Python day 1 part 2

python-day-1.md

Today's agenda!

1. Comments

2. Lists (just an array)

   1. Slice syntax
   2. name_of_list[start:end:step]

3. Dictionaries (just an object)

   1. Accessing items inside a dict

4. Nesting (lists in dicts in lists in dicts???)

   some_data = [{"name": "mei", "favourite_food": ["avocado", "potato", "kale"]}]
   # To get avocado
   print(some_data[0]['favourite_food'][0])

5. Tuples (fixed order, immutable)

   1. e.g., my_tuple = (1, January, 2019)
   2. List should have homogenous data, while tuple should have heterogenous
   3. List vs tuple: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/list-vs-tuples

6. Sets (no duplicate values)

   1. Useful for comparison

7. Loops (for i in my_list)

8. Loops challenge

9. Search algorithm

   1. Linear search
   2. Binary search

10. Roman numerals again