Introduction In this article, we’ll take a look at how to find the size of a dictionary in Python. Dictionary size can mean its length, or space it occupies in memory. To find the number of elements stored in a dictionary we can use the len() function. To find the size of a dictionary in bytes we can use the getsizeof() function of the sys module. To count the elements of a nested dictionary, we can use a recursive function. […]

Introduction Having to manually format a number as a currency string can be a tedious process. You may have just a few lines of modifications to make, however, when we need to do a fair bit of conversions, it becomes very tedious. The first step to automating these kind of tasks will require a function. In this article, we’ll be going over a few methods you can use to format numbers as currency strings in Python. Methods for Formatting Numbers […]

Introduction Dictionaries are one of the most used data structures in all of software development, and for a good reason. They allow us to store our data in neat key, value pairs, which in turn gives us the ability to, on average, access our data in O(1) time. While using a dictionary it’s important to know how to iterate over it. Not being able to recover the data you stored makes it practically useless. In this article, we’ll see how […]

Introduction In this article we’re going to be taking a look at the try/except clause, and specifically how you can catch multiple exceptions in a single line, as well as how to use the suppress() method. Both of these techniques will help you in writing more accessible and versatile code that adheres to DRY (don’t repeat yourself) principles. Let’s start by looking at the problem: try: do_the_thing() except TypeError as e: do_the_other_thing() except KeyError as e: do_the_other_thing() except IndexError as […]