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How to Create a Symmetric Array in Python: A Fun Logic Exercise

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 Here's a Python program that says to write a Symmetric array transformation. A top interview question. Symmetric Array Transformation Problem: Write a Python function that transforms a given array into a symmetric array by mirroring it around its center. For example: Input: [1, 2, 3] Output: [1, 2, 3, 2, 1] Hints: Use slicing for the reverse part. Concatenate the original array with its mirrored part. Example def symmetric_array(arr):     """     Transforms the input array into a symmetric array by mirroring it around its center.     Parameters:     arr (list): The input array.     Returns:     list: The symmetric array.     """     # Mirror the array by concatenating the original with its reverse (excluding the last element to avoid duplication)     return arr + arr[-2::-1] # Example usage input_array = [1, 2, 3] symmetric_result = symmetric_array(input_array) print("Input Array:", input_arr...

19 Top Unix File Scenario Commands

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ETL developers main task is to browse various flat files before they start testing. File browsing in UNIX is tricky. If you know right command to do it you can save a lot of time. These 19 top UNIX files commands useful to use in your project. In UNIX a file normally can have Header, Detail and Trailer. There are scenarios where you need only details without header and Trailer, and need only recent one record, and you need to skip some records from the input files. So for all the File based scenarios, I have given useful UNIX commands.   1). How to print/display the first line of a file?  There are many ways to do this. However the easiest way to display the first line of a file is using the [head] command.  $> head -1 file. Txt If you specify [head -2] then it would print first 2 records of the file.  Another way can be by using [sed] command. [sed] is a very powerful text editor which can be used for various text manipulation purposes like this.  ...