Week 5 of 43
Foundation
WEEK 5 LEARNING MODULE
Data Structure Basics: Lists & Tuples (+ Saturday Contest 1)
Explores Python lists and immutable tuples, list comprehensions, indexing/slicing mechanics, and incorporates Saturday Contest 1 competitive programming problems.
9 Practice Problems4 Core ConceptsVerified Curriculum: high Confidence
What You'll Learn
- ✓Master Python list operations: creation, indexing, negative slicing, and in-place methods.
- ✓Write idiomatic Python list comprehensions for concise array transformations.
- ✓Understand tuple immutability and memory optimization.
- ✓Participate in timed 2-hour competitive programming contests and evaluate rankings.
Core Concepts
Python Lists
Dynamic arrays supporting random access, slicing, and mutable list operations.
List Comprehensions
Concise syntax for creating lists based on existing iterables with inline filtering.
Python Tuples
Immutable sequence data structures used for fixed collections and dictionary keys.
Contest Problem-Solving
Solving timed competitive programming problems under strict time and memory limits.
Algorithms Covered
Array Permutation MappingMaximum Product SelectionGreedy Character DeletionParity Division
Data Structures Applied
ListsTuplesStrings
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