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Build a Personal Budget Report with Python Collections and Iterables

In this code lab, you will create different budget reports for your spending data using Python collections, iterables, and iterators.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 50m
Published
Clock icon Sep 12, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Count Expenses by Category

    In this module we will read in our spending data and display the categories with the most purchases in a graph. ### Solution The solution can be found in the solution directory.

  2. Challenge

    Create the BudgetList class to Display Budget Overages

    To track expenses that are within budget, we're going to create a class that has one list for in-budget expenses and another list for overages. We'll also make an iterator for this class so that it can seamlessly iterate over both lists.

  3. Challenge

    Finish Making BudgetList an Iterable

    In this module we'll finish creating the BudgetList class to add an iterator that is able to loop through both the expenses and overages list.

  4. Challenge

    Categorizing expenses into separate sets

    In this module we're going to categorize our spending data into different sets. This will set everything up so that we can chart a comparison between different spending categories in the next module.

  5. Challenge

    Timing Set Comprehension and Plotting Categories

    In this module, we will use the Python timeit module to time whether categorizing expenses was faster using a for loop or set comprehension. Then we will create a pie chart that compares the different spending categories.

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