fb-aa47-87ef1b7decc8 --!>
```py
e = 7
try:
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---
### ▶ When True is actually False
<!-- Example ID: c8317047-48ae-4306-af5a-04c6d8b7c2b9 --!>
```py
True = False
if True == False:
@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ I've lost faith in truth!
---
### ▶ Lossy zip of iterators
<!-- Example ID: c28ed154-e59f-4070-8eb6-8967a4acac6d --!>
```py
>>> numbers = list(range(7))
>>> numbers
@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ Where did element `3` go from the `numbers` list?
---
### ▶ From filled to None in one instruction...
<!-- Example ID: 9a0d5335-efe5-4eae-af44-584d15233066 --!>
```py
some_list = [1, 2, 3]
some_dict = {
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---
### ▶ Subclass relationships *
<!-- Example ID: 9f6d8cf0-e1b5-42d0-84a0-4cfab25a0bc0 --!>
**Output:**
```py
>>> from collections import Hashable
@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ The Subclass relationships were expected to be transitive, right? (i.e., if `A`
---
### ▶ The mysterious key type conversion *
<!-- Example ID: 00f42dd0-b9ef-408d-9e39-1bc209ce3f36 --!>
```py
class SomeClass(str):
pass
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---
### ▶ Let's see if you can guess this?
<!-- Example ID: 81aa9fbe-bd63-4283-b56d-6fdd14c9105e --!>
```py
a, b = a[b] = {}, 5
```
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## Section: Appearances are deceptive!
### ▶ Skipping lines?
<!-- Example ID: d50bbde1-fb9d-4735-9633-3444b9d2f417 --!>
**Output:**
```py
>>> value = 11
@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ The built-in `ord()` function returns a character's Unicode [code point](https:/
---
### ▶ Teleportation *
<!-- Example ID: edafe923-0c20-4315-b6e1-0c31abfc38f5 --!>
```py
import numpy as np
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---
### ▶ Well, something is fishy...
<!-- Example ID: cb6a37c5-74f7-44ca-b58c-3b902419b362 --!>
```py
def square(x):
"""
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### ▶ Modifying a dictionary while iterating over it
<!-- Example ID: b4e5cdfb-c3a8-4112-bd38-e2356d801c41 --!>
```py
x = {0: None}
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---
### ▶ Stubborn `del` operation *
<!-- Example ID: 777ed4fd-3a2d-466f-95e7-c4058e61d78e --!>
```py
class SomeClass:
def __del__(self):
@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ Okay, now it's deleted :confused:
---
### ▶ Deleting a list item while iterating
<!-- Example ID: 4cc52d4e-d42b-4e09-b25f-fbf5699b7d4e --!>
```py
list_1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list_2 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ Can you guess why the output is `[2, 4]`?
---
### ▶ Loop variables leaking out!
<!-- Example ID: ccec7bf6-7679-4963-907a-1cd8587be9ea --!>
1\.
```py
for x in range(7):
@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ print(x, ': x in global')
---
### ▶ Beware of default mutable arguments!
<!-- Example ID: 7d42dade-e20d-4a7b-9ed7-16fb58505fe9 --!>
```py
def some_func(default_arg=[]):
default_arg.append("some_string")
@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ def some_func(default_arg=[]):
---
### ▶ Catching the Exceptions
<!-- Example ID: b5ca5e6a-47b9-4f69-9375-cda0f8c6755d --!>
```py
some_list = [1, 2, 3]
try:
@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
---
### ▶ Same operands, different story!
<!-- Example ID: ca052cdf-dd2d-4105-b936-65c28adc18a0 --!>
1\.
```py
a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
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---
### ▶ The out of scope variable
<!-- Example ID: 75c03015-7be9-4289-9e22-4f5fdda056f7 --!>
```py
a = 1
def some_func():
@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ UnboundLocalError: local variable 'a' referenced before assignment
---
### ▶ Be careful with chained operations
<!-- Example ID: 07974979-9c86-4720-80bd-467aa19470d9 --!>
```py
>>> (False == False) in [False] # makes sense
False
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---
### ▶ Name resolution ignoring class scope
<!-- Example ID: 03f73d96-151c-4929-b0a8-f74430788324 --!>
1\.
