Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python - Third Edition

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Python Data Types and Structures

Data structures and algorithms are important components in the development of any software system. An algorithm can be defined as a set of step-by-step instructions to solve any given problem; an algorithm processes the data and produces the output results based on the specific problem. The data used by the algorithm to solve the problem has to be stored and organized efficiently in the computer memory for the efficient implementation of the software. The performance of the system depends upon the efficient access and retrieval of the data, and that depends upon how well the data structures that store and organize the data in the system are chosen.

Data structures deal with how the data is stored and organized ...