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25 Interesting Python Codes to Solve Complex Tasks

Part 1: A list of Python codes for solving complex tasks.

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In the process of learning Python, you will always find that Python can easily solve many problems. Some complex tasks can even be done with a single line of Python code.

Here are 25 interesting Python codes, all of which are practical. I hope you can find they are useful.

1. Letter Anagram

If two words contain the same letters and are in a different order, they are called anagrams. For example, “silent” and “listen” are letter anagrams, while “apple” and “aplee” are not.

from collections import Counter

s1 = 'below'
s2 = 'elbow'

print('anagram') if Counter(s1) == Counter(s2) else print('not an anagram')

2. Binary to Decimal

decimal = int('1010', 2)
print(decimal) #10

3. Convert String to Lowercase

print("Hi my name is Tony Xu".lower())
# 'hi my name is tony xu'

print("Hi my name is Tony Xu".casefold())
# 'hi my name is tony xu'

4. Convert String to Uppercase

print("hi my name is Tony Xu".upper())
# 'HI MY NAME IS Tony Xu'

5. Convert String to Bytes

print("convert string to bytes using encode method".encode())
# b'convert string to bytes using encode method'

6. Copy File

import shutil

shutil.copyfile('source.txt', 'dest.txt')

7. Quick Sort

qsort = lambda l: l if len(l) <= 1 else qsort([x for x in l[1:] if x < l[0]]) + [l[0]] + qsort([x for x in l[1:] if x >= l[0]])

print(qsort([17, 29, 11, 97, 103, 5]))
# [5, 11, 17, 29, 97, 103]

8. Sum of N Numbers

n = 10

print((lambda x: (x*(x+1))/2)(n)
# 55

9. Switch the Value of Two Variables

a, b = b, a

10. Fibonacci

fib = lambda x: x if x<=1 else fib(x-1) + fib(x-2)

print(fib(20))
# 6765

11. Combine Nested Lists into One List

main_list = [[0, 1, 2], [11, 12, 13], [52, 53, 54]]

result = [item for sublist in main_list for item in sublist]
print(result)

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[0, 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 52, 53, 54]

12. Run an HTTP Server

python3 -m http.server 8000
python2 -m SimpleHTTPServer

13. Reverse a List

numbers = [0, 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 52, 53, 54]

print(numbers[::-1])
# [54, 53, 52, 13, 12, 11, 2, 1, 0]

14. Factorial

import math

fact_5 = math.factorial(5)
print(fact_5)
# 120

15. Use for and if in List Comprehensions

even_list = [number for number in [1, 2, 3, 4] if number % 2 == 0]

print(even_list)
# [2, 4]

16. The Longest String in List

words = ['This', 'is', 'a', 'list', 'of', 'words']

result = max(words, key=len)
print(result)
# 'words'

17. List Comprehension

li = [num for num in range(0, 10)]

print(li)
# [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

18. Set Comprehension

num_set = {num for num in range(0, 10)}

print(num_set)
# {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

19. Dict Comprehension

dict_numbers = {x: x*x for x in range(1, 5)}

print(dict_numbers)
# {1: 1, 2: 4, 3: 9, 4: 16}

21. Print with if and else

print("even") if 4 % 2==0 else print("odd")

22. Infinite Loop

while 1:0

23. Check Data Type

print(isinstance(2, int))
# True

print(isinstance("allwin", str))
# True

print(isinstance([3, 4, 1997], list))
# True

24. Print to File

print("Hello, World!", file=open('file.txt', 'w'))

25. Frequency of a Character in a String

print("umbrella".count('l'))
# 2

And there you have it. Thank you for reading.




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