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CS50 2021 in HDR - Lecture 6 - Python

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This is CS50, Harvard University's Introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. Enroll for free at https://cs50.edx.org/. Slides, source code, and more at https://cs50.harvard.edu/x. Playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQjrBD2T383f9scHRNYJkior2VvYjpSL. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:17 - Python 00:03:42 - Syntax 00:18:19 - Types 00:20:48 - CS50 Library 00:22:55 - Compilation and Interpretation 00:26:55 - blur.py 00:33:00 - dictionary.py 00:45:17 - hello.py 00:49:57 - calculator.py 00:55:25 - Exceptions 01:00:49 - Floating Point Imprecision 01:02:17 - points.py 01:05:49 - agree.py 01:13:00 - meow.py 01:21:44 - mario.py 01:38:23 - Documentation 01:41:45 - scores.py 01:45:59 - uppercase.py 01:49:56 - Command-line Arguments 01:54:10 - Exit Status 01:56:34 - numbers.py 01:57:40 - names.py 01:58:49 - Dictionaries 02:05:33 - CSV Files 02:16:20 - Speech Synthesis 02:18:04 - Facial Recognition 02:20:53 - Speech Recognition 02:22:31 - QR Codes 02:23:46 - This was CS50 *** This is CS50, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. *** HOW TO SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=cs50tv HOW TO TAKE CS50 edX: https://cs50.edx.org/ Harvard Extension School: https://cs50.harvard.edu/extension Harvard Summer School: https://cs50.harvard.edu/summer OpenCourseWare: https://cs50.harvard.edu/x HOW TO JOIN CS50 COMMUNITIES Discord: https://discord.gg/cs50 Ed: https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/ed Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cs50/ Faceboook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cs50/ GitHub: https://github.com/cs50 Gitter: https://gitter.im/cs50/x Instagram: https://instagram.com/cs50 LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7437240/ LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cs50/ Medium: https://cs50.medium.com/ Quora: https://www.quora.com/topic/CS50 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cs50/ Slack: https://cs50.edx.org/slack Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/cs50 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/cs50 Stack Exchange: https://cs50.stackexchange.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cs50 Twitter: https://twitter.com/cs50 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/cs50 HOW TO FOLLOW DAVID J. MALAN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dmalan GitHub: https://github.com/dmalan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjmalan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malan/ Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/David-J-Malan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@davidjmalan Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidjmalan *** CS50 SHOP https://cs50.harvardshop.com/ *** LICENSE CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ David J. Malan https://cs.harvard.edu/malan malan@harvard.edu

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Yeah?', 'start': 245.586, 'duration': 6.462}, {'end': 253.688, 'text': "It's now print instead of printf and there's no semicolon.", 'start': 252.068, 'duration': 1.62}, {'end': 257.589, 'text': 'DAVID MALANI- Good.', 'start': 253.708, 'duration': 3.881}, {'end': 261.07, 'text': "So it's now print instead of printf, and there's also no semicolon.", 'start': 257.629, 'duration': 3.441}, {'end': 262.931, 'text': "And there's one other subtlety over here.", 'start': 261.089, 'duration': 1.842}, {'end': 264.247, 'text': 'DAVID J.', 'start': 264.087, 'duration': 0.16}], 'summary': "In python, 'print' replaces 'printf' and no semicolon is needed, simplifying syntax.", 'duration': 28.383, 'max_score': 235.864, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s235864.jpg'}, {'end': 358.447, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 328.819, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 329.64, 'text': 'Feel free to just call it out.', 'start': 328.819, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 331.337, 'text': "So there's no type.", 'start': 330.697, 'duration': 0.64}, {'end': 338.119, 'text': "There's no type like the word string, which, even though that was a type in CS50, every other variable in C.", 'start': 331.397, 'duration': 6.722}, {'end': 341.42, 'text': 'did we use int or string, or float or bool or something else?', 'start': 338.119, 'duration': 3.301}, {'end': 344.161, 'text': "In Python, there's still going to be data types today onward.", 'start': 341.46, 'duration': 2.701}, {'end': 348.982, 'text': "But you, the programmer, don't have to bother telling the computer what types you're using.", 'start': 344.541, 'duration': 4.441}, {'end': 350.623, 'text': 'The computer is going to be smart enough.', 'start': 349.243, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 353.944, 'text': 'The language, really, is going to be smart enough to just figure it out from context.', 'start': 350.723, 'duration': 3.221}, {'end': 358.447, 'text': "Meanwhile, on the right-hand side, get string is going to be a function we'll use today and this week,", 'start': 354.384, 'duration': 4.063}], 'summary': 'Python allows dynamic typing, inferring data types from context, reducing programmer burden.', 'duration': 29.628, 'max_score': 328.819, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s328819.jpg'}, {'end': 455.987, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 424.648, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 425.689, 'text': "So what's going on here?", 'start': 424.648, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 431.011, 'text': "This is actually a relatively new feature of Python in the past couple of years, where now what you're seeing is, yes,", 'start': 425.729, 'duration': 5.282}, {'end': 433.232, 'text': 'a string between these same double quotes.', 'start': 431.011, 'duration': 2.221}, {'end': 437.213, 'text': 'But this is what Python would call a format string or F string.', 'start': 433.552, 'duration': 3.661}, {'end': 440.735, 'text': 'And it literally starts with the letter F, which admittedly looks, I think, a little weird.', 'start': 437.254, 'duration': 3.481}, {'end': 451.043, 'text': 'But that just indicates that Python should assume that anything inside of curly braces inside of the string should be interpolated, so to speak,', 'start': 441.135, 'duration': 9.908}, {'end': 455.987, 'text': 'which is a fancy term saying substitute the value of any variables therein.', 'start': 451.043, 'duration': 4.944}], 'summary': 'Python has a new feature, f strings, introduced in the past couple of years allowing interpolation of values inside strings.', 'duration': 31.339, 'max_score': 424.648, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s424648.jpg'}, {'end': 693.274, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 661.195, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 664.538, 'text': "but it's not particularly readable by you or anyone else.", 'start': 661.195, 'duration': 3.343}, {'end': 669.701, 'text': 'Python actually addresses this by just requiring indentation when logically needed.', 'start': 664.978, 'duration': 4.723}, {'end': 676.186, 'text': "So Python is going to force you to start indenting properly now if that's been perhaps a tendency otherwise.", 'start': 669.801, 'duration': 6.385}, {'end': 679.387, 'text': 'What else is missing? 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'text': 'Get float, get int, and get string.', 'start': 1237.209, 'duration': 2.122}, {'end': 1245.315, 'text': "That'll automate the process of getting user input in a way that's more resilient against potential bugs.", 'start': 1239.671, 'duration': 5.644}, {'end': 1246.956, 'text': "But we'll see what those bugs might be.", 'start': 1245.355, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 1250.358, 'text': "And the way we're going to do this is similar in spirit to C.", 'start': 1247.436, 'duration': 2.922}, {'end': 1256.322, 'text': "Instead of doing include CS50.h like we did in C, you're going to now start saying import CS50.", 'start': 1250.358, 'duration': 5.964}, {'end': 1262.207, 'text': "Python supports, similar to C, libraries, but there aren't header files anymore.", 'start': 1257.403, 'duration': 4.804}], 'summary': 'Python supports import cs50 for user input automation.', 'duration': 28.42, 'max_score': 1233.787, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1233787.jpg'}, {'end': 1478.817, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1440.853, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1443.875, 'text': 'You jump right to the execution of your code.', 'start': 1440.853, 'duration': 3.022}, {'end': 1448.357, 'text': "And so Python, it turns out, is the name not only of the language we're going to start using.", 'start': 1444.295, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 1455.72, 'text': "it's also the name of a program on a Mac, a PC, assuming it's been pre-installed that interprets the language for you.", 'start': 1448.357, 'duration': 7.363}, {'end': 1461.083, 'text': 'This is to say that Python is generally described as being interpreted, not compiled.', 'start': 1456.14, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 1466.245, 'text': "And by that, I mean you get to skip, from the programmer's perspective, that compilation step.", 'start': 1461.523, 'duration': 4.722}, {'end': 1469.088, 'text': 'There is no manual step in the world of Python,', 'start': 1466.425, 'duration': 2.663}, {'end': 1474.292, 'text': 'typically of writing your code and then compiling it to zeros and ones and then running the zeros and ones.', 'start': 1469.088, 'duration': 5.204}, {'end': 1478.817, 'text': 'Instead, these kind of two steps get collapsed into the illusion of one,', 'start': 1474.653, 'duration': 4.164}], 'summary': 'Python is an interpreted language, skipping the compilation step, collapsing two steps into one.', 'duration': 37.964, 'max_score': 1440.853, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1440853.jpg'}, {'end': 1653.698, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1623.756, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 1627.918, 'text': 'Let me go ahead and run a program or write a program called blur.py here.', 'start': 1623.756, 'duration': 4.162}, {'end': 1631.36, 'text': 'And in blur.py in VS Code, let me just do this.', 'start': 1628.518, 'duration': 2.842}, {'end': 1641.388, 'text': 'Let me import from a library, not the CS50 library, but the pillow library, so to speak, a keyword called image and another one called image filter.', 'start': 1632.12, 'duration': 9.268}, {'end': 1647.733, 'text': 'Then let me go ahead and say, let me open the current version of this image, which is called bridge.bmp.', 'start': 1642.188, 'duration': 5.545}, {'end': 1653.698, 'text': 'So the before version of the image will be the result of calling image.open, quote unquote, bridge.bmp.', 'start': 1647.793, 'duration': 5.905}], 'summary': 'Running blur.py program, importing from pillow library, opening bridge.bmp image.', 'duration': 29.942, 'max_score': 1623.756, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1623756.jpg'}, {'end': 1751.259, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1728.39, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1741.276, 'text': "what the world of Python does is it embeds into the string data type or char if you will the ability just to uppercase any char by treating the char or the string as though it's a struct in C.", 'start': 1728.39, 'duration': 12.886}, {'end': 1743.997, 'text': 'Recall that structs encapsulate multiple types of values.', 'start': 1741.276, 'duration': 2.721}, {'end': 1751.259, 'text': 'In object-oriented programming in a language like Python, you can encapsulate not just values, but also functionality.', 'start': 1744.637, 'duration': 6.622}], 'summary': 'Python embeds ability to uppercase char via struct-like behavior.', 'duration': 22.869, 'max_score': 1728.39, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1728390.jpg'}], 'start': 1067.346, 'title': 'Python data types, ranges, cs50 library, and simplified code writing in python', 'summary': 'Introduces python data types, including bools, floats, ints, and strs, and additional data types like ranges, lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets. it covers the cs50 library in python, with an emphasis on simplifying user input processes and leveraging existing code. additionally, it discusses the transition from c to python, highlighting the simpler code writing and execution process, the concept of interpretation versus compilation, and the advantages of using python libraries, with a practical example of implementing a blur filter in python.