Python Contest Guide: Beginner to Higher-Intermediate
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### Python Contest Guide: Beginner to Higher-Intermediate with Built-in Functions
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## Part 1: Beginner to Lower-Intermediate Summary
**Topics Covered:**
- Input/Output
- Conditional Statements
- Loops
- List & String Manipulation
- Functions
- Sorting & Searching
- Dictionaries & Sets
- Recursion
- Problem Solving Template
- Basic Built-in Functions: len(), max(), sum(), etc.
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## Part 2: Higher-Intermediate Topics with Built-in Functions Usage
### 1. List Comprehension
```python
squares = [x**2 for x in range(5)]
```
### 2. Generator Expression
```python
gen = (x**2 for x in range(5))
print(next(gen))
```
### 3. Lambda, map, filter, reduce
```python
from functools import reduce
nums = [1, 2, 3, 4]
print(list(map(lambda x: x*2, nums)))
print(list(filter(lambda x: x%2==0, nums)))
print(reduce(lambda x, y: x*y, nums))
```
### 4. collections Module
```python
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
print(Counter('banana'))
d = defaultdict(int)
d['a'] += 1
Python Contest Guide: Beginner to Higher-Intermediate
q = deque([1,2,3]); q.appendleft(0); print(q)
```
### 5. Exception Handling
```python
try:
x = 10 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError:
print("Error")
finally:
print("Done")
```
### 6. OOP Basics
```python
class Dog:
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def bark(self):
print(f"{self.name} says Woof!")
Dog("Max").bark()
```
### 7. File Handling
```python
with open("file.txt", "w") as f:
f.write("Hello")
```
### 8. Useful Built-in Functions with Examples
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