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Lists hold ordered items. Dicts hold keyed pairs. Comprehensions make both sing. Learn the core patterns AI will push you toward.
Most Python code is a pile of lists and dicts. If you can walk them, filter them, and transform them, you can read 80 percent of any codebase.
users = [
{"name": "Ada", "active": True, "score": 91},
{"name": "Bo", "active": False, "score": 72},
{"name": "Cy", "active": True, "score": 85},
]
# Active users, sorted by score descending
active = sorted(
(u for u in users if u["active"]),
key=lambda u: u["score"],
reverse=True,
)
# Lookup table by name
by_name: dict[str, dict] = {u["name"]: u for u in users}
print(by_name.get("Ada", {}).get("score")) # 91Comprehensions, sorted with a key, and .get() with a default — the workhorse trio.# Prompt: "Given list of dicts with 'tag' and 'count', return a dict mapping tag -> total count."
from collections import Counter
def totals(items: list[dict]) -> dict[str, int]:
c: Counter[str] = Counter()
for item in items:
c[item["tag"]] += item["count"]
return dict(c)Counter is a dict subclass built for this exact pattern. AI loves to suggest it.The big idea: lists and dicts plus a few standard-library helpers cover most data work. Ask AI for the idiomatic form, then keep it readable.
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