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1215.861, 'start': 1067.346, 'title': 'Python data types and ranges', 'summary': "Introduces python's data types including bools, floats, ints, and strs, highlighting the features and advantages of each, along with an overview of additional data types like ranges, lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets.", 'duration': 148.515, 'highlights': ['Python has common primitive data types like bools, floats, ints, and strs, with the advantage of ints being able to grow as large as necessary, resolving issues like integer overflow.', 'Python also offers additional data types such as ranges, lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets, each providing specific functionalities and capabilities.', "The string data type in Python is represented as 'str' and offers more capabilities compared to the string data type in C, providing a multitude of automatic functionalities.", 'Python resolves the problem of integer overflow by allowing ints to grow as large as necessary, a problem that is solved by the language itself.']}, {'end': 1359.981, 'start': 1216.562, 'title': 'Introduction to cs50 library in python', 'summary': 'Introduces the cs50 library in python, emphasizing the use of functions like get float, get int, and get string to simplify user input process and the transition to heavy use of libraries to leverage existing code for faster software development.', 'duration': 143.419, 'highlights': ['The chapter introduces the CS50 library in Python, emphasizing the use of functions like get float, get int, and get string to simplify user input process. ', 'The transition to heavy use of libraries to leverage existing code for faster software development. ', "Python supports libraries similar to C, and the process of importing CS50's functions is explained. "]}, {'end': 1751.259, 'start': 1360.481, 'title': 'Python: simplified code writing and execution', 'summary': 'Discusses the transition from c to python, highlighting the simpler process of writing and executing code in python, the concept of interpretation versus compilation, and the advantages of using python libraries, with a practical example of implementing a blur filter in python.', 'duration': 390.778, 'highlights': ['Python simplifies the process of writing and executing code, eliminating the need for a separate compilation step and allowing direct execution of code. Python eliminates the need for a separate compilation step, simplifying the process of writing and executing code. This contrasts with C, where a two-step process involving file creation and compilation is required.', "Python is an interpreted language, allowing the code to be executed directly without manual compilation, which streamlines the development process. Python's interpreted nature means that the code can be executed directly without manual compilation, streamlining the development process by collapsing the traditional two-step approach into a single step.", "Python offers the advantage of using existing libraries, simplifying complex tasks, as demonstrated by the example of implementing a blur filter using the pillow library. Python's use of libraries allows for simplification of complex tasks, as demonstrated by implementing a blur filter using the pillow library, leveraging existing code to achieve the desired functionality."]}], 'duration': 683.913, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1067346.jpg', 'highlights': ['Python resolves integer overflow by allowing ints to grow as large as necessary.', 'Python offers additional data types like ranges, lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets.', "Python's 'str' data type provides a multitude of automatic functionalities compared to C.", 'The chapter introduces the CS50 library in Python, emphasizing the use of functions like get float, get int, and get string to simplify user input process.', 'Python simplifies the process of writing and executing code, eliminating the need for a separate compilation step.', 'Python is an interpreted language, allowing the code to be executed directly without manual compilation, streamlining the development process.', "Python's use of libraries allows for simplification of complex tasks, as demonstrated by implementing a blur filter using the pillow library."]}, {'end': 2248.354, 'segs': [{'end': 1815.388, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1788.033, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1791.314, 'text': 'So instead of using fopen and fwrite, you just say .save.', 'start': 1788.033, 'duration': 3.281}, {'end': 1794.156, 'text': 'And that does all of that messy work for you.', 'start': 1791.475, 'duration': 2.681}, {'end': 1796.918, 'text': "So it's just what? four lines of code total.", 'start': 1794.536, 'duration': 2.382}, {'end': 1799.841, 'text': 'Let me go ahead and go down to my terminal window.', 'start': 1797.358, 'duration': 2.483}, {'end': 1806.889, 'text': 'Let me go ahead and show you with ls that at the moment, sorry, let me not bother showing that because I have other examples to come.', 'start': 1800.281, 'duration': 6.608}, {'end': 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5.867}], 'summary': 'Demonstration of blurring and edge detection using the pillow library for image processing.', 'duration': 41.91, 'max_score': 1887.318, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s1887318.jpg'}, {'end': 2044.553, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2002.463, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2006.205, 'text': 'And that probably took a while, implementing all of those functions in dictionary.c.', 'start': 2002.463, 'duration': 3.742}, {'end': 2012.629, 'text': 'Let me instead now go into a new file called dictionary.py.', 'start': 2006.705, 'duration': 5.924}, {'end': 2019.713, 'text': 'And let me stipulate for the sake of discussion that we already wrote in advance speller.py, which corresponds to speller.c.', 'start': 2012.749, 'duration': 6.964}, {'end': 2021.114, 'text': "You didn't write either of those.", 'start': 2019.894, 'duration': 1.22}, {'end': 2023.436, 'text': 'Recall for problem set 5, we gave you 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using python.', 'duration': 117.167, 'highlights': ['Demonstrates the use of functions inside objects to simplify file operations The chapter shows the usage of functions inside objects to simplify file operations, reducing the code from using fopen and fwrite to just four lines.', "Illustrates the process of opening, filtering, and saving an image file using Python The transcript illustrates the process of opening, filtering, and saving an image file using Python, showcasing the usage of the 'open', 'filter', and 'save' functions for image manipulation."]}, {'end': 2248.354, 'start': 1868.907, 'title': 'Python for image processing and spell checking', 'summary': 'Demonstrates the power of using python for image processing and spell checking, showcasing the simplicity and efficiency of implementing complex functionality with just a few lines of code, such as blurring an image and creating a spell checker.', 'duration': 379.447, 'highlights': ["Python's simplicity and efficiency for 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Well, honestly, for you and I, the programmer,', 'start': 2666.938, 'duration': 2.38}, {'end': 2675.06, 'text': "it's just much easier to one run the code and not worry about the stupid second step of compiling it all the time.", 'start': 2669.318, 'duration': 5.742}], 'summary': "Bytecode serves as an intermediate step for faster code execution, easing the programmer's process.", 'duration': 26.968, 'max_score': 2648.092, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s2648092.jpg'}, {'end': 2880.126, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2851.49, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 2856.594, 'text': "But it's worth calling attention to the fact that I've also simplified further.", 'start': 2851.49, 'duration': 5.104}, {'end': 2858.775, 'text': "It's not just that the individual functions are simpler.", 'start': 2856.634, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 2864.58, 'text': 'What is also now glaringly omitted from my Python code at write, both in this version and the previous version?', 'start': 2858.835, 'duration': 5.745}, {'end': 2866.241, 'text': 'What did I not bother implementing?', 'start': 2864.66, 'duration': 1.581}, {'end': 2869.744, 'text': "Yeah, so I didn't even need to implement main.", 'start': 2867.543, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 2876.005, 'text': "We'll revisit the main function, because having a main function actually does solve problems sometimes, but it's no longer required.", 'start': 2869.824, 'duration': 6.181}, {'end': 2880.126, 'text': 'And see, you have to have that to kickstart the entire process of actually running your code.', 'start': 2876.065, 'duration': 4.061}], 'summary': 'The main function is no longer required in the simplified python code.', 'duration': 28.636, 'max_score': 2851.49, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s2851490.jpg'}, {'end': 2953.136, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2921.075, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 2925.978, 'text': 'Otherwise, no variables are interpolated, that is, substituted with their actual values.', 'start': 2921.075, 'duration': 4.903}, {'end': 2934.442, 'text': 'So if I go back in and add those curly braces to the f string, now let me run Python of hello.py, type in my name, and there we go.', 'start': 2926.418, 'duration': 8.024}, {'end': 2935.502, 'text': "We're back in business.", 'start': 2934.462, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 2937.103, 'text': "Which one's better? I mean, it depends.", 'start': 2935.562, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 2941.686, 'text': 'But generally speaking, making shorter, more concise code tends to be a good thing.', 'start': 2937.203, 'duration': 4.483}, {'end': 2946.088, 'text': 'So stylistically, the f string is probably a reasonable instinct to have.', 'start': 2941.766, 'duration': 4.322}, {'end': 2953.136, 'text': "All right, well, what more can we do besides this? Well, let me go ahead here and let's get rid of the training wheel altogether, actually.", 'start': 2946.488, 'duration': 6.648}], 'summary': 'Using f-strings leads to shorter, more concise code, making it a reasonable instinct to have.', 'duration': 32.061, 'max_score': 2921.075, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s2921075.jpg'}, {'end': 2994.774, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2961.465, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 2964.386, 'text': 'But I can use a function that comes with Python called input.', 'start': 2961.465, 'duration': 2.921}, {'end': 2967.946, 'text': 'And in fact, this is actually a one-for-one substitution, pretty much.', 'start': 2964.766, 'duration': 3.18}, {'end': 2971.187, 'text': "There's really no downside to using input instead of get string.", 'start': 2967.986, 'duration': 3.201}, {'end': 2974.408, 'text': 'We implement get string just for consistency with what you saw and see.', 'start': 2971.487, 'duration': 2.921}, {'end': 2979.129, 'text': "Python of hello.py, what's your name, David, still actually works the same.", 'start': 2975.008, 'duration': 4.121}, {'end': 2981.129, 'text': 'So gone are the CS50-specific training rules.', 'start': 2979.209, 'duration': 1.92}, {'end': 2985.41, 'text': "But we're going to bring them back shortly just to deal with integers or floats or other values too,", 'start': 2981.149, 'duration': 4.261}, {'end': 2988.231, 'text': "because it's going to make our lives a little simpler with error checking.", 'start': 2985.41, 'duration': 2.821}, {'end': 2994.774, 'text': 'All right any questions before we now pivot to revisiting other examples from week one, but now in Python?', 'start': 2988.891, 'duration': 5.883}], 'summary': "Using python's input function is a one-for-one substitution for get string, with no downside. cs50-specific training rules will be revisited shortly for dealing with integers, floats, and other values.", 'duration': 33.309, 'max_score': 2961.465, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s2961465.jpg'}, {'end': 3179.541, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3156.205, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 3165.19, 'text': 'In Python and other languages like JavaScript and in Python Java, you have support for, effectively, what would be called namespaces.', 'start': 3156.205, 'duration': 8.985}, {'end': 3172.155, 'text': 'You can isolate variables and function names to their own namespace, like their own container in memory.', 'start': 3165.23, 'duration': 6.925}, {'end': 3179.541, 'text': 'And what this means is if you import all of CS50, you have to say that the getint you want is inside the CS50 library.', 'start': 3172.755, 'duration': 6.786}], 'summary': 'Python, javascript, and java support namespaces for isolating variables and functions within their own containers in memory.', 'duration': 23.336, 'max_score': 3156.205, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3156205.jpg'}], 'start': 2249.835, 'title': 'Python vs. c comparison', 'summary': 'Compares python and c in terms of performance for a spell checker, real-world problem solving, and simplifying python code, emphasizing trade-offs in development time, execution speed, and practical demonstrations of writing and running python programs for comparison with c code.