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Python Contest Guide

This document is a guide for beginners to lower-intermediate Python programming, covering essential topics such as input/output, conditional statements, loops, list and string manipulation, functions, built-in functions, sorting and searching, dictionaries and sets, recursion, and a problem-solving template. It provides code snippets and examples for each topic to illustrate their usage. The guide aims to equip readers with foundational skills for programming contests.

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Python Contest Guide

This document is a guide for beginners to lower-intermediate Python programming, covering essential topics such as input/output, conditional statements, loops, list and string manipulation, functions, built-in functions, sorting and searching, dictionaries and sets, recursion, and a problem-solving template. It provides code snippets and examples for each topic to illustrate their usage. The guide aims to equip readers with foundational skills for programming contests.

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Python Programming Contest Guide (Beginner to Lower-Intermediate)

1. Input/Output

Basic input:

name = input()

Input with prompt:

age = int(input('Enter age: '))

Multiple inputs:

a, b = map(int, input().split())

Output:

print('Hello')

print(f'Value is {a}')

2. Conditional Statements

if x > 0:

print('Positive')

elif x == 0:

print('Zero')

else:

print('Negative')

3. Loops

for i in range(5):

print(i)

while x > 0:

x -= 1

print(x)
Python Programming Contest Guide (Beginner to Lower-Intermediate)

4. List & String Manipulation

List:

arr = [1, 2, 3]

arr.append(4)

arr.sort()

String:

s = 'hello'

print(s.upper(), s[::-1])

5. Functions

def add(a, b):

return a + b

print(add(2, 3))

6. Useful Built-in Functions

len(), range(), max(), min(), sum(), sorted()

Example:

nums = [4, 2, 8]

print(max(nums), sum(nums))

7. Sorting & Searching

nums = [5, 2, 1]

nums.sort()

Binary Search (from bisect module):

from bisect import bisect_left


Python Programming Contest Guide (Beginner to Lower-Intermediate)

8. Dictionaries & Sets

d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}

print(d['a'])

s = set([1,2,3])

s.add(4)

9. Recursion Example

def fact(n):

if n == 0: return 1

return n * fact(n-1)

print(fact(5))

10. Problem Solving Template

t = int(input())

for _ in range(t):

n = int(input())

arr = list(map(int, input().split()))

# solve here

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