Five days, five functions. format_response, clean_response_text, format_summary_line, is_valid_response, categorize_satisfaction. Which one surprised you most?
Honestly, format_summary_line with {:,.2f}. I had no idea that one format spec handles both the comma separator and the decimal places. I've been doing those separately in Excel forever.
And now you never separate them again. What about the validation logic on Day 6?
The boolean return from is_valid_response clicked once I saw that an empty string is falsy. My entire ISBLANK workaround from Excel was one Python expression.
A workaround that's been your standard procedure for two years, solved in a condition. High bar, cleared.
Week 1 is behind me. Let's check what actually stuck.
Six questions, all drawn from this week's functions. These five are your Python toolkit now — let's make sure the foundations are solid.
Five days, five functions. format_response, clean_response_text, format_summary_line, is_valid_response, categorize_satisfaction. Which one surprised you most?
Honestly, format_summary_line with {:,.2f}. I had no idea that one format spec handles both the comma separator and the decimal places. I've been doing those separately in Excel forever.
And now you never separate them again. What about the validation logic on Day 6?
The boolean return from is_valid_response clicked once I saw that an empty string is falsy. My entire ISBLANK workaround from Excel was one Python expression.
A workaround that's been your standard procedure for two years, solved in a condition. High bar, cleared.
Week 1 is behind me. Let's check what actually stuck.
Six questions, all drawn from this week's functions. These five are your Python toolkit now — let's make sure the foundations are solid.