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2558.334, 'start': 2249.835, 'title': 'C vs python performance', 'summary': 'Discusses the performance comparison between c and python for a spell checker, highlighting the trade-offs in development time and execution speed, and the impact of workload on language choice.', 'duration': 308.499, 'highlights': ["C is much faster to run than Python for spell checking, taking around 3 seconds compared to Python's 10 or 11 seconds, showcasing the execution speed difference. C is much faster to run for spell checking, taking around 3 seconds compared to Python's 10 or 11 seconds, showcasing the execution speed difference.", 'Python is better for the programmer due to faster development, whereas C may be more suitable for dealing with massive data sets or long-term performance needs. Python is better for the programmer due to faster development, whereas C may be more suitable for dealing with massive data sets or long-term performance needs.', 'The choice between C and Python depends on the workload, with C being preferable for large data sets or frequent code execution, while Python could be suitable for smaller, quick projects. The choice between C and Python depends on the workload, with C being preferable for large data sets or frequent code execution, while Python could be suitable for smaller, quick projects.', "Python's interpreter can be optimized for performance by saving intermediate results, reducing the execution time gap between Python and C, showcasing that Python's speed can be improved with optimization. Python's interpreter can be optimized for performance by saving intermediate results, reducing the execution time gap between Python and C, showcasing that Python's speed can be improved with optimization."]}, {'end': 2851.149, 'start': 2558.375, 'title': 'Python vs. c for real-world problem solving', 'summary': "Discusses the advantages of using python over c for real-world problem solving, highlighting python's popularity, ease of use, and abstraction features such as dictionaries and hash tables, as well as the process of compiling python code into bytecode. it also emphasizes the time efficiency and convenience of using python, in contrast to c, for programming tasks, alongside a practical demonstration of writing and running python programs for comparison with c code.", 'duration': 292.774, 'highlights': ["Python's popularity and advantages over C for real-world problem solving Python is among the most popular languages and is preferred for solving real-world problems due to its ease of use and availability of abstractions like dictionaries and hash tables.", 'Process of compiling Python code into bytecode for efficiency Python technically compiles code into bytecode, which saves time and makes it more convenient for programmers to run code without the additional step of recompiling, optimizing for time efficiency and ease of use.', 'Comparison of writing and running Python programs with C code for practical demonstration The chapter includes a practical demonstration of writing and running Python programs alongside C code to showcase the ease and efficiency of Python for programming tasks.']}, {'end': 3219.225, 'start': 2851.49, 'title': 'Simplifying python code and using built-in functions', 'summary': "Highlights the simplification of python code, the elimination of the main function, the use of f strings for interpolation, substitution of cs50 library's get_string function with python's input function, and the concept of namespaces and importing libraries in python.", 'duration': 367.735, 'highlights': ['The elimination of the main function in Python code, which is no longer required and allows for a quicker start to programming without the added overhead or complexity of a main function.', 'The use of f strings for interpolation, providing a more concise and stylistically preferable method for formatting strings in Python.', "The substitution of CS50 library's get_string function with Python's input function, which is a one-for-one substitution and eliminates the need for CS50-specific training wheels.", 'The concept of namespaces in Python, allowing for the isolation of variables and function names to their own namespace, and the flexibility of importing entire libraries or specific functions depending on the requirements.']}], 'duration': 969.39, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s2249835.jpg', 'highlights': ["C is much faster to run than Python for spell checking, taking around 3 seconds compared to Python's 10 or 11 seconds, showcasing the execution speed difference.", "Python's interpreter can be optimized for performance by saving intermediate results, reducing the execution time gap between Python and C, showcasing that Python's speed can be improved with optimization.", 'Python is better for the programmer due to faster development, whereas C may be more suitable for dealing with massive data sets or long-term performance needs.', 'The choice between C and Python depends on the workload, with C being preferable for large data sets or frequent code execution, while Python could be suitable for smaller, quick projects.', "Python's popularity and advantages over C for real-world problem solving Python is among the most popular languages and is preferred for solving real-world problems due to its ease of use and availability of abstractions like dictionaries and hash tables.", 'Process of compiling Python code into bytecode for efficiency Python technically compiles code into bytecode, which saves time and makes it more convenient for programmers to run code without the additional step of recompiling, optimizing for time efficiency and ease of use.', 'The elimination of the main function in Python code, which is no longer required and allows for a quicker start to programming without the added overhead or complexity of a main function.', 'The use of f strings for interpolation, providing a more concise and stylistically preferable method for formatting strings in Python.', "The substitution of CS50 library's get_string function with Python's input function, which is a one-for-one substitution and eliminates the need for CS50-specific training wheels.", 'The concept of namespaces in Python, allowing for the isolation of variables and function names to their own namespace, and the flexibility of importing entire libraries or specific functions depending on the requirements.']}, {'end': 4836.139, 'segs': [{'end': 3325.557, 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something,", 'start': 3410.724, 'duration': 8.645}, {'end': 3420.87, 'text': 'except if something goes wrong.', 'start': 3419.369, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 3425.072, 'text': "And in fact, I'm going to introduce a bit of syntax here, even though we won't have to use this much just yet.", 'start': 3421.35, 'duration': 3.722}], 'summary': 'Exceptions are common in python, javascript, and java. they can occur during code execution and can be handled using try-except blocks.', 'duration': 27.558, 'max_score': 3397.514, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3397514.jpg'}, {'end': 3629.467, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3602.013, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 3605.436, 'text': 'It will give you what? it will give you an integer back.', 'start': 3602.013, 'duration': 3.423}, {'end': 3609.838, 'text': 'And unfortunately, 0.1, the integer part of it, is indeed 0.', 'start': 3605.496, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 3611.699, 'text': 'So this was an example of truncation.', 'start': 3609.838, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 3614.14, 'text': 'So truncation was an issue in C.', 'start': 3611.899, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 3621.003, 'text': 'But it would seem as though this is no longer a problem in Python, insofar as the division operator actually handles that for us.', 'start': 3614.14, 'duration': 6.863}, {'end': 3629.467, 'text': 'As an aside, if you want the old behavior, because it actually is sometimes useful for rounding or flooring values, you can actually use two slashes.', 'start': 3621.463, 'duration': 8.004}], 'summary': 'Truncation issue in c resolved in python with division operator.', 'duration': 27.454, 'max_score': 3602.013, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3602013.jpg'}, {'end': 3892, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3864.692, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3869.373, 'text': 'Well, in Python, let me go ahead and create a file called parity.py.', 'start': 3864.692, 'duration': 4.681}, {'end': 3872.554, 'text': "And let's look for a moment at the C version at left.", 'start': 3869.993, 'duration': 2.561}, {'end': 3876.435, 'text': 'Here was the code in C that we used to determine the parity of a number.', 'start': 3872.874, 'duration': 3.561}, {'end': 3881.157, 'text': 'And really, the key takeaway from all these lines was just the remainder operator.', 'start': 3876.736, 'duration': 4.421}, {'end': 3882.357, 'text': 'And that one is still with us.', 'start': 3881.357, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 3884.698, 'text': 'So this is a simple demonstration just to make that point.', 'start': 3882.397, 'duration': 2.301}, {'end': 3892, 'text': "If in Python I want to determine whether a number is even or odd, well, let's go ahead and from CS50 import get int.", 'start': 3885.118, 'duration': 6.882}], 'summary': 'In python, we demonstrate the use of the remainder operator to determine parity of a number.', 'duration': 27.308, 'max_score': 3864.692, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3864692.jpg'}, {'end': 4022.088, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3995.288, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 4000.61, 'text': "Because if you have a str that's just one character, for all intents and purposes, it is just a single character.", 'start': 3995.288, 'duration': 5.322}, {'end': 4001.911, 'text': "So it's just a simplification.", 'start': 4000.67, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 4002.872, 'text': "You don't have to think as much.", 'start': 4001.931, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 4005.013, 'text': "You don't have to worry about double quotes, single quotes.", 'start': 4003.132, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 4010.696, 'text': "In fact, in Python, you can use double quotes or single quotes so long as you're consistent.", 'start': 4005.053, 'duration': 5.643}, {'end': 4015.802, 'text': "So long as you're consistent, the single quotes do not mean something different like they do in C.", 'start': 4010.957, 'duration': 4.845}, {'end': 4018.144, 'text': "So I'm going to go ahead and use get string here.", 'start': 4015.802, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 4022.088, 'text': 'Although, strictly speaking, I could just use the input function, as we saw before.', 'start': 4018.344, 'duration': 3.744}], 'summary': 'In python, using single or double quotes for strings simplifies coding and reduces the need for consistency with quotes, as in c.', 'duration': 26.8, 'max_score': 3995.288, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3995288.jpg'}, {'end': 4318.758, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4289.423, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 4290.344, 