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ASD101B — Python Fundamentals, Part 2

Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Course ID: ASD101B
Course Credits: 4

Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Program Availability:

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About ASD101B — Python Fundamentals, Part 2

This course introduces students to essential programming concepts applied to any programming language. From the previous section of this course, ASD101A students should be already familiar with Python language concepts like data types, variables, program control, and functions. This course will introduce the following topics: exceptions, lists, tuples, dictionaries, string operations, sets, classes, and Object-Oriented Programming. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand how to create, modify, and maintain Python programs to provide software-based solutions.

Topics Covered in Course

ASD101B Topics

Designing a Program to Use Functions
Local Variables
Passing Arguments to Functions

Global Variables and Global Constants
Introduction to Value-Returning Functions: Generating Random Numbers
Writing Your Own Value-Returning Functions
The math Module
Storing Functions in Modules
Turtle Graphics: Modularizing Code with Functions
Introduction to File Input and Output
Using Loops to Process Files
Processing Records
Exceptions
Sequences
Introduction to Lists
List Slicing
Finding Items in Lists with the in Operator
List Methods and Useful Built-in Functions
Copying Lists
Processing Lists
List Comprehensions
Two-Dimensional Lists
Tuples
Plotting List Data with the matplotlib Package
Basic String Operations
String Slicing
Testing, Searching, and Manipulating Strings
Dictionaries
Sets
Serializing Objects
Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming
Classes
Working with Instances
Techniques for Designing Classes

Prerequisites

ASD101A: Python Fundamentals, Part 1

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