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Pathlib: treating a file path as an object

Pathlib combines folder and file names using the operating system’s path rules. After from pathlib import Path, the expression Path('reports') / 'sales.csv' builds a path without creati...

Published22 Oct 2026
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PNG: lossless transparency and compression

PNG stores raster images and can use an alpha channel for transparency. The appropriate file depends on the type of graphics, the colors, and the way of exporting.

Published22 Oct 2026
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Pprint: readable diagnostic output for data

pprint formats Python structures with readable indentation and line breaks. It helps inspect nested lists and dictionaries when a single-line representation is inconvenient.

Published22 Oct 2026