'text': 'Let me summarize.', 'start': 4289.423, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 4294.648, 'text': "Could we handle uppercase and lowercase together in some form? I'm actually doing that already.", 'start': 4290.644, 'duration': 4.004}, {'end': 4296.29, 'text': 'I just have to pick a lane.', 'start': 4295.209, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 4301.094, 'text': 'I have to either be all lowercase in my logic or all uppercase and not worry about what the human types in.', 'start': 4296.41, 'duration': 4.684}, {'end': 4304.717, 'text': "Because no matter what the human types in, I'm forcing their input to lowercase.", 'start': 4301.134, 'duration': 3.583}, {'end': 4308.201, 'text': 'And then I am using a lowercase list of values.', 'start': 4305.018, 'duration': 3.183}, {'end': 4309.362, 'text': 'If I want to flip that, fine.', 'start': 4308.281, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 4310.723, 'text': 'I just have to be self-consistent.', 'start': 4309.402, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 4312.245, 'text': "But I'm handling that already.", 'start': 4311.204, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 4318.758, 'text': 'Yeah? A really good loaded question.', 'start': 4312.405, 'duration': 6.353}], 'summary': 'Handling uppercase and lowercase input, ensuring self-consistency in logic.', 'duration': 29.335, 'max_score': 4289.423, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4289423.jpg'}, {'end': 4353.52, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4328.605, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 4334.329, 'text': "Not only do they have functions built into them, because strings are now what we call objects in what's called object-oriented programming.", 'start': 4328.605, 'duration': 5.724}, {'end': 4336.651, 'text': "And we're going to keep seeing examples of this dot operator.", 'start': 4334.349, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 4339.193, 'text': 'They are also immutable, so to speak.', 'start': 4336.971, 'duration': 2.222}, {'end': 4343.696, 'text': 'I-M-M-U-T-A-B-L-E Immutable means they cannot be changed.', 'start': 4339.493, 'duration': 4.203}, {'end': 4348.498, 'text': "which means unlike C, you can't go into a string and change its individual characters.", 'start': 4343.956, 'duration': 4.542}, {'end': 4353.52, 'text': "You can make a copy of the string that makes a change, but you can't change the original string itself.", 'start': 4348.838, 'duration': 4.682}], 'summary': 'Strings in object-oriented programming are immutable, meaning they cannot be changed like in c.', 'duration': 24.915, 'max_score': 4328.605, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4328605.jpg'}, {'end': 4399.234, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4363.385, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 4368.307, 'text': 'Python underneath the hood is handling all of the memory management and the pointers and all of that.', 'start': 4363.385, 'duration': 4.922}, {'end': 4371.352, 'text': 'There are no pointers in Python.', 'start': 4368.587, 'duration': 2.765}, {'end': 4379.244, 'text': "If that wasn't clear, all of that pain, if you will, all of that power is now handled by the language itself, not by us, the programmers.", 'start': 4371.472, 'duration': 7.772}, {'end': 4384.311, 'text': "All right, so let's introduce maybe some loops like we've been in the habit of doing.", 'start': 4380.27, 'duration': 4.041}, {'end': 4389.472, 'text': 'Let me open up meow.c, which was an example in C, just meowing a bunch of times textually.', 'start': 4384.331, 'duration': 5.141}, {'end': 4392.413, 'text': 'Let me create a file called meow.py here on the right.', 'start': 4389.812, 'duration': 2.601}, {'end': 4396.774, 'text': 'And notice on the left, this was correct code in C, but it was kind of poorly designed.', 'start': 4392.793, 'duration': 3.981}, {'end': 4399.234, 'text': 'Why? Because it was a missed opportunity for a loop.', 'start': 4396.814, 'duration': 2.42}], 'summary': 'Python handles memory management and pointers, eliminating programmer burden.', 'duration': 35.849, 'max_score': 4363.385, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4363385.jpg'}, {'end': 4618.258, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4590.586, 'weight': 10, 'content': [{'end': 4593.227, 'text': 'So in C, this is functionality you get for free.', 'start': 4590.586, 'duration': 2.641}, {'end': 4594.407, 'text': 'You have to have a main function.', 'start': 4593.267, 'duration': 1.14}, {'end': 4597.308, 'text': 'But heck, so long as you make it, it will be called for you.', 'start': 4594.447, 'duration': 2.861}, {'end': 4602.951, 'text': 'In Python, this is just a convention to create a main function, borrowing a very common name for it.', 'start': 4597.649, 'duration': 5.302}, {'end': 4605.992, 'text': 'But if you want to call that main function, you have to do it.', 'start': 4603.171, 'duration': 2.821}, {'end': 4609.934, 'text': 'So this looks a little weird, admittedly, that you have to call your own main function now.', 'start': 4606.292, 'duration': 3.642}, {'end': 4611.915, 'text': 'And it has to be at the bottom of the file,', 'start': 4609.974, 'duration': 1.941}, {'end': 4618.258, 'text': 'because only once the interpreter gets to the bottom of the file have all of your functions been defined higher up.', 'start': 4611.915, 'duration': 6.343}], 'summary': 'In python, you need to call the main function, unlike in c where it is called automatically.', 'duration': 27.672, 'max_score': 4590.586, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4590586.jpg'}], 'start': 3219.225, 'title': 'Python programming fundamentals', 'summary': 'Covers python programming fundamentals including type conversion, exceptions, division behavior, syntax, examples, implementation, string manipulation, memory management, and loops. it demonstrates concise code examples and the simplification of program implementation.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3701.059, 'start': 3219.225, 'title': 'Python calculator: type conversion, exceptions, and division', 'summary': 'Explores type conversion using int and float functions, handling exceptions with try-except blocks, and the behavior of division in python, including handling of truncation and floating point imprecision.', 'duration': 481.834, 'highlights': ["Python's int function allows for type conversion from string to integer, resolving the issue of interpreting variables as strings and performing concatenation instead of mathematical addition. Python's int function resolves the issue of interpreting variables as strings and performing concatenation instead of mathematical addition, allowing for accurate mathematical operations.", 'Handling exceptions with try-except blocks in Python enables the detection of errors during runtime, providing a mechanism to gracefully handle unexpected input or behaviors. Handling exceptions with try-except blocks in Python enables the detection of errors during runtime, providing a mechanism to gracefully handle unexpected input or behaviors, enhancing the robustness of the code.', "Python's division operator automatically handles truncation, providing a more sensible default behavior than in C, and the // operator can be used to achieve the old behavior if needed. Python's division operator automatically handles truncation, providing a more sensible default behavior than in C, and the // operator can be used to achieve the old behavior if needed, demonstrating the enhanced functionality of Python's division operations."]}, {'end': 3930.363, 'start': 3701.059, 'title': 'Python syntax and examples', 'summary': 'Discusses python syntax, including commenting and control flow, and demonstrates how python code is more concise with examples of code reduction from 24 to 10 lines and a comparison of determining the parity of a number in c and python.', 'duration': 229.304, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses Python syntax, including commenting and control flow, and demonstrates how Python code is more concise with examples of code reduction from 24 to 10 lines.', 'In Python, the code is much tighter, using 10 total lines compared to 24 lines in C, as it involves throwing away a lot of syntax such as curly braces, parentheses, and semicolons.', 'The chapter compares the process of determining the parity of a number in C and Python, highlighting the use of the remainder operator and the code reduction in Python compared to C.']}, {'end': 4362.864, 'start': 3930.743, 'title': 'Python implementation and string manipulation', 'summary': 'Discusses the implementation of python programs for parity checking and interactive prompts, emphasizing the simplification of code and string manipulation. key points include the use of python for parity checking, implementation of interactive prompts, handling of uppercase and lowercase inputs, and the immutability of strings in python.', 'duration': 432.121, 'highlights': ["The chapter discusses the implementation of Python programs for parity checking and interactive prompts. The chapter covers the implementation of Python programs for parity checking and interactive prompts, showcasing Python's ability to simplify code compared to C and introduce interactive user prompts.", 'Emphasizes the simplification of code and string manipulation. The discussion emphasizes the simplification of code using Python, reducing the number of lines needed for implementation and showcasing string manipulation techniques to achieve the desired functionality.', 'Handling of uppercase and lowercase inputs in Python. The chapter demonstrates the handling of uppercase and lowercase inputs in Python, emphasizing the need for consistency in dealing with user inputs and the use of built-in functions to achieve this, such as the lower() function.', 'The immutability of strings in Python is discussed. The chapter explains the immutability of strings in Python, highlighting that strings cannot be changed directly and any modifications result in the creation of a new string, providing a protective mechanism against unintended changes.']}, {'end': 4836.139, 'start': 4363.385, 'title': 'Python memory management and loops', 'summary': "Discusses python's memory management, the introduction of loops, and the concept of main function in python. it highlights the improvement of code design using loops, the introduction of functions, and the necessity of calling the main function in python.", 'duration': 472.754, 'highlights': ["Python's memory management and the absence of pointers handle the memory management and the power of the language itself. Python handles memory management and pointers internally, eliminating the need for programmers to manage them.", 'The improvement of code design using loops, with an example of meowing three times in C and the better version using a loop in Python. The example of meowing three times in C was poorly designed, but in Python, using a loop reduces the code to just two lines, improving its design.', 'The introduction of a function called main to ensure the logical beginning of the program and the necessity of calling the main function in Python. Introducing a main function in Python ensures the logical start of the program and the need to call the main function explicitly at the bottom of the file.']}], 'duration': 1616.914, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s3219225.jpg', 'highlights': ["Python's int function resolves the issue of interpreting variables as strings and performing concatenation instead of mathematical addition, allowing for accurate mathematical operations.", 'Handling exceptions with try-except blocks in Python enables the detection of errors during runtime, providing a mechanism to gracefully handle unexpected input or behaviors, enhancing the robustness of the code.', "Python's division operator automatically handles truncation, providing a more sensible default behavior than in C, and the // operator can be used to achieve the old behavior if needed, demonstrating the enhanced functionality of Python's division operations.", 'The chapter compares the process of determining the parity of a number in C and Python, highlighting the use of the remainder operator and the code reduction in Python compared to C.', "The chapter covers the implementation of Python programs for parity checking and interactive prompts, showcasing Python's ability to simplify code compared to C and introduce interactive user prompts.", 'The discussion emphasizes the simplification of code using Python, reducing the number of lines needed for implementation and showcasing string manipulation techniques to achieve the desired functionality.', 'The chapter demonstrates the handling of uppercase and lowercase inputs in Python, emphasizing the need for consistency in dealing with user inputs and the use of built-in functions to achieve this, such as the lower() function.', 'The chapter explains the immutability of strings in Python, highlighting that strings cannot be changed directly and any modifications result in the creation of a new string, providing a protective mechanism against unintended changes.', 'Python handles memory management and pointers internally, eliminating the need for programmers to manage them.', 'The example of meowing three times in C was poorly designed, but in Python, using a loop reduces the code to just two lines, improving its design.', 'Introducing a main function in Python ensures the logical start of the program and the need to call the main function explicitly at the bottom of the file.']