Python - Coding Terms/Commands

Question 1

Return the absolute value of a number. The argument may be an integer or a floating point number. If the argument is a complex number, its magnitude is returned.

Answer 1

abs(x)

Question 2

Return True if all elements of the iterable are true (or if the iterable is empty).

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all(iterable)

Question 3

Return True if any element of the iterable is true. If the iterable is empty, return False.

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any(iterable)

Question 4

allows to loop over something and have an automatic counter.

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enumerate(iterable, start=0)

Question 5

allows user to input.

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.input([prompt])

Question 6

a string method and returns a string in which the elements of sequence have been joined by str separator.

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.join() function

Question 7

Return the lowest valued number.

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min()

Question 8

Return the highest valued number.

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max()

Question 9

return a random integer n such that a<= n <= b.

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random.randint(a,b)

Question 10

generates a sequences of numbers in the form of a list.

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.range()

Question 11

break a large string down into smaller strings.

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.split()

Question 12

method inserts the specified value at the specified position.

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.insert()

Question 13

returns a list of dict’s (key, value) tuple pairs

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.items()

Question 14

method appends an element to the end of the list

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.append()

Question 15

an inbuilt function in Python that removes and returns last value from the list or the given index value

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.pop()

Question 16

return an integer object from any number or string

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int

Question 17

returns data as a string

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str

Question 18

an inbuilt function that returns a copy of the string where all occurrences of a substring is replaced with another substring.

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.replace()

Question 19

returns the length of a specific string

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len

Question 20

returns a copy of the string in which all case-based characters have been uppercased.

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.upper()

Question 21

returns a copy of the string in which all case-based characters have been lowercased.

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.lower()

Question 22

converts the first character of a string to capital (uppercase) letter

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.capitalize()

Question 23

returns an iterator that accesses the given sequence in the reverse order.

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reversed

Question 24

applies a function to all the items in an input_list.

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map

Question 25

creates a list of elements for which a function returns true.

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filter

Question 26

function for performing some computation on a list and returning the result. It applies a rolling computation to sequential pairs of values in a list.

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reduce

Question 27

function is used for creating small, one-time and anonymous function objects.

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lambda

Question 28

Local, Enclosing, Global, Built-in(Python)

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LEGB

Question 29

method of the string class allows you to do variable substitutions and value formatting. This lets you concatenate elements together within a string through positional formatting.

Answer 29

.format()