Functions in Python: Working with Advanced Features of Python Functions
Python
| Intermediate
- 12 videos | 1h 26m 49s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
This course explores advanced Python function topics such as recursion, closures, and using generator functions to generate sequences. In 12 videos, you will learn how to use decorators to add functionality to code; examine how recursion can be used to construct code to solve complex problems; and learn to write a terminating condition for a recursive function. Next, you will learn how to use an Iterator to respond to a built-in next () function. Learners will also examine closures, and how as functions they maintain their own lexical environment; and explore how closures are functions that can yield dramatic results in the distributed processing of code, and are widely used in the implementation of distributed processing frameworks. Then you will learn how to use generator functions to generate sequences. You will learn how sequences can iterated upon by other parts of your program. Finally, you will learn that using decorators offers simple ways of invoking higher-order functions.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Discover the key concepts covered in this course
Invoke a function from within its body
Implement terminating conditions and return values for recursive functions
Write simple programs that involve recursive calls
Implement generator functions using the yield keyword
Apply generators to create infinite sequences -
Define closures in python
Create closures that have access to local state variables
Define decorators to modify pre-existing code
Customize decorators that work with functions with different numbers of input arguments
Chain multiple decorators that apply to the same function
Recall characteristics of recursion, generators, and closures
IN THIS COURSE
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7m 19sIn this video, find out how to call a function from within its body. FREE ACCESS
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3. Recursion - Conditions9m 25sDuring this video, you will learn how to implement terminating conditions and return values for recursive functions. FREE ACCESS
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4. Recursion - Calls9m 46sIn this video, you will write simple programs that involve recursive calls. FREE ACCESS
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5. Generator Functions9m 43sIn this video, you will learn how to use generator functions by using the yield keyword. FREE ACCESS
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6. Generators for Infinite Sequences8m 55sIn this video, learn how to apply generators to create infinite sequences. FREE ACCESS
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7. Closures7m 11sDuring this video, you will learn how to define closures in Python. FREE ACCESS
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8. Closures and Local State8m 30sIn this video, learn how to create closures that have access to local state variables. FREE ACCESS
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9. Decorators - Code Modification7m 2sIn this video, you will learn how to define decorators to modify code that already exists. FREE ACCESS
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10. Decorators - Customization8m 31sIn this video, find out how to customize decorators that work with functions that have different numbers of input arguments. FREE ACCESS
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11. Chaining Decorators3m 6sIn this video, you will chain multiple decorators that apply to the same function. FREE ACCESS
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12. Exercise: Advanced Features in Python Functions5m 14sAfter completing this video, you will be able to recall characteristics of recursion, generators, and closures. FREE ACCESS
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