Also, for generally creatively short and impractical code, look up code golf! You'll probably find some challenges and guides.

The best way might just be to do katas on here and look at the solutions sorted by "clever" at the end, and then trying to understand them.

can you tell where you can learn this type of code i want to learn that type can anybody tell where i can learn

Wow, is a genius

same

This solution is awesome, I feel like a simple amateur. Congrats!

Why did I not think of this...

It's a horrible idea to use try/except for completely preventable exceptions.

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Cybersamurai, wdym? It works perfectly, I just tried it.

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