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                                            Olav Vahtras

Use display() not print() to display a dataframe in a jupyter notebook!

This particular lesson is already welded to the notebook as a teaching interface, isn't it?

Use display() not print() to display a dataframe in a jupyter notebook!

Introduction to APIs with Pandas

Well it is after all a section on dataframes, so it makes sense to me.

Add a table for arithmetic operators

Thank you for your suggestion. Although I appreciate your effort to clarify notation for novices, I don't think this is the place for such a table. The focus on this...

Formatting methods and functions with trailing parentheses in instructor text

Dear Bill, Thank you for your suggestion. I can sort of see your point, but I don't think your suggestion makes the text clearer for new students. It is important...

Adding Google Colab as a possible working enviroment for learners?

I agree with this. I often use this myself as a backup strategy for students with install problems in order to get something that just works.

savefig truncates figure elements

A common way is to include the function call fig.tight_layout(), which probably results in something similar. One could put this before a fig.savefig in the example and a short one-sentenace...

Clearer * works on strings not only single chars

Closing for the transition to Carpentries Workbench. I believe the consensus is to not include the suggested change. We do welcome new PRs after the transition has been completed.

In stepping through a list - description and example don't match

Oh my goodness, this was an old issue. @nishreenk are you still around and want to do a PR for this? I agree with your remark. However, @gfriss , I...

add bifurcation diagram to the logistic map code

This has now been inactive for a while and has currently conflicting changes. It will be closed for now. Please consider a new PR after the transition to Carpentries Workbench.