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Python Set Operations Explained: From Theory to Real-Time Applications

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A  set  in Python is an unordered collection of unique elements. It is useful when storing distinct values and performing operations like union, intersection, or difference. Real-Time Example: Removing Duplicate Customer Emails in a Marketing Campaign Imagine you are working on an email marketing campaign for your company. You have a list of customer emails, but some are duplicated. Using a set , you can remove duplicates efficiently before sending emails. Code Example: # List of customer emails (some duplicates) customer_emails = [ "alice@example.com" , "bob@example.com" , "charlie@example.com" , "alice@example.com" , "david@example.com" , "bob@example.com" ] # Convert list to a set to remove duplicates unique_emails = set (customer_emails) # Convert back to a list (if needed) unique_email_list = list (unique_emails) # Print the unique emails print ( "Unique customer emails:" , unique_email_list) Ou...

5 Essential IT Skills for Data Engineers

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Data engineers need the following skills. These skills help you get nice job in any analytics company. Photo Credit: Srini Five Top Skills Need Skill-1 Experience working with big data tools such as MapReduce, Pig, Spark, Kafka and NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase, etc. Skill-2 Expertise in multi-structured data modeling, reporting on NoSQL & structured database technologies such as HBase and Cassandra, SQL. Skill-3 Experience with languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Scala, R etc. Skill-4 Strong data & visual presentation skills and ability to explain insights using tools like tableau, D3 charts or other tools. Skill-5 Basic knowledge and experience of statistical analysis tools such as R.