Re: [Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

i might add that with open( . . . instead of foo = open( . . . also shows some maturity in py Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer, Mauritius abdurrahmaanjanhangeer.wordpress.com On 11 Jun 2017 12:33, "Peter Otten" <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Japhy Bartlett wrote: > > > I'm not sure that they cared

Re: [Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

Japhy Bartlett wrote: > I'm not sure that they cared about how you used file.readlines(), I think > the memory comment was a hint about instantiating Counter()s Then they would have been clueless ;) Both Schtvveer's original script and his subsequent "Verschlimmbesserung" -- beautiful german

Re: [Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

It's really awkward the way you're using Counter here... you're making new instances in every lambda (which is not great for memory usage), and then not actually using the Counter functionality: return sum(1 for _ in filter(lambda x: Counter(word) == Counter(x.strip()), fileContent)) (the

Re: [Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

Schtvveer Schvrveve wrote: > I need someone's help. I am not proficient in Python and I wish to > understand something. I was in a job pre-screening process where I was > asked to solve a simple problem. > > The problem was supposed to be solved in Python and it was supposed to > take two

Re: [Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 09:36, Schtvveer Schvrveve wrote: > > > And I was rejected. I just wish to understand what I could have done for > this to be better? > > I am a Python beginner, so I'm sure there are things I don't know, but I > was a bit surprised at the abruptness of

[Tutor] Python - help with something most essential

I need someone's help. I am not proficient in Python and I wish to understand something. I was in a job pre-screening process where I was asked to solve a simple problem. The problem was supposed to be solved in Python and it was supposed to take two arguments: filename and word. The program