Part 4: Core Data Structures in Python
Post 4: Core Data Structures Welcome to the fourth post in my Python learning journey. So far, we’ve installed Python, set up a development environment, and explored the basic syntax. Now it’s time to dive deeper into Python’s core data structures; the building blocks you’ll use to organise and manipulate data in your programs. In this post, we’ll cover: Lists: Python’s versatile sequence type Tuples: Immutable collections Dictionaries: Key-value mapping Sets: Unique value collections Choosing the right data structure I’ve found these data structures similar to concepts we use every day; lists are like columns in spreadsheets, dictionaries resemble lookup tables, and sets are perfect for tracking unique items like account codes. ...