diff --git a/04_iteration/05_summary.ipynb b/04_iteration/05_summary.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..981bfec --- /dev/null +++ b/04_iteration/05_summary.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +{ + "cells": [ + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "slideshow": { + "slide_type": "slide" + } + }, + "source": [ + "# Chapter 4: Recursion & Looping (TL;DR)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "slideshow": { + "slide_type": "skip" + } + }, + "source": [ + "**Iteration** is about **running blocks of code repeatedly**.\n", + "\n", + "There are two redundant approaches to achieving that.\n", + "\n", + "First, we combine functions that call themselves with conditional statements. This concept is known as **recursion** and suffices to control the flow of execution in *every* way we desire. For a beginner, this approach of **backward** reasoning might not be intuitive, but it turns out to be a handy tool to have in one's toolbox.\n", + "\n", + "Second, the `while` and `for` statements are alternative and potentially more intuitive ways to express iteration as they correspond to a **forward** reasoning. The `for` statement is **syntactic sugar** that allows rewriting common occurrences of the `while` statement concisely. Python provides the `break` and `continue` statements as well as an optional `else`-clause that make working with the `for` and `while` statements even more convenient.\n", + "\n", + "**Iterables** are any **concrete data types** that support being looped over, for example, with the `for` statement. The idea behind iterables is an **abstract concept** that may or may not be implemented by any given concrete data type. For example, both `list` and `range` objects can be looped over. The `list` type is also a **container** as any given `list` objects \"contains\" references to other objects in memory. On the contrary, the `range` type does not reference any other object but instead creates *new* `int` objects \"on the fly\" (i.e., when being looped over)." + ] + } + ], + "metadata": { + "kernelspec": { + "display_name": "Python 3", + "language": "python", + "name": "python3" + }, + "language_info": { + "codemirror_mode": { + "name": "ipython", + "version": 3 + }, + "file_extension": ".py", + "mimetype": "text/x-python", + "name": "python", + "nbconvert_exporter": "python", + "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", + "version": "3.8.6" + }, + "livereveal": { + "auto_select": "code", + "auto_select_fragment": true, + "scroll": true, + "theme": "serif" + }, + "toc": { + "base_numbering": 1, + "nav_menu": {}, + "number_sections": false, + "sideBar": true, + "skip_h1_title": true, + "title_cell": "Table of Contents", + "title_sidebar": "Contents", + "toc_cell": false, + "toc_position": { + "height": "calc(100% - 180px)", + "left": "10px", + "top": "150px", + "width": "384px" + }, + "toc_section_display": false, + "toc_window_display": false + } + }, + "nbformat": 4, + "nbformat_minor": 4 +} diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 209bbbc..f431c9a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Alternatively, the content can be viewed in a web browser - [exercises ](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/04_iteration/04_exercises.ipynb) [](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/webartifex/intro-to-python/develop?urlpath=lab/tree/04_iteration/04_exercises.ipynb) (Throwing Dice) + - [summary ](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/04_iteration/05_summary.ipynb) #### Videos