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Python continues to evolve, providing developers with more concise and efficient ways to write code. Whether you’re an experienced programmer or just starting out, mastering these modern one-liners can significantly enhance your productivity.
These modern Python one-liners will streamline your development workflow in 2025, helping you write cleaner, faster, and more efficient code.
Array Manipulations
1. Find the Maximum Value in a List
<span>max</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>)</span><span>max</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>)</span>max(my_list)
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Elegantly finds the maximum value in any iterable.
2. Remove Duplicates from a List
<span>list</span><span>(</span><span>set</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>))</span><span>list</span><span>(</span><span>set</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>))</span>list(set(my_list))
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Converts the list to a Set (which removes duplicates) and back to a list.
3. Flatten a Nested List
<span>[</span><span>item</span> <span>for</span> <span>sublist</span> <span>in</span> <span>nested_list</span> <span>for</span> <span>item</span> <span>in</span> <span>sublist</span><span>]</span><span>[</span><span>item</span> <span>for</span> <span>sublist</span> <span>in</span> <span>nested_list</span> <span>for</span> <span>item</span> <span>in</span> <span>sublist</span><span>]</span>[item for sublist in nested_list for item in sublist]
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Uses list comprehension to flatten a list of lists in one line.
4. Get a Random Element from a List
<span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>random</span><span>.</span><span>choice</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>)</span><span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>random</span><span>.</span><span>choice</span><span>(</span><span>my_list</span><span>)</span>import random; random.choice(my_list)
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Selects a random element from a list using the random module.
5. Get the Last Item of a List
<span>my_list</span><span>[</span><span>-</span><span>1</span><span>]</span><span>my_list</span><span>[</span><span>-</span><span>1</span><span>]</span>my_list[-1]
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Uses negative indexing for cleaner syntax to get the last element.
6. Get the First N Elements of a List
<span>my_list</span><span>[:</span><span>n</span><span>]</span><span>my_list</span><span>[:</span><span>n</span><span>]</span>my_list[:n]
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Extracts the first n elements from a list using slicing.
Dictionary Utilities
7. Check if a Dictionary is Empty
<span>not</span> <span>bool</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>)</span><span>not</span> <span>bool</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>)</span>not bool(my_dict)
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Returns True if the dictionary has no key-value pairs.
8. Merge Multiple Dictionaries
<span>{</span><span>**</span><span>dict1</span><span>,</span> <span>**</span><span>dict2</span><span>,</span> <span>**</span><span>dict3</span><span>}</span><span>{</span><span>**</span><span>dict1</span><span>,</span> <span>**</span><span>dict2</span><span>,</span> <span>**</span><span>dict3</span><span>}</span>{**dict1, **dict2, **dict3}
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Combines multiple dictionaries into one using dictionary unpacking.
9. Deep Clone a Dictionary
<span>import</span> <span>copy</span><span>;</span> <span>copy</span><span>.</span><span>deepcopy</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>)</span><span>import</span> <span>copy</span><span>;</span> <span>copy</span><span>.</span><span>deepcopy</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>)</span>import copy; copy.deepcopy(my_dict)
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Uses the copy module for deep cloning objects.
10. Convert a Dictionary to a List of Tuples
<span>list</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>.</span><span>items</span><span>())</span><span>list</span><span>(</span><span>my_dict</span><span>.</span><span>items</span><span>())</span>list(my_dict.items())
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Turns a dictionary into a list of key-value tuples.
11. Get Unique Elements from a List of Dictionaries (by Key)
<span>{</span><span>d</span><span>[</span><span>key</span><span>]:</span> <span>d</span> <span>for</span> <span>d</span> <span>in</span> <span>list_of_dicts</span><span>}.</span><span>values</span><span>()</span><span>{</span><span>d</span><span>[</span><span>key</span><span>]:</span> <span>d</span> <span>for</span> <span>d</span> <span>in</span> <span>list_of_dicts</span><span>}.</span><span>values</span><span>()</span>{d[key]: d for d in list_of_dicts}.values()
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Filters unique dictionaries based on a specific key.
String Operations
12. Capitalize the First Letter of a String
<span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>title</span><span>()</span><span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>title</span><span>()</span>my_string.title()
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Capitalizes the first letter of each word in a string.
13. Convert a String to a Slug
<span>import</span> <span>re</span><span>;</span> <span>"</span><span>-</span><span>"</span><span>.</span><span>join</span><span>(</span><span>re</span><span>.</span><span>findall</span><span>(</span><span>r</span><span>'</span><span>\w+</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()))</span><span>import</span> <span>re</span><span>;</span> <span>"</span><span>-</span><span>"</span><span>.</span><span>join</span><span>(</span><span>re</span><span>.</span><span>findall</span><span>(</span><span>r</span><span>'</span><span>\w+</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()))</span>import re; "-".join(re.findall(r'\w+', my_string.lower()))
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Replaces spaces with hyphens and ensures lowercase formatting.
14. Reverse a String
<span>my_string</span><span>[::</span><span>-</span><span>1</span><span>]</span><span>my_string</span><span>[::</span><span>-</span><span>1</span><span>]</span>my_string[::-1]
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Uses extended slicing to reverse a string elegantly.
15. Count Occurrences of a Character in a String
<span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>count</span><span>(</span><span>char</span><span>)</span><span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>count</span><span>(</span><span>char</span><span>)</span>my_string.count(char)
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Counts how many times a specific character appears in a string.
16. Check if a String Contains a Substring (Case Insensitive)
<span>substr</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()</span> <span>in</span> <span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()</span><span>substr</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()</span> <span>in</span> <span>my_string</span><span>.</span><span>lower</span><span>()</span>substr.lower() in my_string.lower()
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Performs a case-insensitive substring check.
