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What is running file in Jupyter?

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A file is considered a running file until you shut it down

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What is Jupyter?

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Python allows you to communicate with the computer with the help of a specific software or application: Jupyter

It is a server-client application that allows you to edit your code through a web browser

It’s not a text editor that opens a new window everytime with different codes bits

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Access and leave a cell

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Enter + Escape

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Execute line to output field

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Ctrl + Enter

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Can output line be modified?

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No

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Execute line to output field + new cell

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Shift + Enter

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Copy/Paste cells

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Select cells (so no cursor appears in input)

With C, X and V you can copy, cut and paste

With arrow keys you can move up and down

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Asterisk sign in input cell?

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Can appear in the input cell –> Meaning the code takes too long

Can be stopped with the stop symbol in the viewport

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Insert markdown cell
&
Convert cell from markdown to code cell and vice versa

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M
Y

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When using a capital in variable, for example Y instead of y, what will happen?

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Will lead to an error

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Assign values to x and y

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x,y = (1,2)
Parentheses are not obligatory but is for readability

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When you just want to print an output

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print()

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11
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Number functions. Name 2

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Int() –> Integer –> Will round of to integer value

float() –> Float –> Convert to decimal

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With this function you can ask what type the variable is

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type

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How are booleans written?

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Booleans need to be written in CAPITAL LETTERS

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String variables how to write?

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Use single or double quotes

When printing a string it will give the output without quotes

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12
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Convert number into text

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str() function

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Print number + text

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print( str(x) + ‘Dollars’ )

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Do you need to specify a variable type?

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As opposed to other programming languages, Python can automatically guess the type of data you are entering –> It always knows the type of variable

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When to use double quotes?

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Best for working with strings since you can have single quote in your text

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Two ways to add strings together

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Plus sign

Trailing comma: print(‘Red’,’car’) > Will add a space

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A way to include a quote in string

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Backslash before the quote

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What to do when 16/3 leads to ‘5’

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Try:
float(16) / 3
or:
16.0

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What to do when not having enough space in the line?

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In that case you can use backslash \ to continue the line onto the next line without breaking the code

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Difference = and ==

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With = you can set a value

With == you can check if that value is true or false

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19
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What is returned: “Friday”[4]

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‘a’
In Python we start from the 0 character and then start counting upwards

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What to do when lines are part of a function?

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When lines are part of a function you must apply indentation to it

Same goes vice versa

Indent goes with using tab

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Give the order of operators for AND, NOT, OR

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Order of operators

NOT
AND
OR

Example:

True and not True –> not True will be processed first

False or not True and True –> Leads to False

True and not True or True –> Leads to True because right part is True

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What can be written instead of == and !=

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is, and is not

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What is used as elseif statement?

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elif statement

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Write a function steps

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Start with ‘def’

Add name of function

Then parentheses with optional parameters

End with a colon

Indent and write body on next line

25
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Call function

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Name of function with parentheses and possible arguments

26
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Use of return in function

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A function always needs something in return –> Write this in the body

Can be used only once in a function!

27
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Variable in function

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A function can have a local variable that can be defined in the code block:
Write the name of the function followed by = sign
Define the variable after the = sign

Variable can then be used in the return command

28
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How to deal with nested functions?

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You can call a function within another function

In the return section of the second function you call the first function

29
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Are parameters order sensitive?

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The parameters are order-sensitive. If you do write them in a different order then give them a value in the arguments: (b=3, a=10, c=4)

30
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Returns nr of elements (length) in a word for example

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len()

31
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Returns float of x, rounded to y decimal points. When y is not defined that rounds to 0

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round(x,y)

32
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To the power of with base of x to the power of y

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pow(x,y)

33
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Creating a list?

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Like creating an array –> Use straight brackets

Use quotation marks ‘ ‘ around elements

34
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Retrieve from list

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print (Participants[1])

Use the index number and it will retrieve that entry

35
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List: Find last entry and before last entry

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Last entry –> [-1]

Before last –> [-2]

36
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List: Delete entry

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del Participants[2]

37
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How to invoke a certain method?

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object.method()

Use dot operator to call on/invoke a certain method

38
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How to add something to a list?

