Puzzle-based learning is the single most best way for many coders to improve their skills on a constant basis. That’s why one of our Finxter mantras to boost your Python skills is: A puzzle a day to learn, code, and play! Are you looking for a fun way of improving your skills? The following Python …
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This article gives you five code puzzles to help you master basic looping in Python. If you are a Python expert, you solve all of them without even the slightest mistake. If you are a Python intermediate, you make one or two mistakes. If you are a Python beginner, you should get at least one …
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Alice 👧 has lost her father in the maze. 😟 To make matters worse, the maze is full of evil animals 🐍 that keep her father captured. 😭 The animals play a game with her: they will only leave her through if she solves the difficult Python puzzles. 🎲 Fortunately, you have trained your puzzle …
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When I started to learn Python 3, I used to be confused about the semantics of dividing two integers. Is the result a float or an integer value? The reason for my confusion was a nasty Java bug that I once found in my code. The code was supposed to perform a simple division of …
Do you belong to the top 50% of Python coders? This article poses you 10 intermediate-level Python puzzles to test yourself. By solving all 10 Python puzzles and tracking your success rate, you will discover your exact Python skill level. The Method We Used to Measure Your Skills with Python Puzzles The idea of solving …
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There are three problem variants of finding the maximum value in a Python dictionary: Find the maximum value and return this maximum value Find the maximum value and return a (key, value) tuple of both the key and the max value itself Find the maximum value and return only the key assigned to the max …
Challenge: This article shows how to sort a Python list using the key argument that takes a function object as an argument. Quick Solution: You can use the lambda function to create the function on the fly as shown in the following example: Explanation: The code uses the key argument and passes a lambda function …
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Knowing the basics is what sets apart the great from the intermediate coders. In other words, a simple and effective way to grow your skills is to learn the basics of computer science. Python Pathfinder Algorithm In this tutorial, you’ll learn about the pathfinder algorithm that recursively determines whether there’s a direct or indirect path …
Challenge: Run a piece of Python code forever—until it is forcefully interrupted by the user. Solution: use a while loop with a Boolean expression that always evaluates to True. Examples: have a look at the following variants of an infinite while loop. You can also use a while condition that always evaluates to True. For …
For a coder, understanding the Quicksort algorithm is like knowing the secret of 42—either you get it, or you don’t belong to the club. If you don’t know either, let’s work on the first one! The Quicksort Algorithm — A Python Implementation The algorithm is a variant of the popular Quicksort algorithm. The function qsort …
Challenge: How to create a multi-line string in Python? In this tutorial, I’ll show you four methods to create and maintain multi-line strings in Python. The most Pythonic ones are the first two methods with triple single quotes ”’ … ”’ or triple double quotes “”” … “”” that wrap a string across multiple lines. …
This tutorial introduces an advanced language feature: lambda functions. Lambda functions are rooted in the mathematical area of lambda calculus. One of the pioneers of this area was Alonzo Church. He introduced lambda functions in 1936 even before the appearance of the first computers. Lambda functions exist in a wide range of languages for functional …