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Python List Comprehension Explained

The document provides an overview of Python list comprehension, highlighting its efficiency and readability for creating new lists from existing iterables. It also explains the characteristics of Python lists, including their dynamic sizing, mutability, and ordering, along with the syntax and parameters of the sort() method. Additionally, it references other resources on Python strings, lists, and lambda functions.

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Python List Comprehension Explained

The document provides an overview of Python list comprehension, highlighting its efficiency and readability for creating new lists from existing iterables. It also explains the characteristics of Python lists, including their dynamic sizing, mutability, and ordering, along with the syntax and parameters of the sort() method. Additionally, it references other resources on Python strings, lists, and lambda functions.

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Python list comprehension provides a concise and efficient way to create new
lists based on existing iterables (like lists, tuples, strings, ranges, etc.). It offers
a more readable and often faster alternative to traditional for loops for list
creation and manipulation.

new_list = [expression for item in iterable if condition]

Creating a list of squares


numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
squares = [x**2 for x in numbers]
# squares will be [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

Filtering even numbers


numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
even_numbers = [x for x in numbers if x % 2 == 0]
# even_numbers will be [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

Applying a conditional expression


prices = [1.25, -9.45, 10.22, 3.78, -5.92]
adjusted_prices = [price if price > 0 else 0 for price in prices]
# adjusted_prices will be [1.25, 0, 10.22, 3.78, 0]

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Lists:
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In Python, a list is a built-in dynamic sized array (automatically grows and
shrinks). We can store all types of items (including another list) in a list. A list
may contain mixed type of items, this is possible because a list mainly stores
references at contiguous locations and actual items may be stored at
different locations.

●​ List can contain duplicate items.

●​ List in Python are Mutable. Hence, we can modify, replace or delete

the items.

●​ List are ordered. It maintains the order of elements based on how

they are added.

●​ Accessing items in List can be done directly using their position

(index), starting from 0.

Syntax of sort() method


list_name.sort(key=None, reverse=False)

Parameter:

●​ key (Optional): This is an optional parameter that allows we to

specify a function to be used for sorting. For example, we can use

the len() function to sort a list of strings based on their length.

●​ reverse (Optional): This is an optional Boolean parameter. By

default, it is set to False to sort in ascending order. If we set

reverse=True, the list will be sorted in descending order.


a = [5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6]

# Sorting in Descending Order


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print(a)

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Python lambda functions:


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lter-map-reduce/

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