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3 years ago Sets in Python are awesome! Python's robust collections are probably one of my favorite features of the language. It's been a while but I remember really enjoying playing around with sets (unique membership), deques (double-headed queues, for tasks like keeping a rolling window of logs), and named tuples. It's so cool to see you learning all of these sweet Python features! 😀
Btw, non sequitur-- but did you ever receive an invitation to the StudyDash organization from GitHub? I invited you a week ago but it says your membership is still pending:
If you visit, https://github.com/studydash, you should see a prompt inviting you!
anitabe404
Motivation/Problem Statement 💭❓:
Learn Python
Today's Goal/Solution 🥅:
Do some Python challenges on HackerRank
Result 🍓🍌🍉:
I leveled up in the Python track on HackerRank (now level 4).
Observations & Next Steps 🔭👣:
I know I keep saying this, but I like doing coding challenges because I always learn something new. Today, I learned that there is some time efficiency with using sets vs lists in Python. So much so that I couldn't pass some of the test cases without switching to using sets. I'm still very unsure of how it all works, so I have some more research to do to understand. I just didn't expect using a set vs a list to be the difference in the compiler timing out.
References 🔗:
Link any useful resources you may have found throughout the day.
Extra/Fun (Optional) 🎈🎉🥳:
I am still reading A Splendid Ruin. It's getting really good.