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May 9, 2023

What is Shallow Copy & Deep Copy?

In Python, shallow copy and deep copy are ways to create a copy of an object. The difference between the two is related to how references to the original object are handled. Let’s discuss each of them in detail. Shallow Copy A shallow copy creates a new object, but the contents of the original object are still referenced in the new object. That means that the new object points to the same memory location as the original object for its data, but the container itself is new. In other words, the copied object is a “shallow” copy of the original. Here […]
April 22, 2023

What are ANSI escape codes?

ANSI escape codes are sequences of characters used to control text formatting, color, and other display attributes on terminals and consoles. These codes are commonly used in command-line interfaces and are supported by most modern terminal emulators. In Python, you can use ANSI escape codes to change the color of text printed to the console. To do this, you can add special characters to your strings that are interpreted by the terminal emulator as instructions to change the color or other formatting of the text that follows. For example, to print text in blue, you can use the escape code “\033[34m“, […]