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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Shopping List Take Three

Posted by Daniel Benisti
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Daniel Benisti
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,224 Points

so little explanation

what is abs , what is none , we need some explanation to understand , i feel like you running a marathon. and i am steel walking

2 Answers

Kirill Kachinsky
Kirill Kachinsky
15,254 Points
Kirill Kachinsky
Kirill Kachinsky
15,254 Points

yeah he just runs through everything, completely different from the previous teacher, he just says things like whatever, and right?! like you're supposed to know what's going on and just bam bam we done here, right?! LOL

salman khan
salman khan
1,283 Points
salman khan
salman khan
1,283 Points

hi Daniel Benisti, abs is short form of absolute value which means abs of -5 is 5 or abs of an negative integer is positive and none(None) is nothing but a null for EX 

a=5
if a==None:
   print(a)
else:
  print("B")

The output of this code will be B