Python Fundamentals

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This project is part of the liveProject series Explore Python Fundamentals, Part 2
prerequisites
Python shell
skills learned
basic dictionary manipulation for adding and accessing data, in, get() • ways to handle missing keys
Naomi Ceder
1 week · 1-3 hours per week · INTERMEDIATE
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In this liveProject, you’ll utilize Python dictionaries to efficiently combine a file of product info and a file of sales entries. You’ll take on the role of a data engineer in a company that has been modernizing its sales systems, and tackle a common data merging task to help generate useful reports. Solve the challenges of this project, and you’ll understand the real power and flexibility of dictionaries and how they are used literally everywhere in Python.

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Naomi Ceder
Naomi Ceder is the former chair of the Python Software Foundation. She has been learning, using, and teaching Python since 2001.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for both new and experienced Python coders looking to refine their skills with the language. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with the following:


TOOLS
  • A Python “shell” such as Jupyter Notebook
TECHNIQUES
  • Create and use a simple dictionary
  • Loop over items in a dictionary
  • Dictionary comprehensions

you will learn

In this liveProject, you’ll learn to use Python dictionaries to handle more complex data problems.


  • Basic dictionary manipulation for adding and accessing data
  • in, get(), and other ways to handle missing keys
  • Accessing dictionary contents using items(), keys(), and values()

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