icecream module introduction

Hi Pythonistas!

Today we are going to learn a new module called icecream. Icecream module is used to debug the code but it is better than the print statement. The feature of icecream are

• It prints both expressions/variable names and their values.
• It's 60% faster to type.
• Data structures are pretty printed.
• Output is syntax highlighted.
• It optionally includes program context: filename, line number, and parent function.

 Let us dive into the code

Installation 

pip install icecream

Code

from icecream import ic

x = 10
ic(x)

y = 20
ic(y, x+y)

ic(range(5))

ic({
    "one": 1,
    "two": 2,
    "three": 3
})


ic(list(range(5)))

def square(i):
    return i*i

a = ic(square(4))

Output

ic| x: 10

ic| y: 20, x+y: 30

ic| range(5): range(0, 5)

ic| {'one': 1, 'three': 3, 'two': 2}

ic| list(range(5)): [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

ic| square(4): 16

Find the code block

def gfg(value):
    ic()
    if value == True:
        ic()
        return "GFG"
    else:
        ic()
        return -1

ic(gfg(True))

Output

ic| icecreame_into.py:31 in gfg() at 08:48:32.289

ic| icecreame_into.py:33 in gfg() at 08:48:32.290

ic| gfg(True): 'GFG'

If we use empty ic function the we get the proper block of code executed 

Enable and disable icecream

Ice Cream has a method to enable or disable its working. By default is is enabled mode but we can make it disable using this function.

ic.disable()

ic("hello disable")

ic(square(5))

ic.enable()

ic("hello enable")

ic(square(5))

Output

ic| 'hello enable'
ic| square(5): 25

We can see that the code after disabled is not printed in the console. But after enabling it is shown properly

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