BeginnerLesson 8 of 1925 min 路 hands-on
Comprehensions
Part of the Python course
You already know how to write a for loop that builds a new list, dict, or set one item at a time. A comprehension is a shorter way to write that same loop on a single line. Same result, less typing, and once your eye gets used to them, easier to read at a glance.
Open main.py in the editor. You will see a few comprehensions already written. Click the play button. The output should look like this:
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Start this lessonComprehensionsWhat you'll learn
- List comprehensions
- Dict comprehensions
- Set comprehensions
- Conditional expressions
- Generator expressions
- Readability tradeoffs
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- 7Functions30 min
- 8Comprehensions25 min
- 9Files and IO30 min
- 10Modules and Packages30 min
- 11Classes and OOP35 min
- 12Inheritance and Composition30 min
- 13Exception Handling30 min
- 14Iterators and Generators30 min
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- 18Testing with pytest35 min
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