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Magic Methods in Python, by example

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Magic methods are special methods that you can define to add ‘magic’ to your classes. They are always surrounded by double underscores, for example, the __init__ and __str__ magic methods. Magic…

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Python Programming Tricks

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Collections are a Python module which implements specialised containers. Collections in itself are a huge topic so, I will divide this into three articles but everything which I have mentioned below…

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Python Methods: Unlocking the Power of Efficient Coding

 Python in Plain English

Python methods, integral to various domains, can significantly boost coding efficiency through their application in data manipulation, string processing, mathematical operations, and more. Python meth...

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Method types in python

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Have you ever wondered why in python some methods receive as a parameter the self keyword, others the cls, and others just nothing? In order to understand these keywords and why python asks the…

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“Magic Methods” in Python Program

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Photo by Mahesh Ranaweera on Unsplash In Python, magic methods, also known as special methods or dunder (double underscore) methods, provide a way to define and customize the behavior of classes. Thes...

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List Methods in Python

 Python in Plain English

A list is an ordered sequence of items. List elements can be of any type such as strings or numbers while arrays do not allow this. Sequences are of specific type and size so this is the difference…

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Using Magic Methods in Python

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They’re everything in object-oriented Python. They’re special methods that you can define to add “magic” to your classes. They’re always surrounded by double underscores, for example__init__. They're…...

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Python List Methods

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In Python, a list is a collection of pieces of data. A list is surrounded by square brackets [ ] with each item separated by a comma ( , ), and can contain anywhere from zero to infinity items (or…

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The Pythonic Way

 Python in Plain English

Point class in Python Commenting is boring. Documenting is time-wasting. Test2 is a good name for a class. a_final is a good name for a variable. I don’t need to write tests, that function is not so i...

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Python String Methods

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In this article, you will learn how to use some built-in methods for Python. Strings in python are surrounded by either single or double quotation marks and each character in a string is assigned an…

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Python Functions

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Functions are a way to organize code blocks for re-usability. We’ll discuss two ways of creating functions in Python: using the def statement and the lambda statement

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Object-oriented programming: Special methods in Python

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Special methods allow us to use some built-in operations in Python with our own custom created objects. Suppose we have a list and we want to check the length of the list and also print the list, we…

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Types of Methods in Python Classes

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Instance attributes are those attributes that are not shared by objects. Every object has its own copy of the instance attribute, let us see an example It is one of the rarely used methods, where we…

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Methods

 Python Like You Mean It

methods by surveying a number of these special methods they will greatly bolster our ability to define convenient, user-friendly classes. Instance Methods  An instance method is defined whenever a fu...

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Master Python Magic Methods and Write Better Code

 Python in Plain English

Python is a powerful and versatile programming language that supports multiple paradigms, such as procedural, functional, and object-oriented programming. One of the features that makes Python stand o...

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Method Chaining in Python

 Python in Plain English

Approach to Efficient Data Analyses Photo by D koi on Unsplash In my years of experience working as an analyst, I have often seen Python’s powerful capabilities leveraged to enhance efficiency in dat...

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Python Magic Methods You Haven’t Heard About

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There are many Python magic methods you probably never knew existed — let’s find out what they do and how we can use them in our code Continue reading on Towards Data Science

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Understanding Python’s Magic Methods

 Python in Plain English

Python’s magic methods, often referred to as dunder (double underscore) methods, play a pivotal role in customizing the behavior of user-defined classes. These special methods allow objects to emulate...

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5 Python Techniques That Will Amaze You

 Python in Plain English

Top techniques that you should know as a Python developer Continue reading on Python in Plain English

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Functions in Python

 Python in Plain English

Python for Beginners Series — Part 14 Continue reading on Python in Plain English

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5 Pairs of Magic Methods in Python You Should Know

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When it comes to naming functions in Python, we can use underscores as well as letters and numbers. When underscores are used between words, they don’t mean much — they just help readability by…

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4 Must-Know Special Methods for Python

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Everything in Python is an object and we define objects through classes. When we define an object, we actually create an instance of a class. Thus, class is the most fundamental piece in Python. We…

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How to Use Methods That You Have Not Implemented Yet in Python

 Python in Plain English

A guide on using methods that you haven’t yet implemented in Python Continue reading on Python in Plain English

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Learning Python: Classes and Methods

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In my last article, I introduced Python classes by demonstrating how to create class objects. I showed how to add attributes to an object once the object is instantiated, but I didn’t demonstrate how…...

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