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How are Python lists and tuples similar and different? Which will work as keys in dictionaries? Why?
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How are Python lists and sets similar and different? Give examples of using both. How does performance compare between lists and sets for finding an element. Why?
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Describe Python's lambda. What is it, and what is it used for? Give at least one example, including an example of using a lambda in the key argument to sorted.
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Explain list comprehensions. Give examples and show equivalents with map and filter. How do their capabilities compare? Also demonstrate set comprehensions and dictionary comprehensions.
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Use Python to compute days between start and stop date.
a.
date_start = '01-02-2013'
date_stop = '07-28-2015'
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b.
date_start = '12312013'
date_stop = '05282015'
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c.
date_start = '15-Jan-1994'
date_stop = '14-Jul-2015'
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Place code in this file: q5_datetime.py
Edit the 7 functions in q6_strings.py
Edit the 5 functions in q7_lists.py
Write a script as indicated (using the football data) in q8_parsing.py