https://github.com/andrewjmack/python-challenge

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andrewjmack/python-challenge
• Owner: andrewjmack
• Created: 2024-03-08T01:20:27.000Z (8 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-11T21:40:55.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-11T22:42:36.229Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 1.81 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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#python-challenge

    ##Andrew Mack | March 2024

#Summary

    Repo holds the files for DU Bootcamp python challenges:

    

    *PyBank:

        "In this Challenge, you are tasked with creating a Python script to analyze the financial records of your company. You will be given a financial dataset called budget_data.csv. The dataset is composed of two columns: "Date" and "Profit/Losses"."

        

    *PyPoll:

        "In this Challenge, you are tasked with helping a small, rural town modernize its vote-counting process. You will be given a set of poll data called election_data.csv. The dataset is composed of three columns: "Voter ID", "County", and "Candidate"."

        

    *See Background.md for specific challenge requirements.

#Repo Contents

    Background.md

    README.md

    PyBank folder

        /main.py

        /analysis/PyBankAnalysis.txt

        /Resources/budget_data.csv

    PyPoll folder

        /main.py

        /analysis/PyPollAnalysis.txt

        /Resources/election_data.csv

#Additional Note

    Beware that script to create and write results to a text file will overwrite any existing file with the same name in the same location!

#Resources

    *Challenge instructions, hints and considerations, and source data provided by: edX Boot Camps and University of Denver

    

    *Learnings from class content and activities

    

    *Bootcamp tutor (Justin) helped with: debug print statement organization, finding index positions and scripting average PL changes in PyBank challenge

    

    *Webpage for help scripting PyBank monthly change loop (URL):

        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56123027/how-to-subtract-an-element-from-previous-one-in-python

    

    *Webpage for help creating text file with results (URL):

        https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/file-handling-in-python/

    

    *Webpage to aid in scripting conditional list to capture unique candidates in PyPoll challenge using "not in":

        https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/get-unique-values-from-a-list-in-python

    

    *Webpage for key= *.get to return largest key for PyPoll winner:

        https://www.javatpoint.com/find-key-with-maximum-value-in-dictionary#:~:text=Using%20max()%20Function&text=The%20max()%20method%20is,highest%20value%20using%20the%20function.