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Append
Participants.append(“name”)

39
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How to extend a list with multiple list entries?

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It takes one argument so of it’s multiple list entries, put it in a list first

Participants.extend([‘Name1’, ‘Name2’])

40
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How to use variables in string?

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You can write the variable without quotation marks like Participants[0]

len(Participants) –> leads to amount of entries in the list

41
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How does slicing work?

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Take out the 2nd and 3rd entry from a list

Participants[1:3] –> So from 1 til 3

Participants[:2] –> Get the first two elements –> 0 til 2

Participants[4:] –> From the fourth til the end

Participants[-2:] –> From the for last onward

42
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How to find the index number?

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Index

Participants.index(“Maria”) –> Gives the index number

Best put in variable before printing

43
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How to nest a list?

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Nested lists

Bigger_List = [List1, List2]

44
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How to sort numbers and strings?

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Sort()

Numbers = [1,2,3,4,5]

Numbers.sort()

–> Will put it in order

45
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Sort in reverse?

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Sort in reverse order:

Numbers.sort(reverse=True)

46
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Tuples vs List

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Tuples cannot be changed or modified
You cannot append or delete elements

You can place a tuple in a list and then each tuple becomes an element in the list

47
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Create tuple?

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x = (40, 41, 41)

Values are packing into a tuple

48
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Tuple assignment

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a,b,c = 1, 4, 6

49
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(age, years_of_school) = “30,17”.split(‘ , ‘)

Results in?

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age = 30

years_of_school = 17

50
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Tuples as return in a function

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New variables from function can be returned one after the other in the form of a tuple: (X,Y)

51
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Return from tuple?

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x[0] –> Return first entry in tuple

52
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What is a dictionary? How to declare it? How to retrieve info?

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Dictionary
Another way of storing data –> Like object in JS
Used with curly braces {}

Declaring dictionary
dict = {‘k1’:”cat”, ‘k2’:”dog”}

Retrieve –> Single or double quotes
dict[‘k1’]
dict[“k3”]

53
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Replace value in dictionary?

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Replacing value
dict[‘k2’] = ‘squirrel’

54
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Fill dictionary after declaring?

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Start with name1 = {}

Fill in the rest with name1[‘key1] = ‘Value1’

Fill in the rest with name1[‘key2] = ‘Value2’

Etc

55
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get method()
What if key is not in dictionary?

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Name1.get(‘key1’) –> Returns value

When key is not in the dictionary –> Python will return None

56
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For loop syntax

A

for n in listname1:

print (n)

57
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How to order loop in single line:

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Order loop in single line:

print (n, end = “ “)

Will result in a comma and empty space after each entry

58
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While loop syntax?

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While loop

x = 0
while x <= 20:
print (x, end = “ “)
x = x + 2 –> Incrementing

Note when not applying a counter it will result in an infinite loop!

59
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Explain range function

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range(start, stop, step)

start –> First number in the list
stop –> Last value +1
step –> Distance between each two consecutive values

Stop value is required
Start, step values are optional!
When start value not given it will be replaced with 0
And step value will be equal to 1 when not given

60
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Use range in a list

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list(range(10)) –> Will output all integers from 0 to 9 in a list

With step value –> list(range(1,20,2))

61
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Use range in loop

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for x in range(20):

x then goes over every entry in the range

62
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Iterate over dictionay

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You can iterate over a dictionary starting from the first key to the last

You can retrieve the values with dict[i] for example

63
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Describe object & class

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Every object belongs to some class

The class defines the rules for creating that object

Example: A bike is an object of the bike-makers class

64
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Other names for object and attributes

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Object is sometimes called instance

Attributes are sometimes called properties

65
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Is a List an object?

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The list that we created earlier is an object belonging to the list class

The attributes are the data types: floats

Methods that can be applied to these floats are .extend() or .index()

66
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What is a module?

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Prewritten code containing functions and classes

Goal of module is to not having to rewrite all the code

A package consists of various modules

Sometimes people call a package a library

67
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How to import the sqrt function?

A

from math import sqrt as s
call –> s(36)
Results in 6.0

68
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Renaming imported modules?

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import math as m
m.sqrt(49)
Result: 7.0

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