Spreadsheet-style cell selection syntax (A1:B2) outperformed numeric indexing (iloc[0:1,0:2]) on code creation speed and correctness and on reading comprehension in a 93-student experiment.
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Is spreadsheet syntax better than numeric indexing for cell selection?
Spreadsheet-style cell selection syntax (A1:B2) outperformed numeric indexing (iloc[0:1,0:2]) on code creation speed and correctness and on reading comprehension in a 93-student experiment.