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Oppiskele Writing Pythonic Code | Pythonic Best Practices
Code Quality and Refactoring in Python

bookWriting Pythonic Code

Writing Pythonic code means using the idioms and features that make Python unique, expressive, and readable.

Pythonic code favors clarity, simplicity, and the use of the language's built-in capabilities. Instead of translating code patterns from other languages, you should take advantage of Python's expressive syntax and standard library.

Key Pythonic techniques include:

  • Using list comprehensions for concise looping and filtering;
  • Applying unpacking to assign multiple variables at once;
  • Leveraging built-in functions such as map, filter, any, all, and sum to perform common tasks efficiently.

Employing these constructs makes your code cleaner, more efficient, and easier to understand for other Python developers.

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# Non-Pythonic approach: using loops and manual accumulation numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] squares = [] for n in numbers: squares.append(n * n) even_squares = [] for s in squares: if s % 2 == 0: even_squares.append(s) print("Even squares (non-Pythonic):", even_squares) # Pythonic approach: using list comprehensions and built-in functions numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] squares = [n * n for n in numbers] even_squares = [s for s in squares if s % 2 == 0] print("Even squares (Pythonic):", even_squares) # Unpacking example (Pythonic) point = (3, 4) x, y = point print(f"Coordinates: x={x}, y={y}") # Using built-in functions (Pythonic) total = sum(numbers) print("Sum of numbers:", total)
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Writing Pythonic code means using the idioms and features that make Python unique, expressive, and readable.

Pythonic code favors clarity, simplicity, and the use of the language's built-in capabilities. Instead of translating code patterns from other languages, you should take advantage of Python's expressive syntax and standard library.

Key Pythonic techniques include:

  • Using list comprehensions for concise looping and filtering;
  • Applying unpacking to assign multiple variables at once;
  • Leveraging built-in functions such as map, filter, any, all, and sum to perform common tasks efficiently.

Employing these constructs makes your code cleaner, more efficient, and easier to understand for other Python developers.

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# Non-Pythonic approach: using loops and manual accumulation numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] squares = [] for n in numbers: squares.append(n * n) even_squares = [] for s in squares: if s % 2 == 0: even_squares.append(s) print("Even squares (non-Pythonic):", even_squares) # Pythonic approach: using list comprehensions and built-in functions numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] squares = [n * n for n in numbers] even_squares = [s for s in squares if s % 2 == 0] print("Even squares (Pythonic):", even_squares) # Unpacking example (Pythonic) point = (3, 4) x, y = point print(f"Coordinates: x={x}, y={y}") # Using built-in functions (Pythonic) total = sum(numbers) print("Sum of numbers:", total)
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1. Which of the following is considered Pythonic?

2. Select all idiomatic Python constructs.

question mark

Which of the following is considered Pythonic?

Select the correct answer

question mark

Select all idiomatic Python constructs.

Select the correct answer

Oliko kaikki selvää?

Miten voimme parantaa sitä?

Kiitos palautteestasi!

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