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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is considered one of the best books to learn programming. As a review, here’s my what I learned from it as someone new to programming. Review and opinion.
Returning a function with functions. How to define and use higher-order functions that return other functions in Python.
Verifying that a password contains certain characters using regular expressions with look-ahead assertions. The opposite, absence of certain characters, can be verified with negative look-ahead assertions.
Functions in Python can be defined with other functions as parameters. These are known as higher-order functions. See an explanation of how to define them with examples here.