appb.ipynb

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    "import numpy as np\n",
    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
    "plt.rc('figure', figsize=(10, 6))\n",
    "PREVIOUS_MAX_ROWS = pd.options.display.max_rows\n",
    "pd.options.display.max_columns = 20\n",
    "pd.options.display.max_rows = 20\n",
    "pd.options.display.max_colwidth = 80\n",
    "np.set_printoptions(precision=4, suppress=True)"
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    "# a very large list of strings\n",
    "strings = ['foo', 'foobar', 'baz', 'qux',\n",
    "           'python', 'Guido Van Rossum'] * 100000\n",
    "\n",
    "method1 = [x for x in strings if x.startswith('foo')]\n",
    "\n",
    "method2 = [x for x in strings if x[:3] == 'foo']"
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    "%time method1 = [x for x in strings if x.startswith('foo')]\n",
    "%time method2 = [x for x in strings if x[:3] == 'foo']"
   ]
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    "pd.options.display.max_rows = PREVIOUS_MAX_ROWS"
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