Python Essentials

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What you will learn

• Use Python interactively and master the art of writing efficient Python scripts
• Learn techniques for working with string data, including how to use regular expressions to parse strings
• Get to know how the shortcircuit and ifelse logic operators work
• Explore mutable data structures including list, set, and dict
• Define functions with positional and optional parameters, and learn to use keyword argument values when calling a function
• Write generator functions, generator expressions, and comprehensions
• Master the use of exceptions for handling errors and other unexpected conditions
• Understand the importance of working with files, context manager, and the with statement

Who this book is for