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<LI><A href="builtin.html">2. Built-In Objects</a>
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<LI><A href="built-in-funcs.html">2.1 Built-in Functions</a>
<LI><A href="non-essential-built-in-funcs.html">2.2 Non-essential Built-in Functions</a>
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<LI><A href="truth.html">2.3.1 Truth Value Testing</a>
<LI><A href="boolean.html">2.3.2 Boolean Operations -- and, or, not</a>
<LI><A href="comparisons.html">2.3.3 Comparisons</a>
<LI><A href="typesnumeric.html">2.3.4 Numeric Types -- int, float, long, complex</a>
<LI><A href="typeiter.html">2.3.5 Iterator Types</a>
<LI><A href="typesseq.html">2.3.6 Sequence Types -- str, unicode, list, tuple, buffer, xrange</a>
<LI><A href="types-set.html">2.3.7 Set Types -- set, frozenset</a>
<LI><A href="typesmapping.html">2.3.8 Mapping Types -- classdict</a>
<LI><A href="bltin-file-objects.html">2.3.9 File Objects</a>
<LI><A href="typesother.html">2.3.10 Other Built-in Types</a>
<LI><A href="specialattrs.html">2.3.11 Special Attributes</a>
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<LI><A href="module-exceptions.html">2.4 Built-in Exceptions</a>
<LI><A href="node35.html">2.5 Built-in Constants</a>
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<LI><A href="python.html">3. Python Runtime Services</a>
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<LI><A href="module-sys.html">3.1 sys -- System-specific parameters and functions</a>
<LI><A href="module-gc.html">3.2 gc -- Garbage Collector interface</a>
<LI><A href="module-weakref.html">3.3 weakref -- Weak references</a>
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<LI><A href="weakref-objects.html">3.3.1 Weak Reference Objects</a>
<LI><A href="weakref-example.html">3.3.2 Example</a>
<LI><A href="weakref-extension.html">3.3.3 Weak References in Extension Types</a>
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<LI><A href="module-fpectl.html">3.4 fpectl -- Floating point exception control</a>
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<LI><A href="fpectl-example.html">3.4.1 Example</a>
<LI><A href="node45.html">3.4.2 Limitations and other considerations</a>
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<LI><A href="module-atexit.html">3.5 atexit -- Exit handlers</a>
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<LI><A href="atexit-example.html">3.5.1 atexit Example</a>
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<LI><A href="module-types.html">3.6 types -- Names for built-in types</a>
<LI><A href="module-UserDict.html">3.7 UserDict -- Class wrapper for dictionary objects</a>
<LI><A href="module-UserList.html">3.8 UserList -- Class wrapper for list objects</a>
<LI><A href="module-UserString.html">3.9 UserString -- Class wrapper for string objects</a>
<LI><A href="module-operator.html">3.10 operator -- Standard operators as functions.</a>
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<LI><A href="operator-map.html">3.10.1 Mapping Operators to Functions</a>
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<LI><A href="module-inspect.html">3.11 inspect -- Inspect live objects</a>
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<LI><A href="inspect-types.html">3.11.1 Types and members</a>
<LI><A href="inspect-source.html">3.11.2 Retrieving source code</a>
<LI><A href="inspect-classes-functions.html">3.11.3 Classes and functions</a>
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<LI><A href="module-pickle.html">3.14 pickle -- Python object serialization</a>
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<LI><A href="node63.html">3.14.1 Relationship to other Python modules</a>
<LI><A href="node64.html">3.14.2 Data stream format</a>
<LI><A href="node65.html">3.14.3 Usage</a>
<LI><A href="node66.html">3.14.4 What can be pickled and unpickled?</a>
<LI><A href="pickle-protocol.html">3.14.5 The pickle protocol</a>
<LI><A href="pickle-sub.html">3.14.6 Subclassing Unpicklers</a>
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<LI><A href="module-cPickle.html">3.15 cPickle -- A faster pickle</a>
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<LI><A href="node109.html">4.1.2 Template strings</a>
<LI><A href="node110.html">4.1.3 String functions</a>
<LI><A href="node111.html">4.1.4 Deprecated string functions</a>
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<LI><A href="matching-searching.html">4.2.2 Matching vs Searching</a>
<LI><A href="node115.html">4.2.3 Module Contents</a>
<LI><A href="re-objects.html">4.2.4 Regular Expression Objects</a>
<LI><A href="match-objects.html">4.2.5 Match Objects</a>
<LI><A href="node118.html">4.2.6 Examples</a>
