Lesson 5: Data Structures - Tuple, Set, Dict

Concepts

The remaining lessons in this module are all focused on data and how to represent it in our programs. This lesson focuses on the concept of a data structure (something that stores data, e.g. a list ) while Lesson 6 will focus on an application of these data structures to represent a particular type of data that is used commonly in programs.

In this lesson, you will learn about the following Python constructs:

• List comprehensions

• Tuples

• Sets

• Dictionaries

Table of Contents

• Recap: Lists
• List Comprehensions
• Practice: Reading List Comprehensions
• Practice: Build a List Comprehension
• Tuple
• Sets (set)
• Dictionaries (dict)
• Pause and Think
• Practice: Area Codes
• Practice: Count Words