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Mike Driscoll

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Dec 10

Today I want to talk about #Python's special escape characters

Join me in another fun thread!

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Here is a list of the most common escape characters in #Python

🐍 \n - ASCII Linefeed or Newline
🐍 \t - Horizontal tab
🐍 \r - Carriage return
🐍 \b - Backspace
🐍 \f - Form feed
🐍 \' - Single Quote
🐍 \" - double quote
🐍 \\ -Backslash
🐍 \v -vertical tab

One of the most common escape characters in #Python is `\n` or the line feed character.

Line feed is not printable. It basically tells Python to add a newline on the end of your string.

The line feed is useful for formatting your output. You can add more than one too!

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Mike Driscoll

@driscollis

Dec 5

Let's talk about #Python introspection!

Introspection is the examination of Python objects. It gives you a window into your code that lets you learn about Python using Python itself!

Find out how in this mini-thread!

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There are multiple ways to introspect #Python code. You will learn about the following tools you can use for introspection:

🐍 type()
🐍 dir()
🐍 help()
🐍 sys

You can use the `type()` function in #Python to learn about any object's type.

This can help you figure out what is going on in your code when you are debugging.

Here are some examples:

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Mike Driscoll

@driscollis

Dec 3

#Python includes a `format()` function that is built-in. This function is very similar to the string's `format()` method, but is more low-level than that method

docs.python.org/3/library/func…

#python_builtins_by_driscollis

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Here are some examples of how you might use #Python's `format()` function:

The `format()` function uses the Format Specification Mini-Language. You can see this documented here:

docs.python.org/3/library/stri…

You can use the Format Specification Mini-Language to specify alignment, fill, width, precision and more.

Here are a couple of examples:

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Mike Driscoll

@driscollis

Nov 29

Today I am going to show you how to create 7️⃣ different file types with #Python:

🐍 Text file
🐍 CSV
🐍 XML
🐍 JSON
🐍 Tar file
🐍 PDF
🐍 Excel

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1️⃣ Creating a text file with #Python is a breeze! The recommended method is to use Python's `with` statement as it will automatically close the file for you

That means you can create a text file with TWO lines of code if you want to:

2️⃣ Creating a CSV file with #Python can be accomplished using the `csv` module

Here's a small example:

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Mike Driscoll

@driscollis

Nov 28

Let's talk about creating dictionaries with #Python 🐍

A dictionary is a key / value pair. The key must be of an immutable type, such as an integer or a string. The value can be of any type

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You can create a #Python dictionary in several different ways.

The following shows the most common method of dictionary creation followed by using a dictionary comprehension

You can also create a #Python dictionary by using the `dict()` function

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Mike Driscoll

@driscollis

Nov 27

#Python has several Easter eggs built in! 🐍🥚🐣🐇

An Easter egg is a fun little surprise in a programming language, video game or movie.

Let's talk about some of Python's cool Easter eggs!

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🥚1️⃣ - The most famous #Python Easter egg is probably The Zen of Python, which you will see if you "import this"

🥚2️⃣ - What you might not know is that Zen of Python's source is really interesting too:

github.com/python/cpython…

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