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Comprehensions & generators easy

Merge Data with Comprehension and Generator in Python

Merge user and order data using a dictionary comprehension for lookups and a generator expression to filter and transform orders.

dictionary-comprehension generator-expression data-merging
Python
def merge_data(users, orders):
    """
    Merge user and order data using a dictionary comprehension
    and a generator expression for filtering.
    """
    # Build a lookup: user_id -> user name
    user_map = {user["id"]: user["name"] for user in users}

    # Generator: yield orders with user names attached
    …
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Normalize Data in Python with Comprehensions and Generators

Clean a list by dropping None values with a comprehension, then min-max normalize it using a lazy generator expression — a beginner-friendly data preparation pattern.

comprehensions generators normalization
Python
import statistics

# Sample raw data including missing and outlier-ish values
raw = [22, 18, None, 25, 30, 19, 22, 17, None, 28, 24]

# Clean the data: drop None values using a list comprehension
clean = [x for x in raw if x is not None]

# Normalize using min-max scaling with a generator expression
min_val = min(clea…
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Python Comprehensions and Generators for Beginners

Learn list, dict, and set comprehensions plus generator expressions and generator functions with clear, runnable examples.

comprehensions generators lazy-evaluation
Python
# Demonstrates list comprehensions, dict comprehensions, set comprehensions, and generators

def demonstrate_comprehensions():
    # List comprehension: squares of even numbers
    numbers = range(1, 11)
    even_squares = [n ** 2 for n in numbers if n % 2 == 0]
    
    # Dict comprehension: number to its factorial
 …
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Set Comprehension for Unique Word Lengths in Python

Use a set comprehension to extract unique word lengths from a string, then sort and print the result.

set comprehension unique word lengths
Python
text = "hello world hello python programming"

word_lengths = {len(word) for word in text.split()}

print("Unique word lengths:", word_lengths)
print("Sorted:", sorted(word_lengths))
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Comprehensions & generators easy

Write Data Helpers with Comprehensions and Generators in Python

Demonstrates list, dict, and set comprehensions plus generator expressions and generator functions for building concise data helpers.

comprehensions generators data-helpers
Python
# Basic comprehensions and generators demo

# List comprehension: squares of evens
squares = [x * x for x in range(10) if x % 2 == 0]
print("List comp:", squares)

# Dictionary comprehension: char -> count
text = "hello"
char_counts = {c: text.count(c) for c in set(text)}
print("Dict comp:", char_counts)

# Set compre…
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Data pipelines & processing easy

Attach Source File Metadata to Records in Python

Add a source filename field to each record in a list by merging a new key into every dictionary using a dict unpacking comprehension.

lineage metadata dict-unpacking
Python
from pathlib import Path
import json

def attach_source_metadata(records, source_file):
    """Attach source filename metadata to each record."""
    return [
        {**record, "source": Path(source_file).name}
        for record in records
    ]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    source = "/data/raw/customers.csv"
    …
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Data pipelines & processing easy

How to Filter Data in Python

Filter a list of dictionaries by exact key-value matches or numerical ranges using concise list comprehensions.

filtering list-comprehension dictionaries
Python
from typing import List, Dict, Any


def filter_data(
    data: List[Dict[str, Any]], key: str, value: Any
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Return records where data[key] equals value."""
    return [record for record in data if record.get(key) == value]


def filter_by_range(
    data: List[Dict[str, Any]], key: str…
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Cloud + Python easy

How to mock EC2 describe-instances tag filtering in Python

Simulate AWS EC2 describe-instances with tag-based filtering using a mock dataset and conditional list comprehension.

ec2 mock aws
Python
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone


def mock_describe_instances(tag_key: str, tag_value: str) -> list[dict]:
    """Simulate EC2 describe-instances with tag filtering."""
    all_instances = [
        {"InstanceId": "i-0abc123", "State": "running", "Tags": [{"Key": "Name", "Value": "web-server"}, {"K…
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