Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y111. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

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Python List, Python Tuple, Python Dictionary If a Python list were like a pencil, then a Python Tuple would be like a pen. Most programming languages include structures in which you can hold a ... http://www.wellho.net/solutions/python-p ... onary.html  [longer article]

Python Programming - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ypfull.html  [course]

Python - extend v append on a list In Python, you can extend a list and you can append to it as well. What's the difference? If you append a list to another list, you add the new list ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/899_Pyth ... -list.html  [short article]

Learning to Program in Python - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ylfull.html  [course]

copying an object - copy the reference I call my father Dad but everyone else calls him Norman . Same person, different name. If Dad puts on the hat that he s got from the Christmas cracker ... http://www.wellho.net/solutions/python-c ... rence.html  [longer article]

Last elements in a Perl or Python list How do we refer to the elements of a list? By index number, starting at zero and stopping one short of the number of elements in the list. So a 20 ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1304_Las ... -list.html  [short article]

User defined sorting - what is a callback? div class= introsubheads DEFAULT SORTING BR /div Python s list are collections of objects - in other words, they are rather like arrays in other languages ... http://www.wellho.net/solutions/python-u ... lback.html  [longer article]

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Lists, tuples and dictionaries are fundamental building blocks of Python. This module takes a look at some of the more advanced features of the use of these collection objects, assuming a prior knowledge of all the fundamental aspects of Python.

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

2dli.py	List - multiple dimensions
coplist.py	List - copy through assignment
copy_levels	alias, shallow copy and deep copy comparison
cuber	using a callback to map a list
deepcop.py	List - deep copy
dsd	Python equivalent of Schwartzian transform
fortan	A list of lists (a matrix?)
furlist.py	Further methods that run on lists - looking things up
indemo	Sorting a dictionary?
lirev.py	List - revision
namsort.py	Natural sorting of a list of strings
p162	Sample answer - module exercise
sal	Sorting in a non-standard way
scenario	Encapsulating changes in a function
shallowcop.py	List - shallow copy
slices	list slices - revision
unamsort.py	Sorting of a list of strings - user routine ignoring case

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