Python Pocket Reference,9780596001896

Python Pocket Reference

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780596001896
ISBN10: 0596001894
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

This book is a companion volume to two O'Reilly Animal Guides, " Programming Python" and "Learning Python." It summarizes Python statements and types, built-in functions, commonly used library modules, and other prominent Python language features. This pocket reference covers the latest Python release and complements Python's online reference material.

Author Biography

Mark Lutz is an independent Python trainer, writer, and software developer, and is one of the primary figures in the Python community. He is the author of the O'Reilly books Programming Python and Python Pocket Reference (both in 2nd Editions), and co-author of Learning Python (both in 2nd Editions). Mark has been involved with Python since 1992, began teaching Python classes in 1997, and has instructed over 90 Python training sessions as of early 2003. In addition, he holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and over the last two decades has worked on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems. Whenever Mark gets a break from spreading the Python word, he leads an ordinary, average life with his kids in Colorado. Mark can be reached by email at , or on the web at http://www.rmi.net/~lutz.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(1)
Conventions
2(1)
Command-Line Options
2(2)
Environment Variables
4(1)
Built-in Types and Operators
5(5)
Specific Built-in Types
10(14)
Statements and Syntax
24(3)
Specific Statements
27(11)
Namespace and Scope Rules
38(3)
Object-Oriented Programming
41(2)
Operator Overloading Methods
43(8)
Built-in Functions
51(8)
Built-in Exceptions
59(4)
Built-in Attributes
63(1)
Built-in Modules
64(1)
The sys Interpreter Module
65(5)
The string Module and Methods
70(6)
The os System Module
76(15)
The re Pattern-Matching Module
91(7)
Object Persistence Modules
98(2)
Tkinter GUI Module and Tools
100(5)
Internet Modules and Tools
105(3)
Other Built-in Modules
108(2)
Major Python/CAPI Tools
110(8)
Python Portable SQL Database API
118(4)
Python Idioms and Hints
122

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