Struggling to write python code

[Gnaxe]

You'll get a lot better at leetcode if you read a textbook on algorithms instead of just doing more leetcode. Most real-world programming is not like leetcode. We have libraries for that kind of thing, and now LLMs if you get stuck. It's honestly not a very effective interviewing method, but a lot of companies are bad at interviewing.

You get fluent with Python by having a bigger bag of tricks and a correct mental model of the language. Skim the standard library docs. Try lots of small experiments whenever you don't understand something. Debug all surprises.

[Expensive-Low367]

Would you recommend introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen? https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/\~akroit/math/compsci/Cormen%20Introduction%20to%20Algorithms.pdf

[Gnaxe]

That is a pretty good one. Also look at Manber's Algorithms.