{"id":172885,"date":"2023-11-05T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=172885"},"modified":"2023-11-05T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:32:05","slug":"avoid-these-top-5-common-python-coding-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/avoid-these-top-5-common-python-coding-mistakes","title":{"rendered":"Avoid These Top 5 Common Python Coding Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"172885\" class=\"elementor elementor-172885\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75c660e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75c660e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-575ac5d0\" data-id=\"575ac5d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e4e2f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30e4e2f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn to code in Python. You've been thinking about it for a while, and now you're ready to get started! You download anaconda and the famous Titanic dataset, install jupyter and off you go. As with all beginnings, you may change your mind at the first hurdle, and even if you're willing, some of them can make getting started a bit tricky. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50082b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50082b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-657f6e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"657f6e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80c5405\" data-id=\"80c5405\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a80e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15a80e72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Do not read error messages.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cbfd170 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cbfd170\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6019cbc\" data-id=\"6019cbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a353d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a353d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, at first seeing a lot of red on your screen is normal.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-beginners-episode-2\">Python<\/a> gives you the opportunity to understand your errors by generating an error message and indicating on which lines of code they occur.<\/p><p>You can then run the cell of code over and over again, hoping that one day the message will disappear, but I&#8217;d rather tell you right now that it&#8217;s a waste of time.<\/p><p>Now that you know this, remember that you should always read error messages and try to understand them using the documentation available or by searching forums such as stack overflow. Always remember that if you&#8217;ve made a mistake, someone else must have made it before you, and don&#8217;t hesitate to ask for help on a forum.<\/p><p>Of course, at first you&#8217;ll find it time-consuming and demotivating, but that&#8217;s the way to improve. With experience, you&#8217;ll get quicker at understanding these error messages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c585745 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c585745\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4480282f\" data-id=\"4480282f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ece3d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ece3d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Do not comment on your code<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b620fdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b620fdc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bf18d6e\" data-id=\"1bf18d6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ce79a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69ce79a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here&#8217;s another very common mistake: Coding without comment. After a while, you&#8217;ll end up with a block of code that you can&#8217;t remember why you coded it the way you did, or why you used the template you did. Also, if people come up behind you and read your code without comment, you can be sure that they won&#8217;t understand everything.<\/p><p>We each have our own way of coding certain variables, but also of approaching a problem and solving it.<\/p><p>#So it&#8217;s always a good idea to provide a minimum of commentary on your code.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9757f65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9757f65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-757829b1\" data-id=\"757829b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b255ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20b255ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Do not read documentation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9112bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9112bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a2eb77d\" data-id=\"1a2eb77d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7526c51e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7526c51e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;But how does this operator work?&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;What are the parameters of this model?&#8221; &#8220;What are the attributes?&#8221;<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re in any doubt about how a tool works or how to set it up, always read the documentation. This will help you understand what you&#8217;re doing, what to use and how. You can use the help function without moderation, which will give you all the information you need. On the Internet, sites <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/scikit-learn-discover-the-python-library-dedicated-to-machine-learning\">such as Scikit-Learn<\/a> offer very detailed documentation on the models used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3da85f32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3da85f32\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-481ac13\" data-id=\"481ac13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6521f3ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6521f3ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Think that Python indexes in 1<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dae33cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dae33cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6de21e07\" data-id=\"6de21e07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc60f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecc60f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-all-you-need-to-know\">Getting started in Python<\/a> usually means starting to manipulate lists, and you&#8217;re likely to come across this error message: &#8220;IndexError: list index out of range&#8221;. Like any beginner, you&#8217;ll think that python indexes from 1. Well, it doesn&#8217;t! Always remember that python indexes to 0. This will save you many hours of wasted time trying to understand the cascading IndexError.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2125ccb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2125ccb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24331190\" data-id=\"24331190\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7874951f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7874951f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/erreur-python-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-172889\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/erreur-python-1.png 831w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/erreur-python-1-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2023\/11\/erreur-python-1-768x163.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b4fba81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b4fba81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f85ea35\" data-id=\"1f85ea35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c88617d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c88617d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Do not allocate a result<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d3a8cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d3a8cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4caa561a\" data-id=\"4caa561a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224fcfab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"224fcfab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> easiest way to explain this type of error is with an example.<\/strong><\/p><p>You create a variable b = 2 and want to add 1 to it. You go to b + 1 and execute the code, but is it really equal to 3? You&#8217;ll quickly realize that no, b is always equal to 2. Incomprehensible! Can&#8217;t Python do simple addition? In our example, we&#8217;ve executed a line of code adding 1 to b, but if we don&#8217;t tell python to store this new value of b in b itself, it won&#8217;t do it for us (in other words, we write b=b+1 or b+=1).<\/p><p>This may seem silly, but it&#8217;s a common mistake when you&#8217;re just starting out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-485f8adf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"485f8adf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c36c192\" data-id=\"2c36c192\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c88bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c88bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want to get started with Python or improve your skills? 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