Python Pocket Reference

Python is optimized for quality, productivity, portability, and integration. Hundreds of thousands of Python developers around the world rely on Python for general-purpose tasks, Internet scripting, systems programming, user interfaces, and product customization. Available on all major computing platforms, including commercial versions of Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, Python is portable, powerful and remarkable easy to use. With its convenient, quick-reference format,Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition is the perfect on-the-job reference. More importantly, it's now been refreshed to cover the language's latest release, Python 2.4. For experienced Python developers, this book is a compact toolbox that delivers need-to-know information at the flip of a page. This third edition also includes an easy-lookup index to help developers find answers fast! Python 2.4 is more than just optimization and library enhancements; it's also chock full of bug fixes and upgrades. And these changes are addressed in thePython Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition. New language features, new and upgraded built-ins, and new and upgraded modules and packages--they're all clarified in detail. ThePython Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition serves as the perfect companion toLearning PythonandProgramming Python.Chapter 1: Python Pocket Reference; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Conventions; 1.3 Command-Line Options; 1.4 Environment Variables; 1.5 Built-in Types and Operators; 1.6 Specific Built-in Types; 1.7 Statements and Syntax; 1.8 Specific Statements; 1.9 Namespace and Scope Rules; 1.10 Object-Oriented Programming; 1.11 Operator Overloading Methods; 1.12 Built-in Functions; 1.13 Built-in Exceptions; 1.14 Built-in Attributes; 1.15 Built-in Modules; 1.16 The sys Module; 1.17 The string Module; 1.18 The os System Module; 1.19 The re Pattern-Matching Module; 1.20 Object Persistence Modules; 1.21 Tkinter GUI Module and Tools; 1.22 Internet Modules and Tools; 1.23 Other Built-in Modules; 1.24 Python Portable SQL Database API; 1.25 Python Idioms and Hints; << less