control flow

Conditionals, loops, match/case, flow modifiers.

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Faster String Slicing in NumPy

Faster String Slicing in NumPy

A new vectorized approach to slicing string arrays in NumPy, shown to be up to 25x faster!

Hamna Rashid
Hamna Rashid
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Python's match/case Statements: The Equivalent of Switch Statements

Python's match/case Statements: The Equivalent of Switch Statements

This feature, used in Python 3.10+, is an alternative to if/elif/else blocks. See how case and match statements are used.

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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The Simplest Way to Understand The Difference Between For Loops and While Loops

The Simplest Way to Understand The Difference Between For Loops and While Loops

There's a major difference between for and while loops, and this explanation hits the key difference.

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Python except: The Danger of Overgeneralizing Exceptions

Python except: The Danger of Overgeneralizing Exceptions

How catching every exception with ‘except’ in Python can break your code and hide critical errors.

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Writing Faster Code: 7 Simple Ways to Improve Your Python Loops

Writing Faster Code: 7 Simple Ways to Improve Your Python Loops

Practical tips to speed up your Python code and make your loops more efficient.

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Understanding Python's finally statement

Understanding Python's finally statement

This is a control flow tool you should've learned yesterday.

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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A quick tutorial for the for/else construct in Python

A quick tutorial for the for/else construct in Python

Here's how you're able to use this and why sometimes it's more adventageous

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Comparing Python's for and while loops

Comparing Python's for and while loops

Here's when you should use one over the other

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Itertools: The One Package to Not Look Over

Itertools: The One Package to Not Look Over

Here's how you can leverage Python's itertools library to be more efficient with your looping

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux
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Understanding Python’s Walrus Operator (:=) for Efficient Code

Understanding Python’s Walrus Operator (:=) for Efficient Code

Writing Cleaner, More Efficient Python Code with the Walrus Operator

Brandon Molyneaux
Brandon Molyneaux