}, {'end': 5403.767, 'segs': [{'end': 4872.421, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4836.239, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4840.942, 'text': "So if you weren't a big fan, over the past couple of weeks, of malloc or free,", 'start': 4836.239, 'duration': 4.703}, {'end': 4846.586, 'text': 'or memory or addresses or all of those low-level implementation details, Python is the language for you,', 'start': 4840.942, 'duration': 5.644}, {'end': 4849.008, 'text': 'because all of that is handled for you automatically.', 'start': 4846.586, 'duration': 2.422}, {'end': 4849.428, 'text': 'Java does the same.', 'start': 4849.028, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 4850.229, 'text': 'JavaScript does the same.', 'start': 4849.448, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 4857.814, 'text': 'Yeah?. If you set up a little variable and you put it before the main function, you usually define it before the main function, right?', 'start': 4850.249, 'duration': 7.565}, {'end': 4862.517, 'text': "So if there isn't a main function in Python, how do we?", 'start': 4857.954, 'duration': 4.563}, {'end': 4867.278, 'text': "How do you define a global variable if there's no main function in Python?", 'start': 4864.696, 'duration': 2.582}, {'end': 4871.341, 'text': 'Global variables, by definition, always need to be outside of main as well.', 'start': 4867.538, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 4872.421, 'text': "So that's not a problem.", 'start': 4871.421, 'duration': 1}], 'summary': 'Python, java, and javascript handle memory allocation automatically, and global variables are defined outside of the main function.', 'duration': 36.182, 'max_score': 4836.239, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4836239.jpg'}, {'end': 5076.85, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5052.28, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 5059.406, 'text': 'And then if that is what you want, like a number greater than 0, go ahead and break out of the loop.', 'start': 5052.28, 'duration': 7.126}, {'end': 5065.187, 'text': 'So this is how, in Python, you could recreate the idea of a do-while loop.', 'start': 5060.146, 'duration': 5.041}, {'end': 5067.208, 'text': 'You deliberately induce an infinite loop.', 'start': 5065.507, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 5068.908, 'text': "So something's going to happen at least once.", 'start': 5067.248, 'duration': 1.66}, {'end': 5074.129, 'text': 'Then if you get the answer you want, you break out of it, effectively achieving the same logic.', 'start': 5069.348, 'duration': 4.781}, {'end': 5076.85, 'text': 'So this is the Pythonic way of doing a do-while loop.', 'start': 5074.189, 'duration': 2.661}], 'summary': 'Recreate do-while loop in python, achieving same logic with a number greater than 0.', 'duration': 24.57, 'max_score': 5052.28, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5052280.jpg'}, {'end': 5212.937, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5178.706, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 5179.888, 'text': 'But notice the indentation.', 'start': 5178.706, 'duration': 1.182}, {'end': 5181.31, 'text': 'In the world of C.', 'start': 5180.268, 'duration': 1.042}, {'end': 5189.903, 'text': 'if we had declared a variable inside of a loop on line 9, it would have been scoped to that loop, which means as soon as you get out of that loop,', 'start': 5181.31, 'duration': 8.593}, {'end': 5193.007, 'text': 'like further down in the program, n would not exist.', 'start': 5189.903, 'duration': 3.104}, {'end': 5195.571, 'text': 'It would be local to the curly braces therein.', 'start': 5193.288, 'duration': 2.283}, {'end': 5204.434, 'text': 'Here, logically, curly braces are gone, but the indentation makes clear that n is still inside of this loop between lines 8 through 11.', 'start': 5196.232, 'duration': 8.202}, {'end': 5207.055, 'text': 'But n is actually still in scope in Python.', 'start': 5204.434, 'duration': 2.621}, {'end': 5212.937, 'text': 'The moment you create a variable in Python, for better or for worse, it is available everywhere within that function,', 'start': 5207.375, 'duration': 5.562}], 'summary': 'In python, variables remain in scope even outside loops, unlike in c.', 'duration': 34.231, 'max_score': 5178.706, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5178706.jpg'}, {'end': 5312.591, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5280.653, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 5282.374, 'text': 'There we go, height 3.', 'start': 5280.653, 'duration': 1.721}, {'end': 5283.635, 'text': 'Now it seems to be working.', 'start': 5282.374, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 5288.759, 'text': "So let's do one last thing with Mario just to tie together that idea now of exceptions from before.", 'start': 5283.755, 'duration': 5.004}, {'end': 5296.664, 'text': "Again, exceptions are a feature of Python whereby you can try to do something, and if there's a problem, you can handle it in any way you see fit.", 'start': 5288.879, 'duration': 7.785}, {'end': 5299.805, 'text': "Previously, I handled it by just yelling at the user that that's not an int.", 'start': 5296.704, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 5303.907, 'text': "But let's actually use this to re-implement CS50's own getInt function.", 'start': 5300.165, 'duration': 3.742}, {'end': 5306.708, 'text': "Let me throw away CS50's getInt function.", 'start': 5304.347, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 5312.591, 'text': 'And now let me go ahead and replace getInt with input.', 'start': 5307.248, 'duration': 5.343}], 'summary': "Using exceptions in python to handle errors and re-implement cs50's getint function with input.", 'duration': 31.938, 'max_score': 5280.653, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5280653.jpg'}], 'start': 4836.239, 'title': 'Python memory management and mario.py implementation', 'summary': 'Covers python memory management, addressing global variables without a main function and the implementation of mario.py, including user input, exception handling, and do-while loops, highlighting the differences in variable scope between python and c and the pythonic way of implementing do-while loops.', 'chapters': [{'end': 4893.815, 'start': 4836.239, 'title': 'Python and global variables', 'summary': 'Discusses the handling of memory and addresses in python, and how global variables are defined without a main function, highlighting the automatic memory management in python and the handling of global variables outside the main function.', 'duration': 57.576, 'highlights': ['Python and Java handle memory and addresses automatically, making them suitable for those who are not fans of low-level implementation details.', 'Global variables in Python are defined outside of the main function, as there is no main function in Python.', 'Functions can be defined outside the main function in Python, and variables can be declared as global, with some caveats on access.']}, {'end': 5403.767, 'start': 4893.835, 'title': 'Implementing mario.py in python', 'summary': 'Discusses the implementation of mario.py in python, covering user input, handling exceptions, and the concept of do-while loops, and highlights the pythonic way of implementing a do-while loop, the difference in variable scope between python and c, and the use of exceptions in python to handle user input.', 'duration': 509.932, 'highlights': ["The Pythonic way of implementing a do-while loop Deliberately induce an infinite loop with 'while true' and break out of the loop when the desired condition is met, effectively achieving the same logic as a do-while loop.", 'Difference in variable scope between Python and C In Python, variables created within loops or conditionals remain in scope within the function itself, even outside of the loop in which they were defined, unlike in C where variables would be scoped to the curly braces wherein they were defined.', "Use of exceptions in Python to handle user input Exceptions in Python allow the handling of errors when receiving user input, enabling the program to handle problems in any way the developer sees fit, such as re-implementing getInt function from CS50's library using input and casting it to an int."]}], 'duration': 567.528, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s4836239.jpg', 'highlights': ['Global variables in Python are defined outside of the main function, as there is no main function in Python.', 'Difference in variable scope between Python and C In Python, variables created within loops or conditionals remain in scope within the function itself, even outside of the loop in which they were defined, unlike in C where variables would be scoped to the curly braces wherein they were defined.', "Use of exceptions in Python to handle user input Exceptions in Python allow the handling of errors when receiving user input, enabling the program to handle problems in any way the developer sees fit, such as re-implementing getInt function from CS50's library using input and casting it to an int.", "The Pythonic way of implementing a do-while loop Deliberately induce an infinite loop with 'while true' and break out of the loop when the desired condition is met, effectively achieving the same logic as a do-while loop.", 'Functions can be defined outside the main function in Python, and variables can be declared as global, with some caveats on access.', 'Python and Java handle memory and addresses automatically, making them suitable for those who are not fans of low-level implementation details.']}, {'end': 6064.938, 'segs': [{'end': 5432.028, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5403.807, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 5408.371, 'text': "So what do I want to do? I'm going to go in here, and I'm going to say try to do the following.", 'start': 5403.807, 'duration': 4.564}, {'end': 5417.241, 'text': "Whoops, Try to do the following, except if there's a value error.", 'start': 5409.718, 'duration': 7.523}, {'end': 5420.822, 'text': 'then go ahead and say something like well, like before print.', 'start': 5417.241, 'duration': 3.581}, {'end': 5423.503, 'text': "that's not an integer exclamation point.", 'start': 5420.822, 'duration': 2.681}, {'end': 5428.785, 'text': "But the difference this time is because I'm in a loop, the user is going to have a chance to recover from this issue.", 'start': 5423.823, 'duration': 4.962}, {'end': 5432.028, 'text': 'So if I run mario.py, 3 still works as before.', 'start': 5429.185, 'duration': 2.843}], 'summary': 'In a loop, mario.py allows user to recover from value error.', 'duration': 28.221, 'max_score': 5403.807, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5403807.jpg'}, {'end': 5580.852, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5554.227, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 5562.076, 'text': 'In Python, you have not only positional arguments, where you just separate them by commas to give one or two or three or more arguments.', 'start': 5554.227, 'duration': 7.849}, {'end': 5567.782, 'text': 'There are also named arguments, which looks weird but is helpful for reasons like this.', 'start': 5562.737, 'duration': 5.045}, {'end': 5574.35, 'text': 'If you read the documentation, you will see that there is a named argument that Python accepts called end.', 'start': 5568.363, 'duration': 5.987}, {'end': 5580.852, 'text': 'And if you set that equal to something that will be used as the end of every line, instead of the default,', 