Data Structures & Algorithms in Python

Big-O & Python Operation Costs

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YOU’RE LEARNING TO

↗classify an algorithm's time complexity using Big-O notation

↗explain the difference between time complexity and space complexity

↗identify the cost of common Python operations (list, dict, set)

↗explain amortized analysis in the context of list.append

↗choose between 'in' on a list vs a set for membership tests