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4 Time-Saving Shortcuts for Python Programmers
Code on multiple lines, maintain proper scope, and more
Programmers often get frustrated when they have to repeat the same thing repeatedly, even after having looping functionality. I found one cool trick that can ease that repetitive task. I am a python programmer; I will share that trick concerning python programming. Although, this trick can be used with other programming languages.
Python is one of the best programming languages for programmers and data scientists. Still, when we use repetitive tasks practically for our projects or any app development, we often get irritated with them. Those tasks can consume most of our quality work time.
This article will cover some keyboard shortcuts that every Python programmer should use to save an ample amount of time. They have been thoroughly tested with Jupyter Notebook and Sublime Text, and they work fine. So, we will need a Python-supported IDE to use them.
1. Code on Multiple Lines at the Same Time
Often, we have to write similar code at the same time. One way of doing the same thing is to copy-paste the lines and then click at each place to edit the remaining part of the line.
A better and time-saving approach is to use ctrl+mouse click. Check out the GIF below:
These changes can be in random places. Here is how you can do the changes in random places:
2. Single-Line Multi-Row Comment
To comment on a group of code lines, we usually use a multi-line string. In most cases, multi-line strings don’t fit because we can un-comment any line there at random. That will break the flow of a multi-line string.
To achieve this, we have a shortcut: ctrl+/. It will make single-line comments in the selected area:
