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Python includes a built-in package i.e random module for generating random numbers. In this article, we will show you how to generate random numbers in python using different methods - Using random.seed() Method Using random.randrange() Method Using random.randint() Method ... Read More

Python is not a "statically typed" programming language. We do not need to define variables or their types before utilizing them. Once we initially assign a value to a variable, it is said to be created. Each variable is assigned with a memory location. The assignment operator (=) assigns the value provided to right to the variable name which is at its left. The syntax of the assignment operator is shown below - var_name = value Example of Assignment Operator The following is an example that shows the usage of the assignment operator - Name = 'Tutorialspoint' In ... Read More

In Python, lists are a useful way to store multiple elements in a single variable. To assign values to each entry in a list, loops are often needed. This strategy simplifies the process and improves the clarity of your code. This chapter will look at how to assign values to variables in a list using different loop types, using basic examples. Using Simple Loop Iterations In this method, we use the for loop to append elements to the lists. When we do not enter any element into the list and stop appending, then we just press the Enter key. To ... Read More

The Python tuple elements are enclosed inside the parentheses, while dictionary elements are present in the form of a key-value pair and are enclosed between curly brackets. In this article, we will show you how to convert a Python tuple into a dictionary. The following are the methods to convert a tuple into a dictionary - Using dict() Function Using Dictionary Comprehension and enumerate() Function ... Read More

Python provides a variety of data structure collections such as lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. However, these tuples are very similar to lists. Because lists are a commonly used data structure, developers frequently mistake how tuples differ from lists. Python tuples, like lists, are a collection of items of any data type, but tuples are immutable, which means that once assigned, we cannot change the elements of the tuple or the tuple itself, whereas list elements are mutable In this article, we will explain to you what is a tuple in python and the various operations on it. Creating a ... Read More

In Python, an index is an element's location within an ordered list. Where n is the length of the list, and the first entry has a zero index, and the last element has an n-1 index. In this tutorial, we will look at how to find out the index of an element in a list in Python. There are different methods to retrieve the index of an element. Using index() method Three arguments can be passed to the list index() method in Python - element: element that has to be found. start ... Read More

In Python tuples are an important data structure that allows you to group many values together. But some beginners may find it confusing to use tuples inside functions. This article will explain what tuples are and how to use them properly in functions. We will also discuss some real-world examples, from basic to complex, to help you understand. A tuple is an ordered, unchangeable collection of datatypes in Python. It means that after a tuple has been created, its values cannot be changed. Tuples are defined with parentheses "()". Example of a Tuple Here is a simple example of how ... Read More

When working with text data in Python, we normally need to interact with strings to make them readable or properly formatted. It is very common way to use regular expressions or regex to add spaces before and after a particular character. In this article we will see how to do this by using Python's re module.Adding Space at a Character Using regex Regular expressions are a powerful way to search for and modify strings based on patterns. There are multiple uses for regex that are made possible by Python's re package. Spaces between characters can improve the readability and the ... Read More

Regular expressions are a very crucial part of Python's built-in 're' module. It is used to work with text data. One of the advantages of regex is the ability to use alternatives, which allows you to match one pattern out of multiple options. Alternatives in the regular expressions function are just like "or" statements. They help you to define many patterns to match against a given string. The vertical bar | denotes the "or" operator in regex. For example, the regex pattern PHP|Python will match either "PHP" or "Python" in a given string. The following are the 4 different ways ... Read More

To extract decimal numbers from a string in Python, regular expressions are used. A regular expression is a group of characters that allows you to use a search pattern to find a string or a set of strings. RegEx is another name for regular expressions. The re module in Python is used to work with regular expressions. In this article, we will learn how to extract decimal numbers from a string in Python using regular expressions. We use the following regular expression in Python to get non-digit characters from a string - \d+\.\d+ Where, ... Read More