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Python Data Science Toolbox (Part 2)

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Continue to build your modern Data Science skills by learning about iterators and list comprehensions.

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In this second Python Data Science Toolbox course, you'll continue to build your Python data science skills. First, you'll learn about iterators, objects you have already encountered in the context of for loops. You'll then learn about list comprehensions, which are extremely handy tools for all data scientists working in Python. You'll end the course by working through a case study in which you'll apply all the techniques you learned in both parts of this course.
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    Using iterators in PythonLand

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    You'll learn all about iterators and iterables, which you have already worked with when writing for loops. You'll learn some handy functions that will allow you to effectively work with iterators. And you’ll finish the chapter with a use case that is pertinent to the world of data science and dealing with large amounts of data—in this case, data from Twitter that you will load in chunks using iterators.

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    Introduction to iterators
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    Iterators vs. Iterables
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    Iterating over iterables (1)
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    Iterating over iterables (2)
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    Iterators as function arguments
    100 xp
    Playing with iterators
    50 xp
    Using enumerate
    100 xp
    Using zip
    100 xp
    Using * and zip to 'unzip'
    100 xp
    Using iterators to load large files into memory
    50 xp
    Processing large amounts of Twitter data
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    Extracting information for large amounts of Twitter data
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    Congratulations!
    50 xp
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    List comprehensions and generators

    In this chapter, you'll build on your knowledge of iterators and be introduced to list comprehensions, which allow you to create complicated lists—and lists of lists—in one line of code! List comprehensions can dramatically simplify your code and make it more efficient, and will become a vital part of your Python data science toolbox. You'll then learn about generators, which are extremely helpful when working with large sequences of data that you may not want to store in memory, but instead generate on the fly.

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Hugo is a data scientist, educator, writer and podcaster formerly at DataCamp. His main interests are promoting data & AI literacy, helping to spread data skills through organizations and society and doing amateur stand up comedy in NYC. If you want to know what he likes to talk about, definitely check out DataFramed, the DataCamp podcast, which he hosted and produced.
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  • Alan O.
    5 days

    simple to follow instruction, able to see immediate result

  • Marcela H.
    8 days

    Excellent inroduction to Pyhton for Data Science

  • Irambona F.
    about 2 months

    it's a great chapter recommend it

  • Dominic B.
    about 2 months

    Very helpful. Lots of scaffolding to support beginners like myself. Very helpful body language from the instructor. It was nice to actually see Hugo's face while learning.

  • Raluca N.
    3 months

    Excellent course

"simple to follow instruction, able to see immediate result"

Alan O.

"Excellent inroduction to Pyhton for Data Science"

Marcela H.

"it's a great chapter recommend it"

Irambona F.

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