# Day 14 — Searching, Styling, and Some Python Funk

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## 🔎 Day 14 — Searching, Styling, and Some Python Funk

Today was a **heavy logic + new syntax** kind of day.  
I started CSS, finally! But also got into some really interesting areas of both Python and C++ that felt confusing at first but kinda cool once they clicked.

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## ✅ What I Did

### 💻 C++ – Arrays and Search Algorithms

* Practiced:
    
    * **Pointer arithmetic**: using `*`, `&`, pointer math
        
    * **Linear Search** and **Binary Search**
        
    * **Reversing arrays** using loops and temp vars
        
* It was a mix of DSA basics and pointer practice
    

### 🐍 Python – All the Advanced Bits

* Learned:
    
    * `map()` and `reduce()` functions
        
    * The **walrus operator** `:=`
        
    * Function arguments: `*args` and `**kwargs`
        
* Wrote small test programs for each — definitely need more practice, but it’s fun!
    

### 🌐 Web Development – CSS (Finally!)

* Started CSS today! 🔥
    
    * Learned how to use `<style>`, `style=""`, and external CSS
        
    * Tried basic styling properties like `color`, `background`, `font-family`, and spacing
        
* It’s exciting to see things *look* different now, not just work
    

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## 🔗 GitHub Pushes

* `cpp-practice/day14-pointer-search.cpp`
    
* `python-vault/`[`day14-func-magic.py`](http://day14-func-magic.py)
    
* `web-dev-start/day14-css-start.html`
    

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## 🧠 Reflections

> This is the stuff that used to scare me — pointers, decorators, args, layout.  
> But now I’m just picking it apart one piece at a time.

Every language has its quirks. And I’m learning to love them.

That’s Day 14. Logged and done.