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Python: Built-in Functions vs. For & If Loops – 5 Programs Explained

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Python’s built-in functions make coding fast and efficient. But understanding how they work under the hood is crucial to mastering Python. This post shows five Python tasks, each implemented in two ways: Using built-in functions Using for loops and if statements ✅ 1. Sum of a List ✅ Using Built-in Function: numbers = [ 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ] total = sum (numbers) print ( "Sum:" , total) 🔁 Using For Loop: numbers = [ 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ] total = 0 for num in numbers: total += num print ( "Sum:" , total) ✅ 2. Find Maximum Value ✅ Using Built-in Function: values = [ 3 , 18 , 7 , 24 , 11 ] maximum = max (values) print ( "Max:" , maximum) 🔁 Using For and If: values = [ 3 , 18 , 7 , 24 , 11 ] maximum = values[ 0 ] for val in values: if val > maximum: maximum = val print ( "Max:" , maximum) ✅ 3. Count Vowels in a String ✅ Using Built-ins: text = "hello world" vowel_count = sum ( 1 for ch in text if ch i...

How to use Python Interactive Shell in an easy way

It's like this: Python leads a double life. It's an interpreter for scripts that you can run from the command line or run like applications, by double-clicking the scripts.

What is Interactive Shell?


But it's also an interactive shell that can evaluate arbitrary statements and expressions. This is extremely useful for debugging, quick hacking, and testing.

I even know some people who use the Python interactive shell in lieu of a calculator! 

Launch the Python interactive shell in whatever way works on your platform, and let's dive in with the steps shown here:

First Steps in the Interactive Shell

>>> 1 + 1 ❶
2
>>> print 'hello world' ❷
hello world
>>> x = 1 ❸
>>> y = 2
>>> x + y
3
❶ The Python interactive shell can evaluate arbitrary Python expressions, including any basic arithmetic expression.
❷ The interactive shell can execute arbitrary Python statements, including the print statement. 
❸ You can also assign values to variables, and the values will be remembered as long as the shell is
open (but not any longer than that).

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