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Vitaly Shchurov

Vitaly Shchurov

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My name is Vitaly, and I'm a Python Developer enthusiastic about programming, learning new things and writing about them. Feel free to contact me here or via LinkedIn.

Python: using heapq module to find n largest items

Dec 25, 202012 min read

Today, I'm going to tell about using the heapq module. As you probably know, the easiest way to find the largest element in a collection in Python is...

Python: using heapq module to find n largest items

Python tips: playing with round()

Dec 23, 20203 min read

You have probably already worked with the Python built-in round() function. It takes a number as an argument and simply rounds it. But depending on...

Python tips: playing with round()

Python tips: use generators more!

Dec 17, 20208 min read

When writing a function that's supposed to return a sequence of results, returning some data structure like a list or dictionary is often the most...

Python tips: use generators more!

Python tips: how to 'reuse' a generator?

Dec 16, 202012 min read

Generators can help you write reusable and scalable Python code, but the problem is that complicated processing often requires using the same data...

Python tips: how to 'reuse' a generator?

Python tips: unpack data gracefully with starred expressions

Dec 11, 20208 min read

Do you know how to easily assign data to variables from lists of different sizes? How to get a 'head' and 'tail' from a tuple without using clumsy...

Python tips: unpack data gracefully with starred expressions

Python: deque vs. list

Dec 10, 202012 min read

Do you know how to keep track of the last five data points during some kind of processing instead of managing huge lists? How to append and pop items...

Python: deque vs. list