'start': 5574.87, 'duration': 5.982}], 'summary': 'Python allows both positional and named arguments for flexibility and customization.', 'duration': 26.625, 'max_score': 5554.227, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5554227.jpg'}, {'end': 5645.359, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5617.147, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 5620.308, 'text': 'And this is just one example of an argument that has a name.', 'start': 5617.147, 'duration': 3.161}, {'end': 5626.21, 'text': 'But this is a common paradigm in Python 2, to not just separate things by commas, but to be very specific.', 'start': 5621.048, 'duration': 5.162}, {'end': 5630.552, 'text': 'Because the print function might take 5, 10, even 20 different arguments.', 'start': 5626.25, 'duration': 4.302}, {'end': 5635.575, 'text': "And my god, if you had to enumerate like 10 or 20 commas, you're going to screw up.", 'start': 5630.852, 'duration': 4.723}, {'end': 5636.995, 'text': "You're going to get things in the wrong order.", 'start': 5635.615, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 5640.457, 'text': 'Named arguments allow you to be resilient against that.', 'start': 5637.475, 'duration': 2.982}, {'end': 5645.359, 'text': "So you only specify arguments by name, and it doesn't matter what order they are in.", 'start': 5640.497, 'duration': 4.862}], 'summary': 'Named arguments in python 2 prevent errors with multiple arguments by allowing specification by name.', 'duration': 28.212, 'max_score': 5617.147, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5617147.jpg'}, {'end': 5969.013, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5934.852, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 5936.452, 'text': 'even more so than the speller example.', 'start': 5934.852, 'duration': 1.6}, {'end': 5939.734, 'text': 'But how do you go about figuring out what functions exist?', 'start': 5936.873, 'duration': 2.861}, {'end': 5944.536, 'text': "If you didn't hear it in class, you don't see it online, but you want to see it officially.", 'start': 5939.774, 'duration': 4.762}, {'end': 5947.938, 'text': 'you can go to the Python documentation docs.python.org here.', 'start': 5944.536, 'duration': 3.402}, {'end': 5952.44, 'text': 'And I will disclaim that, honestly, the Python documentation is not terribly user friendly.', 'start': 5948.378, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 5954.301, 'text': 'Google will often be your friend.', 'start': 5952.82, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 5962.167, 'text': "So Googling something you're interested in to find your way to the appropriate page on python.org or stackoverflow.com is another popular website.", 'start': 5954.341, 'duration': 7.826}, {'end': 5969.013, 'text': "As always, though, the line should be Googling things like, how do I convert a string to lowercase? Like, that's reasonable to Google.", 'start': 5962.548, 'duration': 6.465}], 'summary': 'Access python documentation for functions, use google to find information, and aim for specific queries.', 'duration': 34.161, 'max_score': 5934.852, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5934852.jpg'}], 'start': 5403.807, 'title': 'Python error handling and print function', 'summary': "Covers error handling using try-except blocks in python to catch and handle errors, providing examples of detecting and recovering from value errors in a loop. it also explains named arguments in the print function, allowing users to change the default line ending and override it to display multiple elements on the same line, and discusses the use of python's documentation for finding built-in functions and methods.", 'chapters': [{'end': 5502.495, 'start': 5403.807, 'title': 'Handling errors in python', 'summary': 'Demonstrates using try-except blocks in python to catch and handle errors, providing examples of detecting and recovering from value errors in a loop, and exploring the concept of exceptions and printing without new lines.', 'duration': 98.688, 'highlights': ['The chapter demonstrates using try-except blocks to catch and handle errors, with examples of detecting and recovering from value errors in a loop.', 'The program allows users to recover from errors, such as typing in a non-integer, by catching the value error using specific lines of code.', "The chapter explores the concept of exceptions in Python, showing how to detect errors that would otherwise end up on the user's screen.", "The example program detects and handles errors, such as typing 'cat' or 'cat dog', by catching the value error and preventing the program from crashing.", 'The transcript also highlights the exploration of printing without new lines in Python, demonstrating the problem with automatic new line printing and presenting a simpler program to create a specific output.']}, {'end': 6064.938, 'start': 5503.016, 'title': 'Python print function and named arguments', 'summary': "Explains the use of named arguments in the print function in python, allowing users to change the default line ending and override it to display multiple elements on the same line, demonstrating the efficiency of python's print function and the use of named arguments to simplify and enhance the code. it also discusses the use of python's documentation for finding built-in functions and methods.", 'duration': 561.922, 'highlights': ["The print function in Python takes in multiple arguments, including named arguments like 'end', which can be used to change the default line ending. The print function in Python can take multiple arguments, including named arguments like 'end', which can be used to change the default line ending, allowing for the display of multiple elements on the same line.", "The use of named arguments in Python's print function allows for resilience against errors when specifying arguments, making the code more readable and efficient. Named arguments in Python's print function provide resilience against errors when specifying arguments, making the code more readable and efficient.", 'The multiply operator in Python can be used to concatenate elements multiple times, simplifying code and making it more succinct. The multiply operator in Python can be used to concatenate elements multiple times, simplifying code and making it more succinct.', "Python's documentation is a resource for finding built-in functions and methods, providing information on their usage and functionality. Python's documentation serves as a resource for finding built-in functions and methods, providing information on their usage and functionality."]}], 'duration': 661.131, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s5403807.jpg', 'highlights': ['The chapter demonstrates using try-except blocks to catch and handle errors, with examples of detecting and recovering from value errors in a loop.', 'The program allows users to recover from errors, such as typing in a non-integer, by catching the value error using specific lines of code.', "The use of named arguments in Python's print function allows for resilience against errors when specifying arguments, making the code more readable and efficient.", "Python's documentation serves as a resource for finding built-in functions and methods, providing information on their usage and functionality.", "The print function in Python takes in multiple arguments, including named arguments like 'end', which can be used to change the default line ending, allowing for the display of multiple elements on the same line."]}, {'end': 8625.115, 'segs': [{'end': 6183.399, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6156.607, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 6161.389, 'text': 'Turns out, in Python, you can just say sum of scores divided by the length of scores.', 'start': 6156.607, 'duration': 4.782}, {'end': 6162.77, 'text': "That's going to give me my average.", 'start': 6161.53, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 6166.132, 'text': 'So sum is a function that takes a list, in this case, as input.', 'start': 6163.13, 'duration': 3.002}, {'end': 6169.613, 'text': 'And it just does the sum for you with a for loop or whatever underneath the hood.', 'start': 6166.192, 'duration': 3.421}, {'end': 6174.976, 'text': 'Leng gives you the length of the list, how many things are in it, so I can dynamically figure that out.', 'start': 6170.093, 'duration': 4.883}, {'end': 6183.399, 'text': 'Now let me go ahead and print out, using print, the word average and then In curly braces, the actual average, close quote.', 'start': 6175.336, 'duration': 8.063}], 'summary': 'In python, calculating the average of scores using sum and len functions.', 'duration': 26.792, 'max_score': 6156.607, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s6156607.jpg'}, {'end': 6326.78, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 6237.734, 'weight': 0.732, 'content': [{'end': 6247.399, 'text': "How about three of them in total? So for i in range of 3, let's go ahead and grab a score from the user using get int, asking them for score.", 'start': 6237.734, 'duration': 9.665}, {'end': 6254.403, 'text': "And then let's go ahead and append to the scores a list that particular score.", 'start': 6248.019, 'duration': 6.384}, {'end': 6261.129, 'text': 'So it turns out that a list, and I could read the Python documentation to confirm as much, lists have a function built into them.', 'start': 6254.924, 'duration': 6.205}, {'end': 6266.274, 'text': "And functions built into objects are generally known as methods, if you've heard that term before.", 'start': 6261.33, 'duration': 4.944}, {'end': 6273.14, 'text': 'Same idea, but whereas a function kind of stands on its own, a method is a function built into an object, like a list here.', 'start': 6266.654, 'duration': 6.486}, {'end': 6274.882, 'text': "That's going to achieve the same result.", 'start': 6273.601, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 6276.943, 'text': "Strictly speaking, I don't need the variable.", 'start': 6275.262, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 6280.306, 'text': 'Just like in C, I could tighten this up and do something like this as well.', 'start': 6276.983, 'duration': 3.323}, {'end': 6281.387, 'text': "But I don't know.", 'start': 6280.766, 'duration': 0.621}, {'end': 6282.447, 'text': 'I kind of like it this way.', 'start': 6281.487, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 6287.391, 'text': "It's more clear, to me at least, that what I'm doing here, getting the score and then appending it to the list.", 'start': 6282.487, 'duration': 4.904}, {'end': 6289.413, 'text': 'Now the rest of the code can stay the same.', 'start': 6287.952, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 6291.134, 'text': 'Python of scores.py.', 'start': 6289.653, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 6294.797, 'text': 'Score will be 72, 73, 33.', 'start': 6291.634, 'duration': 3.163}, {'end': 6295.637, 'text': 'And I get back the math.', 'start': 6294.797, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 6298.579, 'text': "But now the program's a little more dynamic, which is nice.", 'start': 6295.677, 'duration': 2.902}, {'end': 6301.762, 'text': "But there's other syntax I could use here, just so you've seen it.", 'start': 6299, 'duration': 2.762}, {'end': 6310.848, 'text': "Python does have some neat syntactic tricks whereby if you don't want to do scores.append, you can actually say scores plus equals this score.", 'start': 6302.162, 'duration': 8.686}, {'end': 6315.411, 'text': 'So you can actually concatenate lists together in Python too.', 'start': 6311.469, 'duration': 3.942}, {'end': 6320.775, 'text': 'Just as we use plus to join two strings together, you can use plus to join two lists together.', 'start': 6315.812, 'duration': 4.963}, {'end': 6326.78, 'text': "The catch is, you need to put the one score I'm adding here in a list of its own, which is kind of silly,", 'start': 6320.795, 'duration': 5.985}], 'summary': 'Python program dynamically appends scores to a list, using range and methods for 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to join two strings together, you can use plus to join two lists together.', 'start': 6315.812, 'duration': 4.963}, {'end': 6326.78, 'text': "The catch is, you need to put the one score I'm adding here in a list of its own, which is kind of silly,", 'start': 6320.795, 'duration': 5.985}], 'summary': 'Python allows concatenating lists using the += operator, making the program more dynamic.', 'duration': 31.983, 'max_score': 6294.797, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s6294797.jpg'}, {'end': 