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Faster Python Code

This document discusses 5 ways to make Python code run faster: 1) Use built-in functions like map() and join() instead of for loops to process lists 2) Use f-strings instead of string concatenation for dynamic strings 3) Use list and dict literals like [] and {} instead of list() and dict() to initialize empty lists and dicts 4) Use list comprehensions instead of for loops with append() for creating new lists 5) Leverage other Python built-in functions for optimized operations

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Faster Python Code

This document discusses 5 ways to make Python code run faster: 1) Use built-in functions like map() and join() instead of for loops to process lists 2) Use f-strings instead of string concatenation for dynamic strings 3) Use list and dict literals like [] and {} instead of list() and dict() to initialize empty lists and dicts 4) Use list comprehensions instead of for loops with append() for creating new lists 5) Leverage other Python built-in functions for optimized operations

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5 Ways to Make Your Python Code Faster

Use Built-in Functions


In [5]: import time

In [6]: # Slow:

start = time.time()

new_list = []

for word in word_list:

new_list.append(word.capitalize())

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

4.935264587402344e-05 seconds

In [7]: #fast

start = time.time()

word_list = ['Ways', 'to', 'Make', 'Your', 'Python', 'Code', 'Faster']

new_list = list(map(str.capitalize, word_list))

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

0.00029468536376953125 seconds

String Concatenation vs join()


In [9]: # Slow:

start = time.time()

new_list = []

for word in word_list:

new_list += word

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

5.7220458984375e-05 seconds

In [10]: #fast

start = time.time()

word_list = ['Ways', 'to', 'Make', 'Your', 'Python', 'Code', 'Faster']

new_list = "".join(word_list)

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

0.0001430511474609375 seconds

Create Lists and Dictionaries Faster


In [11]: #slow

list()

dict()

{}
Out[11]:

In [12]: # fast

()

{}

{}
Out[12]:

In [19]: import timeit

slower_list = timeit.timeit("list()", number=10**6)

slower_dict = timeit.timeit("dict()", number=10**6)

faster_list = timeit.timeit("[]", number=10**6)

faster_dict = timeit.timeit("{}", number=10**6)

print("slower_list:",slower_list, "sec") #Should have used f string here..


print("slower_dict:",slower_dict, "sec")

print("faster_list:",faster_list, "sec")

print("faster_dict:",faster_dict, "sec")

slower_list: 0.03651356499995018 sec

slower_dict: 0.047055111999952715 sec

faster_list: 0.010666104999927484 sec

faster_dict: 0.010838708999926894 sec

f-Strings
In [22]: #slow

start = time.time()

me = "Python"

string = "Make " + me + " faster"

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

4.506111145019531e-05 seconds

In [23]: #fast

start = time.time()

me = "Python"

string = f"Make {me} faster"

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

0.00016546249389648438 seconds

List Comprehensions
In [24]: #slow

start = time.time()

new_list = []

existing_list = range(1000000)

for i in existing_list:

if i % 2 == 1:

new_list.append(i)

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

0.06872344017028809 seconds

In [25]: #fast

start = time.time()

existing_list = range(1000000)

new_list = [i for i in existing_list if i % 2 == 1]

print(time.time() - start, "seconds")

0.04211759567260742 seconds

Bonus: Check out more Python Built-in Functions


here
https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html

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