Python Brain Teasers »

These 30 simple Python programs will challenge your understanding of Python. The Python programming language is a simple one, but like all other languages it has its quirks. Learn from these quirks and be a better programmer. Avoid common mistakes and level up your Python skills. We geeks love puzzles and solving them, and now you can learn deeper Python while having fun and impressing your co-workers!

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Let's see: Global pandemic, check. Murder hornets, check. Saharan dust plume, check. Python Brain Teasers—hey, that's actually a fun one!

Maybe it sounds as unusual as a dust storm from the Sahara, but these brain teasers will help you level up your Python knowledge. Read on for details!

Python Brain Teasers: Exercise Your Mind

Each chapter presents a short Python program and asks you to guess the output. The possible answers can be:

• Syntax error
• Exception
• Hang
• Some output (e.g., [1 2 3])

There's a lot of research showing that people who make mistakes during the learning process learn better than people who don't. If you use this approach at work when fixing bugs, you'll find you enjoy bug hunting more and become a better developer after each bug you fix.

Before moving on to the answer and the explanation, go ahead and guess the output. After guessing the output, run the code and see the output yourself, then proceed to read the solution and the explanation. Miki Tebeka has been teaching programming for many years and finds this course of action to be highly effective.

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