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Exercise: Format a Number as Currency

Christopher Trudeau

Exploring Python's Built-in Functions Christopher Trudeau 08:00

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Overview

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Exploring Python's Built-in Functions (Overview) 01:32

Beginning Math-Related Built-Ins 06:27

Continuing Math-Related Built-Ins 04:19

Exercise: Split Seconds Into Hours and Minutes 08:00

Creating Numeric Data Types 05:06

Handling String Data Types 07:23

Dealing With Byte Data 07:01

Covering Collection Types 05:48

Exercise: Give a Class Two String Forms 08:00

Looking at Iterators and Iterables 07:13

Acting on Iterables 08:15

Combining and Extracting Iterables 04:59

Becoming Iterable 08:06

Functional Programming 07:34

Exercise: Rank Items by Rating 08:00

Printing and Formatting 09:48

Getting Input 11:00

Exercise: Format a Number as Currency 08:00

Decorating 09:31

Managing Attributes 03:13

Getting Class and Object Info 07:18

Understanding Callables 07:25

Inheriting Data and Methods 09:42

Exercise: Build a Subclass From a Parent Class 08:00

Scoping It Out 06:09

Introspecting Objects 06:00

Executing From Strings 07:23

Miscellaneous Built-Ins 07:48

Exercise: Check Whether a Value Is Hashable 08:00

Exploring Python's Built-in Functions (Quiz) 08:00

Exploring Python's Built-in Functions (Summary) 01:34

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