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  1. What does the "at" (@) symbol do in Python? - Stack Overflow

    An @ symbol at the beginning of a line is used for class and function decorators: PEP 318: Decorators Python Decorators - Python Wiki The most common Python decorators are: …

  2. What does colon equal (:=) in Python mean? - Stack Overflow

    In Python this is simply =. To translate this pseudocode into Python you would need to know the data structures being referenced, and a bit more of the algorithm implementation. Some notes …

  3. slice - How slicing in Python works - Stack Overflow

    Python slicing is a computationally fast way to methodically access parts of your data. In my opinion, to be even an intermediate Python programmer, it's one aspect of the language that it …

  4. What does asterisk * mean in Python? - Stack Overflow

    What does asterisk * mean in Python? [duplicate] Asked 16 years, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago Viewed 323k times

  5. What is the purpose of the single underscore "_" variable in Python?

    May 5, 2011 · As far as the Python languages is concerned, _ generally has no special meaning. It is a valid identifier just like _foo, foo_ or _f_o_o_. The only exception are match statements …

  6. What does -> mean in Python function definitions? - Stack Overflow

    Jan 17, 2013 · In Python 3.5 though, PEP 484 -- Type Hints attaches a single meaning to this: -> is used to indicate the type that the function returns. It also seems like this will be enforced in …

  7. python - What does the caret (^) operator do? - Stack Overflow

    I ran across the caret operator in python today and trying it out, I got the following output:

  8. What is the result of % (modulo operator / percent sign) in Python?

    Python gotcha: depending on the Python version you are using, % is also the (deprecated) string interpolation operator, so watch out if you are coming from a language with automatic type …

  9. Behaviour of increment and decrement operators in Python

    Sep 28, 2009 · Python is not C or C++. Different design decisions went into making the language. In particular, Python deliberately does not define assignment operators that can be used in an …

  10. python - What does ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) …

    Aug 31, 2008 · See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a function call? for the complementary question about arguments.