Python Cheatsheet

Resources

None (null) Checks

# bad
if x != None:
    pass

# good
if x is not None:
    pass

Incremement / Decrement

No support for pre/post increment operators like i++

i+=1
x-=1

Loops

Assignment in loops

Python 3.8 introduced


while x := 

Classes

Private Variables

Python does not support classic private variables. Use the _ convention to indicate that something is private.

class Person:
    __init__(self, name, ssn) -> None:
        self.name = name
        self._ssn = ssn

Constructors

class Person:
    def __init__(self):
        # body of the constructor

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