Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

Topics covered

• add, remove, sort, and reverse elements from a list
• apply generators to create infinite sequences
• code for loops to iterate over values in a tuple and the keys and values in a dictionary
• convert lists to dictionaries and vice versa
• create new lists from existing lists using slicing operations
• define decorators to modify pre-existing code
• define, invoke, and discard lambdas
• define, invoke, and name functions
• execute Python code to perform simple calculations
• generate a sequence of consecutive integers with the range function
• identify how to use the if-else statement to make decisions involving complex data types such as lists, tuples, and dictionaries
• iterate over a list of elements using while loops
• modify and update dictionaries using dictionary methods
• perform shallow and deep copies of sets
• perform shallow and deep copies of tuples
• perform union, intersection, difference, and other set operations
• recall how to convert between various complex datatypes and view base conversions using the Python built-in functions
• reference global variables from within a function
• specify conditions in list comprehensions in order to filter elements used in the source list and to define the values in the newly created list
• specify the similarities between lists and tuples
• use built-in functions in Python to perform operations
• use the break statement in multiple scenarios to break out of a while loop and recognize the use of the pass keyword within such loops
• use the continue statement along with the break statement within the same for loop
• work with floats, integers, Booleans, and strings
• work with the random and datetime modules in Python