8 Quick Refactoring Tips to Make Your Code Cleaner and More Pythonic

In this article, I will show you eight quick refactoring tips that will make your code look much cleaner and more Pythonic. <h1>Tip 1: Merge Nested If Statements</h1> Instead of having nested if statements, it’s better to merge them into one. For example, instead of writing: <pre> if a: if b: # do something</pre> You can merge them into: <pre> if a and b: # do something</pre> <h1>Tip 2: Use `any` Instead of a Loop</h1> If you want to check if there is at least one positive element in a list, you can use the `any` function instead of a loop. The longer solution would be to loop over all numbers, check the current number, and then break once the condition is true. However, in Python, there exists a dedicated method called `any` that can simplify this task. You can write: <pre> numbers = [-1, -2, -3, 4, 0, 5, 7, -4] has_positive = False for num in numbers: if num > 0: has_positive = True break</pre> The `any` function returns `True` if any element of the iterable is `True`. This is much shorter and more pythonic than manually looping. <a href="https://python.plainenglish.io/8-quick-refactoring-tips-to-make-your-code-cleaner-and-more-pythonic-a8110edb74fb">Click Here</a>