Python Pocket Reference

by Lutz, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780596001896
• ISBN10: 0596001894
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

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