6404.834, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6377.055, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 6383.84, 'text': 'And then let me go ahead and say after, just to demonstrate some changes uppercasing to this string.', 'start': 6377.055, 'duration': 6.785}, {'end': 6387.502, 'text': 'Let me change my line ending to be that using our new trick.', 'start': 6385.12, 'duration': 2.382}, {'end': 6391.085, 'text': 'And this is where things get cool in Python, relatively speaking.', 'start': 6388.022, 'duration': 3.063}, {'end': 6397.849, 'text': 'If I want to iterate over all of the characters in a string and print them out in uppercase, one way to do that would be this.', 'start': 6391.585, 'duration': 6.264}, {'end': 6404.834, 'text': 'For C in the before string, go ahead and print out C dot uppercase.', 'start': 6398.27, 'duration': 6.564}], 'summary': 'Demonstrated changes in a string, and iterating over characters to print them in uppercase.', 'duration': 27.779, 'max_score': 6377.055, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s6377055.jpg'}, {'end': 6694.189, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6669.233, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 6675.678, 'text': "So the only thing that's new here is we're importing argv from sys and we're using this fancy f string format, which kind of, to your point too,", 'start': 6669.233, 'duration': 6.445}, {'end': 6678.46, 'text': "it's putting 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Now I get hello, David.', 'start': 6687.947, 'duration': 4.642}, {'end': 6694.189, 'text': "So there's one curiosity here.", 'start': 6692.729, 'duration': 1.46}, {'end': 6701.613, 'text': 'Python is not included in argv, whereas in C, dot slash whatever was the first thing.', 'start': 6694.81, 'duration': 6.803}, {'end': 6709.857, 'text': 'The analog in Python is that the name of your Python program is the first thing in bracket 0, which is why David is in bracket 1.', 'start': 6702.233, 'duration': 7.624}, {'end': 6712.298, 'text': 'The word Python does not appear in Python.', 'start': 6709.857, 'duration': 2.441}, {'end': 6715.668, 'text': 'the argv list, just to be clear.', 'start': 6713.226, 'duration': 2.442}, {'end': 6720.491, 'text': 'But otherwise, the idea of these arguments is exactly the same as before.', 'start': 6715.708, 'duration': 4.783}, {'end': 6725.615, 'text': 'And in fact, what you can do, which is kind of cool, is because argv is a list, you can do things like this.', 'start': 6720.772, 'duration': 4.843}, {'end': 6730.559, 'text': 'For arg in argv, go ahead and print out each argument.', 'start': 6725.735, 'duration': 4.824}, {'end': 6736.943, 'text': "So instead of using a for loop and i and all of this, if I do Python of argv enter, it just writes the program's name.", 'start': 6730.939, 'duration': 6.004}, {'end': 6741.846, 'text': 'If I do Python of argv foo, it puts argv.py and foo.', 'start': 6737.383, 'duration': 4.463}, {'end': 6746.449, 'text': 'If I do, sorry, if I do foo and bar, those words all print out.', 'start': 6741.946, 'duration': 4.503}, {'end': 6748.69, 'text': 'If I do foo, bar, baz, those print out too.', 'start': 6746.489, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 6754.874, 'text': "And foo and bar or baz are like a mathematician's x and y and z for a computer scientist when you just need some placeholder words.", 'start': 6748.75, 'duration': 6.124}, {'end': 6756.155, 'text': 'So this is just nice.', 'start': 6755.194, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 6758.016, 'text': 'It reads a little more like English.', 'start': 6756.515, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 6759.817, 'text': 'And a for loop is just much more concise.', 'start': 6758.056, 'duration': 1.761}], 'summary': 'Python argv and f-string usage for command line arguments, with iteration over argv list for concise handling.', 'duration': 90.584, 'max_score': 6669.233, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s6669233.jpg'}, {'end': 7060.04, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7032.373, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 7034.954, 'text': "Else, if we get down here, let's just say print not found.", 'start': 7032.373, 'duration': 2.581}, {'end': 7039.376, 'text': "And then we'll sys exit with 1.", 'start': 7035.354, 'duration': 4.022}, {'end': 7041.556, 'text': 'So this is where Python starts to get powerful again.', 'start': 7039.376, 'duration': 2.18}, {'end': 7042.637, 'text': "Here's your list.", 'start': 7041.917, 'duration': 0.72}, {'end': 7046.017, 'text': "Here is your loop that's doing all of the checking for you.", 'start': 7043.297, 'duration': 2.72}, {'end': 7048.038, 'text': "Underneath the hood, Python's going to use linear search.", 'start': 7046.037, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 7049.538, 'text': "You don't have to implement it yourself.", 'start': 7048.178, 'duration': 1.36}, {'end': 7050.758, 'text': 'No while loop, no for loop.', 'start': 7049.598, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 7052.219, 'text': 'You just ask a question.', 'start': 7050.998, 'duration': 1.221}, {'end': 7055.899, 'text': 'If 0 is in numbers, then do the following.', 'start': 7052.359, 'duration': 3.54}, {'end': 7060.04, 'text': "So that's one feature we now get with Python and get to throw away a lot of that code.", 'start': 7056.259, 'duration': 3.781}], 'summary': "Python's power: automatic linear search, simplifying code, no need for loops.", 'duration': 27.667, 'max_score': 7032.373, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s7032373.jpg'}, {'end': 7154.935, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7124.387, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 7127.568, 'text': "But we don't need to deal with all of the mechanics of it.", 'start': 7124.387, 'duration': 3.181}, {'end': 7130.39, 'text': "All right, let's take things one step further.", 'start': 7128.228, 'duration': 2.162}, {'end': 7136.897, 'text': 'In week three, we also implemented the idea of a phone book that actually associated keys with values.', 'start': 7130.53, 'duration': 6.367}, {'end': 7143.203, 'text': 'But remember the phone book in C was kind of a hack, right? Because we first had two arrays, one with names, one with numbers.', 'start': 7136.937, 'duration': 6.266}, {'end': 7147.067, 'text': 'Then we introduced structs, and so we gave you a person structure.', 'start': 7143.624, 'duration': 3.443}, {'end': 7148.709, 'text': 'And then we had an array of persons.', 'start': 7147.087, 'duration': 1.622}, {'end': 7154.935, 'text': 'You can do this in Python using objects and things called classes.', 'start': 7150.971, 'duration': 3.964}], 'summary': 'Implemented phone book with keys and values in week three, using structs in c and objects in python.', 'duration': 30.548, 'max_score': 7124.387, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s7124387.jpg'}, {'end': 7516.233, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7485.698, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 7488.779, 'text': 'But using CSV files, comma separated values.', 'start': 7485.698, 'duration': 3.081}, {'end': 7495.422, 'text': 'maybe we could 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'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s7485698.jpg'}, {'end': 8149.5, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 7969.69, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 7974.213, 'text': 'That is using the reader function in the CSV library by opening that file.', 'start': 7969.69, 'duration': 4.523}, {'end': 7980.197, 'text': "I'm going to go ahead and ignore the first line of the file, because recall that the first line is just timestamp and house.", 'start': 7974.793, 'duration': 5.404}, {'end': 7981.297, 'text': 'I want to get the real data.', 'start': 7980.257, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 7986.24, 'text': 'So this next function is just a little trick for ignoring the first line of the file.', 'start': 7981.337, 'duration': 4.903}, {'end': 7987.541, 'text': "Then let's do this.", 'start': 7986.821, 'duration': 0.72}, {'end': 7995.586, 'text': "For every other row in the reader, that is line by line, get the current person's house, which is in row bracket 1.", 'start': 7987.841, 'duration': 7.745}, {'end': 7998.088, 'text': 'This is what the CSV reader library is doing for us.', 'start': 7995.586, 'duration': 2.502}, {'end': 8000.069, 'text': "It's handling all of the reading of this file.", 'start': 7998.228, 'duration': 1.841}, {'end': 8001.369, 'text': 'It figures out where the comma is.', 'start': 8000.109, 'duration': 1.26}, {'end': 8006.351, 'text': 'And for every row in the file, it hands you back a list of size 2.', 'start': 8001.629, 'duration': 4.722}, {'end': 8008.031, 'text': 'In bracket 0 is the timestamp.', 'start': 8006.351, 'duration': 1.68}, {'end': 8010.452, 'text': 'In bracket 1 is the house name.', 'start': 8008.552, 'duration': 1.9}, {'end': 8014.814, 'text': 'So in my code, I can say house equals row bracket 1.', 'start': 8011.112, 'duration': 3.702}, {'end': 8016.614, 'text': "I don't care about the timestamp for this program.", 'start': 8014.814, 'duration': 1.8}, {'end': 8027.578, 'text': "And then let's 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'duration': 4.743}, {'end': 8223.583, 'text': "And I'm going to go ahead and, per its documentation, give myself a speech engine by using that library's init function for initialize.", 'start': 8215.896, 'duration': 7.687}, {'end': 8228.847, 'text': "I'm then going to use this engine's say function to do something fun like hello world.", 'start': 8224.202, 'duration': 4.645}], 'summary': 'Pre-installed python libraries for speech-based program in vs code in the cloud.', 'duration': 34.826, 'max_score': 8194.021, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s8194021.jpg'}, {'end': 8361.617, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8334.142, 'weight': 12, 'content': [{'end': 8339.526, 'text': "I'm importing a library called face recognition, which I downloaded and installed in advance, but it does what it says.", 'start': 8334.142, 'duration': 5.384}, {'end': 8346.951, 'text': 'According to its documentation, you go into that library and you call a function called load image file to load something like office.jpg.', 'start': 8340.066, 'duration': 6.885}, {'end': 8349.494, 'text': 'And then you can use a line of code like this.', 'start': 8347.592, 'duration': 1.902}, {'end': 8353.934, 'text': 'call a function called faceLocations, passing the images input.', 'start': 8350.154, 'duration': 3.78}, {'end': 8356.675, 'text': 'And you get back a list of all of the faces in the image.', 'start': 8354.135, 'duration': 2.54}, {'end': 8361.617, 'text': 'And then down here, a for loop that iterates over all of those face locations.', 'start': 8357.276, 'duration': 4.341}], 'summary': 'Using face recognition library to detect faces in images.', 'duration': 27.475, 'max_score': 8334.142, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s8334142.jpg'}, {'end': 8577.604, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8553.018, 'weight': 14, 'content': [{'end': 8558.523, 'text': 'Let me go ahead and write a program called QR.py that very simply does this.', 'start': 8553.018, 'duration': 5.505}, {'end': 8560.706, 'text': 'Let me import a library called OS.', 'start': 8558.944, 'duration': 1.762}, {'end': 8562.848, 'text': 'Let me import a library called QR code.', 'start': 8560.806, 'duration': 2.042}, {'end': 8567.613, 'text': "grab an image here that's qrcode.make.", 'start': 8564.389, 'duration': 3.224}, {'end': 8574, 'text': 'And let me give you the URL of a lecture video on YouTube or something like that with this ID.', 'start': 8567.933, 'duration': 6.067}, {'end': 8577.604, 'text': "Let me just type this so I don't get it wrong.", 'start': 8574.02, 'duration': 3.584}], 'summary': 'Creating a program called qr.py to generate qr codes and link to a youtube lecture video.', 'duration': 24.586, 'max_score': 8553.018, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s8553018.jpg'}, {'end': 8623.694, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 8579.867, 'weight': 0.716, 'content': [{'end': 8587.353, 'text': "OK. so if I now use this URL here of a video on YouTube, making sure I haven't made any typos,", 'start': 8579.867, 'duration': 7.486}, {'end': 8589.695, 'text': "I'm now going to go ahead and do two lines of code in Python.", 'start': 8587.353, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 