```py
x = 5
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---
### ▶ Needles in a Haystack ^
<!-- Example ID: 52a199b1-989a-4b28-8910-dff562cebba9 --!>
1\.
```py
x, y = (0, 1) if True else None, None
@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ b = "javascript"
---
### ▶ Wild imports
<!-- Example ID: 83deb561-bd55-4461-bb5e-77dd7f411e1c --!>
```py
# File: module.py
@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ NameError: name 'some_weird_name_func_' is not defined
This section contains few of the lesser-known interesting things about Python that most beginners like me are unaware of (well, not anymore).
### ▶ Okay Python, Can you make me fly? *
<!-- Example ID: a92f3645-1899-4d50-9721-0031be4aec3f --!>
Well, here you go
```py
@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ Sshh.. It's a super secret.
---
### ▶ `goto`, but why? *
<!-- Example ID: 2aff961e-7fa5-4986-a18a-9e5894bd89fe --!>
```py
from goto import goto, label
for i in range(9):
@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ Freedom!
---
### ▶ Brace yourself! *
<!-- Example ID: 5c0c75f2-ddd9-4da3-ba49-c4be7ec39acf --!>
If you are one of the people who doesn't like using whitespace in Python to denote scopes, you can use the C-style {} by importing,
```py
@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@ Braces? No way! If you think that's disappointing, use Java. Okay, another surpr
---
### ▶ Let's meet Friendly Language Uncle For Life ^
<!-- Example ID: 6427fae6-e959-462d-85da-ce4c94ce41be --!>
**Output (Python 3.x)**
```py
>>> from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL
@ -2515,7 +2515,7 @@ There we go.
---
### ▶ Even Python understands that love is complicated *
<!-- Example ID: b93cad9e-d341-45d1-999c-fcdce65bed25 --!>
```py
import this
```
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---
### ▶ Yes, it exists!
<!-- Example ID: 4286db3d-1ea7-47c9-8fb6-a9a04cac6e49 --!>
**The `else` clause for loops.** One typical example might be:
```py
@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ Try block executed successfully...
---
### ▶ Ellipsis ^
<!-- Example ID: 969b7100-ab3d-4a7d-ad7d-a6be16181b2b --!>
```py
def some_func():
Ellipsis
@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@ Ellipsis
---
### ▶ Inpinity *
<!-- Example ID: ff473ea8-a3b1-4876-a6f0-4378aff790c1 --!>
The spelling is intended. Please, don't submit a patch for this.
**Output (Python 3.x):**
@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ The spelling is intended. Please, don't submit a patch for this.
---
### ▶ Let's mangle ^
<!-- Example ID: 37146d2d-9e67-43a9-8729-3c17934b910c --!>
1\.
```py
class Yo(object):
@ -2783,7 +2783,7 @@ AttributeError: 'A' object has no attribute '__variable'
### ▶ `+=` is faster
<!-- Example ID: bfd19c60-a807-4a26-9598-4912b86ddb36 --!>
```py
# using "+", three strings:
>>> timeit.timeit("s1 = s1 + s2 + s3", setup="s1 = ' ' * 100000; s2 = ' ' * 100000; s3 = ' ' * 100000", number=100)
@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ AttributeError: 'A' object has no attribute '__variable'
---
### ▶ Let's make a giant string!
<!-- Example ID: c7a07424-63fe-4504-9842-8f3d334f28fc --!>
```py
def add_string_with_plus(iters):
s = ""
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---
### ▶ Explicit typecast of strings
<!-- Example ID: 59bee91a-36e0-47a4-8c7d-aa89bf1d3976 --!>
```py
a = float('inf')
b = float('nan')
@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ nan
---
### ▶ Minor Ones
<!-- Example ID: f885cb82-f1e4-4daa-9ff3-972b14cb1324 --!>
* `join()` is a string operation instead of list operation. (sort of counter-intuitive at first usage)
**💡 Explanation:**