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  1. What does colon equal (:=) in Python mean? - Stack Overflow

    Mar 21, 2023 · In Python this is simply =. To translate this pseudocode into Python you would need to know the data structures being referenced, and a bit more of the algorithm implementation. Some notes about psuedocode: := is the assignment operator or = in Python = is the equality operator or == in Python There are certain styles, and your mileage may vary:

  2. What does asterisk * mean in Python? - Stack Overflow

    What does asterisk * mean in Python? [duplicate] Asked 16 years, 7 months ago Modified 1 year, 6 months ago Viewed 319k times

  3. Is there a "not equal" operator in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Jun 16, 2012 · There are two operators in Python for the "not equal" condition - a.) != If values of the two operands are not equal, then the condition becomes true. (a != b) is true.

  4. What does the "at" (@) symbol do in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Jun 17, 2011 · 96 What does the “at” (@) symbol do in Python? @ symbol is a syntactic sugar python provides to utilize decorator, to paraphrase the question, It's exactly about what does decorator do in Python? Put it simple decorator allow you to modify a given function's definition without touch its innermost (it's closure).

  5. python - Why do some functions have underscores "__" before …

    This "underscoring" seems to occur a lot, and I was wondering if this was a requirement in the Python language, or merely a matter of convention? Also, could someone name and explain which functions tend to have the underscores, and why (__init__, for instance)?

  6. python - What is the purpose of the -m switch? - Stack Overflow

    Python 2.4 adds the command line switch -m to allow modules to be located using the Python module namespace for execution as scripts. The motivating examples were standard library modules such as pdb and profile, and the Python 2.4 implementation is …

  7. What is Python's equivalent of && (logical-and) in an if-statement?

    Sep 13, 2023 · There is no bitwise negation in Python (just the bitwise inverse operator ~ - but that is not equivalent to not). See also 6.6. Unary arithmetic and bitwise/binary operations and 6.7. Binary arithmetic operations. The logical operators (like in many other languages) have the advantage that these are short-circuited.

  8. python - Is there a difference between "==" and "is"? - Stack …

    Since is for comparing objects and since in Python 3+ every variable such as string interpret as an object, let's see what happened in above paragraphs. In python there is id function that shows a unique constant of an object during its lifetime. This id is using in back-end of Python interpreter to compare two objects using is keyword.

  9. syntax - What do >> and << mean in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Apr 3, 2014 · 15 The other case involving print >>obj, "Hello World" is the "print chevron" syntax for the print statement in Python 2 (removed in Python 3, replaced by the file argument of the print() function). Instead of writing to standard output, the output is passed to the obj.write() method. A typical example would be file objects having a write() method.

  10. slice - How slicing in Python works - Stack Overflow

    Python slicing is a computationally fast way to methodically access parts of your data. In my opinion, to be even an intermediate Python programmer, it's one aspect of the language that it is necessary to be familiar with.

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