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15 Python Tips : How to Write Code Effectively

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 Here are some Python tips to keep in mind that will help you write clean, efficient, and bug-free code.     Python Tips for Effective Coding 1. Code Readability and PEP 8  Always aim for clean and readable code by following PEP 8 guidelines.  Use meaningful variable names, avoid excessively long lines (stick to 79 characters), and organize imports properly. 2. Use List Comprehensions List comprehensions are concise and often faster than regular for-loops. Example: squares = [x**2 for x in range(10)] instead of creating an empty list and appending each square value. 3. Take Advantage of Python’s Built-in Libraries  Libraries like itertools, collections, math, and datetime provide powerful functions and data structures that can simplify your code.   For example, collections.Counter can quickly count elements in a list, and itertools.chain can flatten nested lists. 4. Use enumerate Instead of Range     When you need both the index ...

How to Read CSV file Data in Python

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Here is a way to read  CSV files  in Python pandas. The packages you need to import are numpy and pandas. On the flip side, f or Text files, you don't need to import these special libraries since python by default support it. Python pandas read_csv >>> import numpy as np >>> import pandas as pd To see how pandas handle this kind of data, we'll create a small CSV file in the working directory as ch05_01.csv. white, red, blue, green, animal 1,5,2,3,cat  2,7,8,5,dog  3,3,6,7,horse  2,2,8,3,duck  4,4,2,1,mouse Since this file is comma-delimited , you can use the read_csv() function to read its content and convert it to a dataframe object. >>> csvframe = pd.read_csv('ch05_01.csv') >>> csvframe white red blue green animal 0 1 5 2 3 cat 1 2 7 8 5 dog 2 3 3 6 7 horse 3 2 2 8 3 duck 4 4 4 2 1 mouse Python reading text files Sinc...