Update Python_walkthrough.ipynb

Author: marcoalopez

notebooks/Python_walkthrough.ipynb

@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
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-      "['__doc__', '__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__spec__', 'acos', 'acosh', 'asin', 'asinh', 'atan', 'atan2', 'atanh', 'ceil', 'comb', 'copysign', 'cos', 'cosh', 'degrees', 'dist', 'e', 'erf', 'erfc', 'exp', 'expm1', 'fabs', 'factorial', 'floor', 'fmod', 'frexp', 'fsum', 'gamma', 'gcd', 'hypot', 'inf', 'isclose', 'isfinite', 'isinf', 'isnan', 'isqrt', 'lcm', 'ldexp', 'lgamma', 'log', 'log10', 'log1p', 'log2', 'modf', 'nan', 'nextafter', 'perm', 'pi', 'pow', 'prod', 'radians', 'remainder', 'sin', 'sinh', 'sqrt', 'tan', 'tanh', 'tau', 'trunc', 'ulp']\n"
+      "['__doc__', '__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__spec__', 'acos', 'acosh', 'asin', 'asinh', 'atan', 'atan2', 'atanh', 'cbrt', 'ceil', 'comb', 'copysign', 'cos', 'cosh', 'degrees', 'dist', 'e', 'erf', 'erfc', 'exp', 'exp2', 'expm1', 'fabs', 'factorial', 'floor', 'fmod', 'frexp', 'fsum', 'gamma', 'gcd', 'hypot', 'inf', 'isclose', 'isfinite', 'isinf', 'isnan', 'isqrt', 'lcm', 'ldexp', 'lgamma', 'log', 'log10', 'log1p', 'log2', 'modf', 'nan', 'nextafter', 'perm', 'pi', 'pow', 'prod', 'radians', 'remainder', 'sin', 'sinh', 'sqrt', 'tan', 'tanh', 'tau', 'trunc', 'ulp']\n"
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@@ -1617,9 +1617,9 @@
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-    "## Use the ``SimpleNamespace`` method to store related variables (and keep things tidy)\n",
+    "## Use ``SimpleNamespace`` to store related variables (and keep things tidy)\n",
     "\n",
-    "Python ``SimpleNamespace`` method provides an easy way to store related variables and keep things tidy without the need of using a Python dictionary or generate a very large number of variables in the scope. ``SimpleNamespace`` has the advantage over Python dictionaries of accessing the values using the \"dot\" notation, this is using the syntax ``varname.attribute`` instead of ``varname['attribute']``.\n",
+    "Python ``SimpleNamespace`` method provides an easy way to store related variables and keep things tidy without the need of using a Python dictionary or generate a very large number of variables in the scope. The main practical difference between ``SimpleNamespace`` and Python dictionaries is that for ``SimpleNamespace`` objects we access the fields using the \"dot\" notation, this is using the syntax ``varname.attribute`` instead of ``varname['attribute']``.\n",
     "\n",
     "For example, imagine that we want to set a threesome of coordinates. In this case, instead of generating three different variables, it would be more convenient to use a single name called ``coordinates`` containing the different values of the coordinates within that _object_ called ``coordinates`` as follows"
    ]
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@
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     "# Python functions\n",
     "\n",
-    "A **function** in Python is a self-contained block of code that encapsulates a specific task or group of related tasks. We have already used several built-in Python functions in this notebook, e.g. ``print()``, or functions belonging to different modules such as ``math.log()``. Python allows the user to define their own functions. For this, first use the keyword ``def`` (meaning _define_) followed by the **name of the function**, a tuple which may be empty or contain one or multiple **arguments** or **parameters** of the function, and a colon. Below this, goes the (indented) code block that do the task(s) as follows\n",
+    "A **function** in Python is a compact self-contained block of code that executes some action (preferably) or group of actions. We have already used several built-in Python functions in this notebook, e.g. ``print()``, or functions belonging to different modules such as ``math.log()``. Python allows the user to define their own functions. For this, first use the keyword ``def`` (meaning _define_) followed by the **name of the function**, a tuple which may be empty or contain one or multiple **arguments** or **parameters** of the function, and a colon. Below this, goes the (indented) code block that do the task(s) as follows\n",
     "\n",
     "```python\n",
     "def function_name(\"sequence of parameters if any\"):\n",
@@ -2373,8 +2373,8 @@
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-      "Notebook tested in 2024-01-09 using:\n",
-      "Python 3.10.13 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Sep 11 2023, 13:15:57) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]\n"
+      "Notebook tested in 2024-02-20 using:\n",
+      "Python 3.11.5 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Sep 11 2023, 13:16:22) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]\n"
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