8595.259, 'text': "I'm going to first save that as a file called qr.png, which is a two-dimensional barcode, a QR code.", 'start': 8589.735, 'duration': 5.524}, {'end': 8597.02, 'text': "And indeed, I'm going to use this format.", 'start': 8595.579, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 8600.203, 'text': "And I'm going to use the os.system library.", 'start': 8597.541, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 8603.564, 'text': 'to open qr.png automatically.', 'start': 8600.683, 'duration': 2.881}, {'end': 8612.269, 'text': "And if you'd like to take out your phone at this point, you can see the result of my barcode that's just been dynamically generated.", 'start': 8603.584, 'duration': 8.685}, {'end': 8613.809, 'text': 'hopefully from afar that will scan.', 'start': 8612.269, 'duration': 1.54}, {'end': 8622.313, 'text': "And I think that's an appropriate line to end on.", 'start': 8613.829, 'duration': 8.484}, {'end': 8623.694, 'text': "So that's it for CS50.", 'start': 8622.333, 'duration': 1.361}], 'summary': 'Using python, a qr code qr.png is dynamically generated from a youtube video url, demonstrating practical coding skills.', 'duration': 43.827, 'max_score': 8579.867, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s8579867.jpg'}], 'start': 6065.398, 'title': 'Python features and applications', 'summary': "Covers learning python basics, uppercase conversion and command line arguments, phone book implementation, analyzing google form data, and exploring python capabilities for speech and image processing. it demonstrates python's dynamic nature, simplicity, features, and efficiency, including a tally of 140 gryffindor, 54 hufflepuff, 72 ravenclaw, and 80 slytherin responses from google form data.", 'chapters': [{'end': 6351.508, 'start': 6065.398, 'title': 'Learning python basics and syntax', 'summary': 'Discusses the approach to learning a new language, the differences between arrays and lists in python, and the use of built-in functions and syntactic tricks in python, demonstrating the dynamic nature and simplicity of the language.', 'duration': 286.11, 'highlights': ["Python's dynamic nature allows the creation of an empty list and the ability to grow and shrink lists, in contrast to fixed-size arrays in C. Python's ability to create an empty list and dynamically grow and shrink lists simplifies the process of working with collections, in contrast to fixed-size arrays in C.", "The use of built-in functions like 'sum' and 'len' simplifies tasks like calculating the average of a list of scores. Python's 'sum' and 'len' functions simplify tasks such as calculating the average of a list of scores, enhancing code readability and conciseness.", "Python's syntactic tricks, such as using 'scores.append' and 'scores += score', demonstrate the language's flexibility and simplicity. Python's syntactic tricks, like using 'scores.append' and 'scores += score', showcase the language's flexibility and simplicity, providing multiple ways to achieve the same result."]}, {'end': 7124.367, 'start': 6351.588, 'title': 'Python uppercase and command line arguments', 'summary': 'Covers examples of converting strings to uppercase in python and working with command line arguments, demonstrating various features and simplifications in python, such as iterating through strings, using command line arguments, and searching for elements in lists.', 'duration': 772.779, 'highlights': ["Python allows iterating over all characters in a string and converting them to uppercase with ease, simplifying the process of uppercasing a string compared to other languages. Python's capability to iterate over all characters in a string and convert them to uppercase simplifies the process of uppercasing a string compared to other languages' more complex methods.", "Python provides a simple and concise way to work with command line arguments, using the sys.argv list and introducing the ability to handle command line arguments and access them without the need for complex logic or loops. Python's sys.argv list simplifies the handling and access of command line arguments without the need for complex logic or loops, providing a simple and concise method to work with command line arguments.", "Python's in-built search functions, like 'in' for lists, simplify the process of searching for elements in a list, such as searching for a specific number or string without needing to implement the search algorithm manually. Python's 'in' function simplifies the process of searching for elements in a list, eliminating the need to manually implement a search algorithm for tasks like checking the presence of specific numbers or strings in a list."]}, {'end': 7825.045, 'start': 7124.387, 'title': 'Implementing a phone book in python', 'summary': 'Discusses implementing a phone book in python using dictionaries and csv files, demonstrating the association of keys with values and the use of csv files to persist data, including examples and python-specific techniques.', 'duration': 700.658, 'highlights': ["Python allows the use of dictionaries to associate keys with values, simplifying the implementation of a phone book compared to C. Python's dictionaries allow easy association of keys with values, simplifying the phone book implementation compared to C's arrays and structs.", 'Demonstrates the use of CSV files to persist data, allowing the storage and retrieval of names and numbers for a phone book, mimicking real-world phone book functionality. The use of CSV files to store and retrieve names and numbers for the phone book demonstrates the persistence of data and mimics real-world phone book functionality.', "Introduces Python-specific techniques such as using the CSV library for handling CSV files, demonstrating writing to and reading from CSV files, and the 'with' keyword for file handling. The chapter introduces Python-specific techniques such as using the CSV library for handling CSV files, demonstrating writing to and reading from CSV files, and the 'with' keyword for file handling."]}, {'end': 8168.987, 'start': 7825.105, 'title': 'Analyzing google form data with python', 'summary': 'Explores the process of analyzing google form data using python to tally the number of responses for each house, resulting in 140 gryffindor, 54 hufflepuff, 72 ravenclaw, and 80 slytherin responses, showcasing the ease and efficiency of python for data analysis.', 'duration': 343.882, 'highlights': ['The program tallies the responses for each house, resulting in 140 Gryffindor, 54 Hufflepuff, 72 Ravenclaw, and 80 Slytherin responses. The Python program efficiently tallies the number of responses for each house, revealing 140 for Gryffindor, 54 for Hufflepuff, 72 for Ravenclaw, and 80 for Slytherin, showcasing the ease and efficiency of Python for data analysis.', "Python's popularity for data science and analytics is attributed to its ease in manipulating and analyzing data. The transcript highlights Python's popularity in data science and analytics, emphasizing its ease in manipulating and analyzing data, contributing to its widespread adoption in the field.", 'The use of a dictionary reader in the CSV library enhances code readability and resilience in handling data manipulation. The adoption of a dictionary reader in the CSV library is noted for enhancing code readability and resilience in handling data manipulation, particularly when dealing with Google Spreadsheets or potential column adjustments.']}, {'end': 8625.115, 'start': 8169.987, 'title': 'Python speech and image processing', 'summary': 'Explores the capabilities of python for speech synthesis, face recognition, audio processing, and qr code generation, showcasing examples using python libraries and demonstrating the potential of python for various applications.', 'duration': 455.128, 'highlights': ['The chapter explores the capabilities of Python for speech synthesis, demonstrating the use of the Python text to speech library to create speech-based programs. Python text to speech library is used to create speech-based programs, showcasing the potential of Python for speech synthesis.', 'The chapter demonstrates the use of Python libraries for face recognition, utilizing the face recognition library to detect and recognize faces in images with just a few lines of code. Face recognition library is utilized to detect and recognize faces in images with just a few lines of code, showcasing the capabilities of Python for face recognition.', 'The chapter showcases the use of Python for audio processing, presenting examples of simple speech-to-text and text analysis programs using Python libraries. Python is utilized for audio processing, demonstrating simple speech-to-text and text analysis programs using Python libraries.', 'The chapter concludes with an example of QR code generation using Python, dynamically creating a QR code that links to a lecture video on YouTube. Python is used to dynamically generate a QR code that links to a lecture video on YouTube, showcasing the potential of Python for QR code generation.']}], 'duration': 2559.717, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ky-24RvI57s/pics/ky-24RvI57s6065398.jpg', 'highlights': ["Python's dynamic nature simplifies working with collections, enhancing code readability and conciseness.", "Python's 'sum' and 'len' functions simplify tasks like calculating the average of scores.", "Python's syntactic tricks showcase the language's flexibility and simplicity.", "Python's capability to iterate over all characters in a string and convert them to uppercase simplifies the process of uppercasing a string.", "Python's sys.argv list simplifies the handling and access of command line arguments.", "Python's in-built search functions, like 'in' for lists, simplify the process of searching for elements.", "Python's dictionaries allow easy association of keys with values, simplifying the phone book implementation.", 'The use of CSV files to store and retrieve names and numbers for the phone book demonstrates the persistence of data.', 'The program efficiently tallies the number of responses for each house, showcasing the ease and efficiency of Python for data analysis.', "Python's popularity in data science and analytics is attributed to its ease in manipulating and analyzing data.", 'The adoption of a dictionary reader in the CSV library enhances code readability and resilience in handling data manipulation.', 'Python text to speech library is used to create speech-based programs, showcasing the potential of Python for speech synthesis.', 'Face recognition library is utilized to detect and recognize faces in images, showcasing the capabilities of Python for face recognition.', 'Python is utilized for audio processing, demonstrating simple speech-to-text and text analysis programs using Python libraries.', 'Python is used to dynamically generate a QR code that links to a lecture video on YouTube, showcasing the potential of Python for QR code generation.']}], 'highlights': ["Python's streamlined syntax and simplified code writing are emphasized in transitioning from C to Python.", "Python's streamlined and simplified approach compared to C is showcased, with a reduction in syntax and complexity.", 'Python resolves integer overflow by allowing ints to grow as large as necessary, offering additional data types like ranges, lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets.', 'Python simplifies the process of writing and executing code, eliminating the need for a separate compilation step and allowing for interpreted execution.', "Python's ease of implementing image processing and spell checker, showcasing the simplicity of defining functions and managing memory without manual memory allocation and deallocation.", "Python's interpreter can be optimized for performance by saving intermediate results, reducing the execution time gap between Python and C.", "Python's popularity and advantages over C for real-world problem solving, including ease of use, availability of abstractions, and popularity for solving real-world problems.", "Python's division operator automatically handles truncation, providing a more sensible default behavior than in C, and the // operator can be used to achieve the old behavior if needed.", "Python's handling of exceptions with try-except blocks enables the detection of errors during runtime, providing a mechanism to gracefully handle unexpected input or behaviors.", "Python's dynamic nature simplifies working with collections, enhancing code readability and conciseness, and its popularity in data science and analytics is attributed to its ease in manipulating and analyzing data."]}