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Claire D. Costa Claire D. Costa
Updated on October 15, 2024

11 Python Cheat Sheets Every Developer Should Know

These 11 Python cheat sheets will provide useful references for beginners and advanced developers, along with lowering the entry barrier for newcomers.

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Dorothea Reher Dorothea Reher
Updated on October 08, 2024

Python Date vs. Datetime Objects Explained

Python date is an object that’s used to represent the calendar date with no time of date, while a Python datetime object includes the date and time of day. Here’s how to use them.

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Richmond Alake Richmond Alake
Updated on October 03, 2024

Heap Sort, Explained

Heap sort is a sorting algorithm that organizes elements in an array into a binary heap, and then sorts that heap by moving the largest element in the array. Here’s how to implement it in Python.

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Yang Zhou Yang Zhou
Updated on September 09, 2024

Python: How to List Files in Directory

In this tutorial, you will learn 5 ways in Python to list all files in a specific directory. Methods include os.listdir(), os.walk(), the glob module and more.

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Harshil Patel Harshil Patel
Updated on September 04, 2024

Quicksort Algorithm: An Overview

Quicksort is a sorting algorithm that uses a divide-and-conquer strategy to split and sort an array. It has a time complexity of O nlogn.

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on August 28, 2024

Understanding Duck Typing in Python

Duck typing in Python is a term used to illustrate that code will execute an action based on the types of built-in objects being processed. Here’s what to know.  

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Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on August 21, 2024

22 Python Data Science Courses and Bootcamps to Know

Sorry, R-ficionados. This is Python country.

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Reza Lavarian Reza Lavarian
Updated on August 14, 2024

How to Fix TypeError: 'Str' Object Is Not Callable in Python

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable occurs when an string value is called as a function and can be solved by renaming the str value. Here’s how.

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Reza Lavarian Reza Lavarian
Updated on August 14, 2024

How to Fix TypeError: ‘Int’ Object Is Not Callable in Python

TypeError: ‘int’ object is not callable occurs in Python when an integer is called as if it were a function. Here’s how to fix it. 

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Suraj Gurav Suraj Gurav
Updated on August 08, 2024

5 Pandas Groupby Tricks to Know in Python

In Pandas, groupby splits all the records from your data set into different categories or groups and offers you flexibility to analyze the data.

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