add conditional expressions, get and setdefault for dictionary and a little tip about fuction calling.

Signed-off-by: Liteye <yelite958@gmail.com>
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Liteye 2013-06-28 22:59:25 +08:00
parent 9b217bc769
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@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ try:
except NameError:
print "Raises a name error"
# Conditional Expressions can be used when assigning
some_var = a if a > b else b
# If a is greater than b, then a is assigned to some_var.
# Otherwise b is assigned to some_var.
# Lists store sequences
li = []
@ -192,6 +196,17 @@ filled_dict.values() #=> [3, 2, 1]
"one" in filled_dict #=> True
1 in filled_dict #=> False
# Trying to look up a non-existing key will raise a KeyError
filled_dict["four"] #=> KeyError
# Use get method to avoid the KeyError
filled_dict.get("one", 4) #=> 1
filled_dict.get("four", 4) #=> 4
# Setdefault method is a safe way to add new key-value pair into dictionary
filled_dict.setdefault("five", 5) #filled_dict["five"] is set to 5
filled_dict.setdefault("five", 6) #filled_dict["five"] is still 5
# Sets store ... well sets
empty_set = set()
@ -311,6 +326,12 @@ all_the_args(1, 2, a=3, b=4) prints:
{"a": 3, "b": 4}
"""
# You can also use * and ** when calling a function
args = (1, 2, 3, 4)
kwargs = {"a": 3, "b": 4}
foo(*args) # equivalent to foo(1, 2, 3, 4)
foo(**kwargs) # equivalent to foo(a=3, b=4)
foo(*args, **kwargs) # equivalent to foo(1, 2, 3, 4, a=3, b=4)
# Python has first class functions
def create_adder(x):