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- What does colon equal (:=) in Python mean? - Stack Overflow
In Python this is simply = To translate this pseudocode into Python you would need to know the data structures being referenced, and a bit more of the algorithm implementation Some notes about psuedocode: := is the assignment operator or = in Python = is the equality operator or == in Python There are certain styles, and your mileage may vary:
- python - What exactly does += do? - Stack Overflow
I need to know what += does in Python It's that simple I also would appreciate links to definitions of other shorthand tools in Python
- Is there a not equal operator in Python? - Stack Overflow
There's the != (not equal) operator that returns True when two values differ, though be careful with the types because "1" != 1 This will always return True and "1" == 1 will always return False, since the types differ Python is dynamically, but strongly typed, and other statically typed languages would complain about comparing different types There's also the else clause:
- python - What does the caret (^) operator do? - Stack Overflow
Side note, seeing as Python defines this as an xor operation and the method name has "xor" in it, I would consider it a poor design choice to make that method do something not related to xor like exponentiation I think it's a good illustrative example of how it simply calls the __xor__ method, but to do that for real would be bad practice
- What is Pythons equivalent of (logical-and) in an if-statement?
There is no bitwise negation in Python (just the bitwise inverse operator ~ - but that is not equivalent to not) See also 6 6 Unary arithmetic and bitwise binary operations and 6 7 Binary arithmetic operations The logical operators (like in many other languages) have the advantage that these are short-circuited That means if the first operand already defines the result, then the second
- What is the purpose of the single underscore _ variable in Python?
As far as the Python languages is concerned, _ generally has no special meaning It is a valid identifier just like _foo, foo_ or _f_o_o_ The only exception are match statements since Python 3 10: In a case pattern within a match statement, _ is a soft keyword that denotes a wildcard source Otherwise, any special meaning of _ is purely by
- What does asterisk * mean in Python? - Stack Overflow
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- slice - How slicing in Python works - Stack Overflow
Python slicing is a computationally fast way to methodically access parts of your data In my opinion, to be even an intermediate Python programmer, it's one aspect of the language that it is necessary to be familiar with
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