This is a summary of the "Python"-part of the course: Programming for economists given at Tilburg University. The documents contains a summary of the theory and codes needed to do the exercises in Python.
Adding and removing elements
list_ext = list + [6,7]
del(list_ext[0]) #note: all indexes change immediatly after
list_ext[1]= “a” this call, so ‘1’ is now [0] and ‘2’ is [1]
[1,a,3,4,5,6,7]
If you want to make a copy of list ‘list_copy’ and prevent that changes
in this list also affect ‘list’ list_copy = list(list)
Functions and packages for Python Lists
max(), min(), mean(), median(), len(), type()
round(number, ndigits) e.g. round(7.27,1) 7.3
complex([real[,imag]])
sorted(iterable, reverse = True)
return a new sorted list from the items in iterable
(reverse=True, big -> small)
list.index(), list.count(), list.append(), list.remove(),
list.reverse() reverses the order of the elements in the list
str.capitalize(), str.replace(), str.upper()
Numpy (Numeric Python)
,Import numpy as np
! Numpy arrays: contain only one type (int,floats, etc.)
! If you call: numpy_array + numpy_array it sums the firts element of
the first list with the first element of the second list
e.g. list = [1,2,3] ; np_array = np.array([1,2,3])
* list + list [1,2,3,1,2,3]
* np_array + np_array [2,4,6]
2D Numpy Arrays
Multiple rows/columns: np_2d.shape=4,2 means 4 rows w/ 2 elements each
np_2d[0][2] or np_2d[0,2] selects the third element of the first row
np_2d[:,1:3] selects the second and third element of every row
np_2d[1,:] selects only the entire second row
plt.scatter(x,y, s= np.array(), c = list, alpha = )
s = size (array)
c = colour (list/array)
alpha = transparancy
plt.grid(True) gridlines are shown in the plot
Dictionaries in Python
create a dictionary: dict = { ‘’:{‘’: ,‘’: ,‘’:} }
data sorted in alphabetical order
if data belongs together europe = {’spain’:’madrid’, ‘france’:’paris’}
add data to dictionary: europe[‘italy’] = ‘rome’
dict[‘key’] = ‘value’ {‘key’:’value’}
check if it’s added: print(‘italy’in europe)-> True
delete: del(europe[‘australia’])
Dictionary of dictionaries:
europe = {‘spain’:{‘cap’:’madrid’,’pop’:46.77}, ‘france’:
{‘cap’:’paris’,’pop’:66.03}}
Create sub-dict data: (1) data = {‘capital’:’rome’, ‘population’:59,85}
(2) europe[‘italy’] = data
Select elements: europe[‘spain’][‘pop’] 46.77
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