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" A Puzzle A Day To Learn, Code, and Play " FREE Python Email Course @

This document contains 14 Python interview questions and their solutions. Each question is presented with a title and code sample to demonstrate the solution. The questions cover a range of common Python topics like lists, strings, recursion, sorting, and more.

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Python Cheat Sheet: 14 Interview Questions 

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Question Code Question Code

Check if list l = [​3​, ​3​, ​4​, ​5​, ​2​, ​111​, ​5​] Get missing def​​ g​ et_missing_number​​(lst):
contains print(​111​ ​in​​ l) ​# True  number in ​return​​ set(range(lst[len(lst)​-1​])[​1:
​ ]) - set(l)
integer x [1...100] l = list(range(​1​,​100​))
l.remove(​50​)
print(get_missing_number(l)) ​# 50 

Find duplicate def​​ ​find_duplicates​​(elements): Compute def​​ i ​ ntersect​​(lst1, lst2):


number in duplicates, seen = set(), set() the res, lst2_copy = [], lst2[:]
integer list ​for​​ element ​in​​ elements: intersection ​for​​ el ​in​​ lst1:
​if​​ element ​in​​ seen: of two lists ​if​​ el ​in​​ lst2_copy:
duplicates.add(element) res.append(el)
seen.add(element) lst2_copy.remove(el)
​return​​ list(duplicates)  ​return​​ res

Check if two def​​ i​ s_anagram​​(s1, s2): Find max l = [​4​, ​3​, ​6​, 3
​ ​, ​4,
​ ​888​, ​1,
​ ​-11​, ​22​, ​3]
​
strings are ​return​​ set(s1) == set(s2) and min in print(max(l)) # ​ 888
anagrams print(is_anagram(​"elvis"​, ​"lives"​)) ​# True unsorted list print(min(l)) # ​ -11 

Remove all lst = list(range(​10​)) + list(range(​10​)) Reverse def​​ ​reverse​​(string):


duplicates from lst = list(set(lst)) string using ​if​​ len(string)<=​1​: r
​ eturn​​ string
list print(lst) recursion ​return​​ reverse(string[​1​:])+string[​0​]
# [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]  print(reverse(​"hello"​)) ​# olleh

Find pairs of def​​ ​find_pairs​​(l, x): Compute a, b = ​0​, ​1


integers in list pairs = [] the first n n = ​10
so that their ​for​​ (i, el_1) ​in​​ enumerate(l): Fibonacci for​​ i ​in​​ range(n):
sum is equal to ​for​​ (j, el_2) ​in​​ enumerate(l[i+​1​:]): numbers print(b)
integer x ​if​​ el_1 + el_2 == x: a, b = b, a+b
pairs.append((el_1, el_2)) # 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...
​return​​ pairs 

Check if a def​​ ​is_palindrome​​(phrase): Sort list with def​​ ​qsort​​(L):


string is a ​return​​ phrase == phrase[::​-1​] Quicksort ​if​​ L == []: ​return​​ []
palindrome print(is_palindrome(​"anna"​)) ​# True algorithm ​return​​ qsort([x ​for​​ x ​in​​ L[​1​:] ​if​​ x< L[​0​]]) + L[​0​:1
​ ​] +
qsort([x ​for​​ x ​in​​ L[​1​:] ​if​​ x>=L[​0​]])
lst = [​44​, ​33​, 2 ​ 2​, 5
​ ​, ​77​, ​55​, ​999​]
print(qsort(lst))
# [5, 22, 33, 44, 55, 77, 999] 

Use list as # as a list ... Find all def​​ ​get_permutations​​(w):


stack, array, l = [3, 4] permutation ​if​​ len(w)<=​1​:
and queue l += [​5​, ​6​] ​# l = [3, 4, 5, 6] s of string ​return​​ set(w)
smaller = get_permutations(w[​1: ​ ])
# ... as a stack ... perms = set()
l.append(​10​) ​# l = [4, 5, 6, 10] ​for​​ x ​in​​ smaller:
l.pop() ​# l = [4, 5, 6] ​for​​ pos ​in​​ range(​0,
​ len(x)+​1​):
perm = x[:pos] + w[​0​] + x[pos:]
# ... and as a queue perms.add(perm)
l.insert(​0​, ​5​) ​# l = [5, 4, 5, 6] ​return​​ perms
l.pop() ​# l = [5, 4, 5]  print(get_permutations(​"nan"​))
# {'nna', 'ann', 'nan'}

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