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<LI><A href="module-struct.html">4.3 struct -- Interpret strings as packed binary data</a>
<LI><A href="module-difflib.html">4.4 difflib -- Helpers for computing deltas</a>
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<LI><A href="sequence-matcher.html">4.4.1 SequenceMatcher Objects</a>
<LI><A href="sequencematcher-examples.html">4.4.2 SequenceMatcher Examples</a>
<LI><A href="differ-objects.html">4.4.3 Differ Objects</a>
<LI><A href="differ-examples.html">4.4.4 Differ Example</a>
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<LI><A href="module-fpformat.html">4.5 fpformat -- Floating point conversions</a>
<LI><A href="module-StringIO.html">4.6 StringIO -- Read and write strings as files</a>
<LI><A href="module-cStringIO.html">4.7 cStringIO -- Faster version of StringIO</a>
<LI><A href="module-textwrap.html">4.8 textwrap -- Text wrapping and filling</a>
<LI><A href="module-codecs.html">4.9 codecs -- Codec registry and base classes</a>
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<LI><A href="node130.html">4.9.1 Codec Base Classes</a>
<LI><A href="standard-encodings.html">4.9.2 Standard Encodings</a>
<LI><A href="module-encodings.idna.html">4.9.3 encodings.idna -- Internationalized Domain Names in Applications</a>
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<LI><A href="module-unicodedata.html">4.10 unicodedata -- Unicode Database</a>
<LI><A href="module-stringprep.html">4.11 stringprep -- Internet String Preparation</a>
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<LI><A href="module-pydoc.html">5.1 pydoc -- Documentation generator and online help system</a>
<LI><A href="module-doctest.html">5.2 doctest -- Test interactive Python examples</a>
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<LI><A href="doctest-simple-testmod.html">5.2.1 Simple Usage: Checking Examples in Docstrings</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-simple-testfile.html">5.2.2 Simple Usage: Checking Examples in a Text File</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-how-it-works.html">5.2.3 How It Works</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-basic-api.html">5.2.4 Basic API</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-unittest-api.html">5.2.5 Unittest API</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-advanced-api.html">5.2.6 Advanced API</a>
<LI><A href="doctest-debugging.html">5.2.7 Debugging</a>
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<LI><A href="organizing-tests.html">5.3.2 Organizing test code</a>
<LI><A href="legacy-unit-tests.html">5.3.3 Re-using old test code</a>
<LI><A href="unittest-contents.html">5.3.4 Classes and functions</a>
<LI><A href="testcase-objects.html">5.3.5 TestCase Objects</a>
<LI><A href="testsuite-objects.html">5.3.6 TestSuite Objects</a>
<LI><A href="testresult-objects.html">5.3.7 TestResult Objects</a>
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<LI><A href="writing-tests.html">5.4.1 Writing Unit Tests for the test package</a>
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<LI><A href="decimal-tutorial.html">5.6.1 Quick-start Tutorial</a>
<LI><A href="node178.html">5.6.2 Decimal objects</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-decimal.html">5.6.3 Context objects</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-signals.html">5.6.4 Signals</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-notes.html">5.6.5 Floating Point Notes</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-threads.html">5.6.6 Working with threads</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-recipes.html">5.6.7 Recipes</a>
<LI><A href="decimal-faq.html">5.6.8 Decimal FAQ</a>
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<LI><A href="module-math.html">5.7 math -- Mathematical functions</a>
<LI><A href="module-cmath.html">5.8 cmath -- Mathematical functions for complex numbers</a>
<LI><A href="module-random.html">5.9 random -- Generate pseudo-random numbers</a>
<LI><A href="module-whrandom.html">5.10 whrandom -- Pseudo-random number generator</a>
<LI><A href="module-bisect.html">5.11 bisect -- Array bisection algorithm</a>
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<LI><A href="set-objects.html">5.15.1 Set Objects</a>
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<LI><A href="node235.html">6.8.1 Using the subprocess Module</a>
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<LI><A href="datetime-date.html">6.10.3 date Objects</a>
<LI><A href="datetime-datetime.html">6.10.4 datetime Objects</a>
<LI><A href="datetime-time.html">6.10.5 time Objects</a>
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