On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> True, but its pretty rare that timing issues are a reason for me to choose a
> data structure
I would guess you commonly choose a dict or set over a list when you
need fast tests for membership. Failure to choose dict when
ap
"Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
For example a linked list is pretty much a Python list.
Other than the very different timing characteristics!
True, but its pretty rare that timing issues are a reason
for me to choose a data structure - especially if I need
to hand code it! :-)
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:14:38 -0500, btkuhn wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been teaching myself python for a few months and I'm becoming
> frustrated because I've kind of hit a wall in terms of learning new
> information. In an effort to continue to learn I've found some material
> on more interme
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For example a linked list is
> pretty much a Python list.
Other than the very different timing characteristics! Python lists are
O(1) for reading or writing a value at an index, O(n) for inserting
and deleting. Linked lists ar
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been teaching myself python for a few months and I'm becoming
> frustrated because I've kind of hit a wall in terms of learning new
> information.
You might like to read the (printed) Python Cookbook. It has many
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Eric Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>
>
> Also, are there other concepts that I should focus on? Frankly, I'm a bit
>> bored because I've hit this ceiling, and I'm not really sure where to go to
>> next.
>
>
If you want to learn all sorts of new and exciti
On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've been teaching myself python for a few months and I'm becoming
frustrated because I've kind of hit a wall in terms of learning new
information. In an effort to continue to learn I've found some
material on more interm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
on more intermediate/advanced topics like linked lists, nodes,
trees, etc. However, it's kind of like reading a math textbook
Thats because these are abstract theoretical concepts
at the root of programming but not used much in practice in
high level languages like P
Hi everyone,
I've been teaching myself python for a few months and I'm becoming
frustrated because I've kind of hit a wall in terms of learning new
information. In an effort to continue to learn I've found some material
on more intermediate/advanced topics like linked lists, nodes, trees,
etc