17. Generate a Random Alphanumeric String
<span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>,</span> <span>string</span><span>;</span> <span>''</span><span>.</span><span>join</span><span>(</span><span>random</span><span>.</span><span>choices</span><span>(</span><span>string</span><span>.</span><span>ascii_letters</span> <span>+</span> <span>string</span><span>.</span><span>digits</span><span>,</span> <span>k</span><span>=</span><span>length</span><span>))</span><span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>,</span> <span>string</span><span>;</span> <span>''</span><span>.</span><span>join</span><span>(</span><span>random</span><span>.</span><span>choices</span><span>(</span><span>string</span><span>.</span><span>ascii_letters</span> <span>+</span> <span>string</span><span>.</span><span>digits</span><span>,</span> <span>k</span><span>=</span><span>length</span><span>))</span>import random, string; ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=length))
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Generates a random alphanumeric string of a given length.
Utility Functions
18. Get the Current Timestamp
<span>import</span> <span>time</span><span>;</span> <span>int</span><span>(</span><span>time</span><span>.</span><span>time</span><span>())</span><span>import</span> <span>time</span><span>;</span> <span>int</span><span>(</span><span>time</span><span>.</span><span>time</span><span>())</span>import time; int(time.time())
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Returns the current Unix timestamp in seconds.
19. Check if a Variable is a List
<span>isinstance</span><span>(</span><span>variable</span><span>,</span> <span>list</span><span>)</span><span>isinstance</span><span>(</span><span>variable</span><span>,</span> <span>list</span><span>)</span>isinstance(variable, list)
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Returns True if the variable is a list.
20. Convert Query Parameters to a Dictionary
<span>from</span> <span>urllib.parse</span> <span>import</span> <span>parse_qs</span><span>;</span> <span>parse_qs</span><span>(</span><span>'</span><span>name=John&age=30</span><span>'</span><span>)</span><span>from</span> <span>urllib.parse</span> <span>import</span> <span>parse_qs</span><span>;</span> <span>parse_qs</span><span>(</span><span>'</span><span>name=John&age=30</span><span>'</span><span>)</span>from urllib.parse import parse_qs; parse_qs('name=John&age=30')
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Parses query parameters from a URL string into a dictionary.
21. Format a Date in YYYY-MM-DD Format
<span>from</span> <span>datetime</span> <span>import</span> <span>date</span><span>;</span> <span>date</span><span>.</span><span>today</span><span>().</span><span>isoformat</span><span>()</span><span>from</span> <span>datetime</span> <span>import</span> <span>date</span><span>;</span> <span>date</span><span>.</span><span>today</span><span>().</span><span>isoformat</span><span>()</span>from datetime import date; date.today().isoformat()
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Returns today’s date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD).
22. Filter Falsy Values from a List
<span>list</span><span>(</span><span>filter</span><span>(</span><span>bool</span><span>,</span> <span>my_list</span><span>))</span><span>list</span><span>(</span><span>filter</span><span>(</span><span>bool</span><span>,</span> <span>my_list</span><span>))</span>list(filter(bool, my_list))
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Removes False, 0, None, “”, [], and {} from a list.
Randomization & Color Utilities
23. Generate a Random Integer Between Two Values (Inclusive)
<span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>random</span><span>.</span><span>randint</span><span>(</span><span>min_val</span><span>,</span> <span>max_val</span><span>)</span><span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>random</span><span>.</span><span>randint</span><span>(</span><span>min_val</span><span>,</span> <span>max_val</span><span>)</span>import random; random.randint(min_val, max_val)
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Efficiently generates a random number within the specified range.
24. Generate a Random HEX Color
<span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>f</span><span>'</span><span>#</span><span>{</span><span>random</span><span>.</span><span>randint</span><span>(</span><span>0</span><span>,</span> <span>0xFFFFFF</span><span>)</span><span>:</span><span>06</span><span>x</span><span>}</span><span>'</span><span>import</span> <span>random</span><span>;</span> <span>f</span><span>'</span><span>#</span><span>{</span><span>random</span><span>.</span><span>randint</span><span>(</span><span>0</span><span>,</span> <span>0xFFFFFF</span><span>)</span><span>:</span><span>06</span><span>x</span><span>}</span><span>'</span>import random; f'#{random.randint(0, 0xFFFFFF):06x}'
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Generates a random hexadecimal color code.
25. Convert RGB to HEX
<span>'</span><span>#{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}</span><span>'</span><span>.</span><span>format</span><span>(</span><span>r</span><span>,</span> <span>g</span><span>,</span> <span>b</span><span>)</span><span>'</span><span>#{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}</span><span>'</span><span>.</span><span>format</span><span>(</span><span>r</span><span>,</span> <span>g</span><span>,</span> <span>b</span><span>)</span>'#{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}'.format(r, g, b)
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Converts RGB values to a HEX color code.
26. Generate a UUID
<span>import</span> <span>uuid</span><span>;</span> <span>str</span><span>(</span><span>uuid</span><span>.</span><span>uuid4</span><span>())</span><span>import</span> <span>uuid</span><span>;</span> <span>str</span><span>(</span><span>uuid</span><span>.</span><span>uuid4</span><span>())</span>import uuid; str(uuid.uuid4())
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Uses the uuid module to generate a unique identifier.
Final Thoughts
Mastering these Python one-liners will make your code cleaner, more efficient, and easier to maintain. Whether you’re optimizing performance or improving readability, these techniques will save you time and effort in 2025.
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