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Python Data Types List In d ex ing

Chan g eable collection of ob j ects Accessin g data from a strin g , list, or tuple usin g an element number

String my_collection = [1, 1, 3.12, False, "Hi"] my_string [ element_number ]

Series of characters or data stored as text my_collection [ element_number ]

List Operations my_tup [ element_number ]

my_string = "Hello"

# returns the length of a lis t

len(my_collection) Slicing
String Operations
Accessin g a subset of data from a strin g , list, or tuple usin g element numbers from start to stop -1

# returns the string with all uppercase letters

# Add multiple items to a list
my_string [ start : stop ]

my_string.upper() my_collection.extend( [ " M ore", " I tems" ] ) my_collection [ start : stop ]

my_tup [ start : stop ]

# returns the length of a string
# Add a single item to a list

len(my_string) my_collection.append(" S ingle")

Co m parison Operators
# returns the index of the first instance of the string inside the
# Delete the object of a list at a specified index
Comparison O perators compare operands and return a result of true or false
# subject string, otherwise -1
del(my_collection [ 2 ] )
my_string.find('l') Equal
# Clone a lis t
a == b
# replaces any instance of the first string with the second in my_string
clone = my_collection [:]
my_string.replace('H', 'C') Less T han

# Concatenate two lists

a < b
Integer my_collection_2 = ["a", "b", "c"]

A whole number
my_collection_3 = my_collection + my_collection_2 Greater Than

my_integer = 12321
a > b
# Calculate the sum of a list of ints or floats

number_collection = [1,2,3,4.5]
Greater Than or Equal
sum(number_collection)
Float a >= b
A decimal number
# Chec k if an item is in a list, returns Boolean
Less T han or Eq ual
my_decimal = 3.14 item in my_collection

# Chec k if an item is not in a list, returns B oolea n

a <= b
item not in my_collection
Boolean Not Equal
Discrete value true or false
a != b
a = True
Set
b = False Unordered collection of unique objects

a = {100, 3.12, False, "Bye"}

Python Operators
Dictionary b = {100, 3.12, "Welcome"}
Chan g eable collection of key - value pairs +: Additio
Set Operations -: Subtractio
my_dictionary = {'banana': 1, 12: 'laptop', (0,0):'center'}
*: Multiplicatio
# Con v ert a list to a se t
/: divisio
my_set = set( [ 1,1,2,3 ] )
Dictionary Operations //: Integer Division (Result rounded to the nearest integer)
# A dd an item to the se t

# Access value using key

my_dictionary [ 'banana' ]
a.add( 4 )
Con d itional Operators
# R emo v e an item from a se t
Conditional O perators evaluate the operands and produce a true of false result
# Get all keys in a dictionary as a list
a.remo v e(" B ye")

my_dictionary. k eys() And - returns true if both statement a and b are true, otherwise false
# R eturns set a minus b

a.difference(b)
a and b
# Get all values in a dictionary as a list

my_dictionary. v alues() # R eturns intersection of set a and b

Or - returns true if either statement a or b are true, otherwise false
a.intersection(b)
a or b
Tu ple # R eturns the union of set a and b

Unchangeable collection of objects a.union(b) Not - returns the opposite of the statement

tup = (1, 3.12, False, "Hi") # R eturns T rue if a is a subset of b, false otherwis e
not a
a.issubset(b)

# R eturns T rue if a is a superset of b, false otherwis e

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Loops Webscraping Wor k ing w ith Files

For Loops # Import BeautifulSoup

Reading a File
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
for x in range(x):
# Opens a file in read mode

# Executes loop x number of times # P arse HTML stored as a strin g

file = open(file_name, " r ")

soup = B eautiful S oup(html, ' html 5 lib ' ) # R eturns the file name

for x in iterable:
file . name

# Executes loop for each object in an iterable like a string, tuple, # R eturns formatted htm l
# R eturns the mode the file was opened i n

soup . prettif y ()
list, or set file . mode

# F ind the first instance of an HTML tag

While Loops soup . find(tag) # Reads the contents of a file

file . read()
while statement:

# Executes the loop while statement is true # F ind all instances of an HTML tag

soup . find_all(tag)
# Reads a certain number of characters of a file

file . read(characters)
Conditional Statements
Re qu ests
# Read a single line of a file

if statement_1:
file . readline()
# Execute of statement_1 is true
# Import the re q uests librar y

elif statement_2:
import re q uests
# Read all the lines of a file and stores it in a list

# Execute if statement_1 is false and statement_2 is true

file . readlines()
else:

# Send a get requests to the url with optional parameters

# Execute if all previous statements are false

response = requests.get(url, parameters)
# Closes a file

file . close()
Try/Except # Get the url of the response

response . ur l

# Get the status code of the response

Writing to a File
try:
response . status_code

# Code to try to execute

# Get the headers of the request
# Opens a file in write mode

except a:
response . re q uest . header s
file = open(file_name, "w")
# Code to execute if there is an error of type a
# Get the body of the requests

except b:

response . re q uest . bod y

# Code to execute if there is an error of type b

# Writes content to a file

# Get the headers of the response

file . write(content)
except:

response . header s

# Code to execute if there is any exception that has not been handled

# G et the content of the response in tex t

else:

response . tex t
# Adds content to the end of a file

# Code to execute if there is no exception

# G et the content of the response in j so n
file . append(content)
response .j son ()
Error Types
Objects and Classes
# Send a post requests to the url with optional parameters

re q uests . post(url, parameters)

IndexError - When an index is out of rang
NameError - When a variable name is not foun # Creating a class

SyntaxError - When there is an error with how the code is written class class_name:

ZeroDivisionError - When your code tries to divide by zero

F u nctions def __init__(self . optional_parameter_1, optional_parameter_2):

self . attribute_1 = optional_parameter_1

self . attribute_2 = optional_parameter_ 2

Range # Create a function

def function_name(optional_parameter_1, optional_prameter_2):

def method_name(self, optional_parameter_1):

# code to execute

Produce an iterable sequence from 0 to stop-1 # Code to execute

return optional_output
return optional_output
range(stop)
# Calling a function
# Create an instance of a class

Produce an interable sequence from start to stop-1 incrementing by step

output = function_name(parameter_1, parameter_2)
object = class_name(parameter_1, parameter_2)
range(start, stop, step)

# Callin g an ob j ect metho d

ob j ect . method_name ( parameter_ 3)

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