as — Easy Playground

Creates an alias (used with import, with, except)

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# Import aliasing
import math as m
print(m.pi)
print(m.sqrt(25))

from datetime import datetime as dt
print(dt.now().year)

# Exception aliasing
try:
    result = 10 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

# Context manager aliasing
class Resource:
    def __enter__(self):
        return {"status": "open"}
    def __exit__(self, *args):
        pass

with Resource() as r:
    print(f"Resource: {r}")

Output

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'as' creates an alias — a new name for an imported module, caught exception, or context manager result. It makes code cleaner without extra assignment lines.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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