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About the Course

This course introduces the dictionary data structure and user-defined functions. You’ll learn about local and global variables, optional and keyword parameter-passing, named functions and lambda expressions. You’ll also learn about Python’s sorted function and how to control the order in which it sorts by passing in another function as an input. For your final project, you’ll read in simulated social media data from a file, compute sentiment scores, and write out .csv files. It covers chapters 10-16 of the textbook “Fundamentals of Python Programming,” which is the accompanying text (optional and free) for this course. The course is well-suited for you if you have already taken the "Python Basics" course and want to gain further fundamental knowledge of the Python language. Together, both courses are geared towards newcomers to Python programming, those who need a refresher on Python basics, or those who may have had some exposure to Python programming but want a more in-depth exposition and vocabulary for describing and reasoning about programs. This is a follow-up to the "Python Basics" course (course 1 of the Python 3 Programming Specialization), and it is the second of five courses in the specialization....

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BA

Nov 7, 2019

The course met all my expectations and went beyond. The instructors' explanations were easy to understand and the innovative method of having a digital textbook was undoubtedly convenient.

DN

Jan 29, 2020

Great follow-on from the basics with essential information. Well constructed series, well presented lessons, with great practice questions. I feel a big step closer to writing useful python code.

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By Shivang S

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May 8, 2020

Really well structured

By Walter R O

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Jul 10, 2024

A course to recommend

By Doug M

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Nov 13, 2023

Well designed course.

By Mohammad K

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Jul 7, 2023

I enjoyed the course.

By Derick B C

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Sep 10, 2022

Excellente contenido

By Syed M H

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Dec 1, 2020

The best you can have

By PRANAVA P J

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Jul 28, 2020

A really great course

By Mrityunjoy N

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Jul 21, 2020

Worth time and money.

By Hariharan R L

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Apr 13, 2020

Well organised course

By Chima E

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Dec 19, 2023

Making sense course.

By Iryna K

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Dec 5, 2022

I like it very much!

By Jennifer R

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May 9, 2021

good intro to Python

By Ursula

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Aug 8, 2020

interesting lessons!

By Supriya

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May 15, 2020

Very Nice Course....

By Salman A

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Nov 6, 2019

Very well explained!

By Natalie S

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Jul 16, 2020

excellent resources

By Palak A

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Jun 4, 2020

its a great course.

By Aku-Jaakko S

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Feb 6, 2020

Highly recommended!

By EL H A

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Sep 1, 2022

Excellent course !

By Tran C P

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Feb 5, 2021

Good course for me

By Jesús C M G

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Oct 12, 2020

Excellente course!

By Jacky C

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Feb 25, 2020

Good introduction!

By Shubham S

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Nov 3, 2019

Exceptional course

By mko

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Mar 29, 2019

Really cool stuff.

By imane a o

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May 18, 2022

cetais excellent