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54 | <h1>Python Tutorial</h1> | |
55 | <p><b><font size="+2">Guido van Rossum</font></b></p> | |
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57 | <strong>Python Software Foundation</strong> | |
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59 | Email: <span class="email">docs@python.org</span> | |
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61 | <p><i> Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor</i></p> | |
62 | <p><strong>Release 2.4.2</strong><br /> | |
63 | <strong>28 September 2005</strong></p> | |
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76 | <LI><A href="node1.html">Front Matter</a> | |
77 | <LI><A href="node2.html">Contents</a> | |
78 | <LI><A href="node3.html">1. Whetting Your Appetite</a> | |
79 | <LI><A href="node4.html">2. Using the Python Interpreter</a> | |
80 | <UL> | |
81 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004100000000000000000">2.1 Invoking the Interpreter</a> | |
82 | <UL> | |
83 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004110000000000000000">2.1.1 Argument Passing</a> | |
84 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004120000000000000000">2.1.2 Interactive Mode</a> | |
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86 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004200000000000000000">2.2 The Interpreter and Its Environment</a> | |
87 | <UL> | |
88 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004210000000000000000">2.2.1 Error Handling</a> | |
89 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004220000000000000000">2.2.2 Executable Python Scripts</a> | |
90 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004230000000000000000">2.2.3 Source Code Encoding</a> | |
91 | <LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004240000000000000000">2.2.4 The Interactive Startup File</a> | |
92 | </ul> | |
93 | </ul> | |
94 | <LI><A href="node5.html">3. An Informal Introduction to Python</a> | |
95 | <UL> | |
96 | <LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005100000000000000000">3.1 Using Python as a Calculator</a> | |
97 | <UL> | |
98 | <LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005110000000000000000">3.1.1 Numbers</a> | |
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101 | <LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005140000000000000000">3.1.4 Lists</a> | |
102 | </ul> | |
103 | <LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005200000000000000000">3.2 First Steps Towards Programming</a> | |
104 | </ul> | |
105 | <LI><A href="node6.html">4. More Control Flow Tools</a> | |
106 | <UL> | |
107 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006100000000000000000">4.1 <tt class="keyword">if</tt> Statements</a> | |
108 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006200000000000000000">4.2 <tt class="keyword">for</tt> Statements</a> | |
109 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006300000000000000000">4.3 The <tt class="function">range()</tt> Function</a> | |
110 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006400000000000000000">4.4 <tt class="keyword">break</tt> and <tt class="keyword">continue</tt> Statements, and | |
111 | <tt class="keyword">else</tt> Clauses on Loops</a> | |
112 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006500000000000000000">4.5 <tt class="keyword">pass</tt> Statements</a> | |
113 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006600000000000000000">4.6 Defining Functions</a> | |
114 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006700000000000000000">4.7 More on Defining Functions</a> | |
115 | <UL> | |
116 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006710000000000000000">4.7.1 Default Argument Values</a> | |
117 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006720000000000000000">4.7.2 Keyword Arguments</a> | |
118 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006730000000000000000">4.7.3 Arbitrary Argument Lists</a> | |
119 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006740000000000000000">4.7.4 Unpacking Argument Lists</a> | |
120 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006750000000000000000">4.7.5 Lambda Forms</a> | |
121 | <LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006760000000000000000">4.7.6 Documentation Strings</a> | |
122 | </ul> | |
123 | </ul> | |
124 | <LI><A href="node7.html">5. Data Structures</a> | |
125 | <UL> | |
126 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007100000000000000000">5.1 More on Lists</a> | |
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128 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007110000000000000000">5.1.1 Using Lists as Stacks</a> | |
129 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007120000000000000000">5.1.2 Using Lists as Queues</a> | |
130 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007130000000000000000">5.1.3 Functional Programming Tools</a> | |
131 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007140000000000000000">5.1.4 List Comprehensions</a> | |
132 | </ul> | |
133 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007200000000000000000">5.2 The <tt class="keyword">del</tt> statement</a> | |
134 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007300000000000000000">5.3 Tuples and Sequences</a> | |
135 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007400000000000000000">5.4 Sets</a> | |
136 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007500000000000000000">5.5 Dictionaries</a> | |
137 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007600000000000000000">5.6 Looping Techniques</a> | |
138 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007700000000000000000">5.7 More on Conditions</a> | |
139 | <LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007800000000000000000">5.8 Comparing Sequences and Other Types</a> | |
140 | </ul> | |
141 | <LI><A href="node8.html">6. Modules</a> | |
142 | <UL> | |
143 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008100000000000000000">6.1 More on Modules</a> | |
144 | <UL> | |
145 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008110000000000000000">6.1.1 The Module Search Path</a> | |
146 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008120000000000000000">6.1.2 ``Compiled'' Python files</a> | |
147 | </ul> | |
148 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008200000000000000000">6.2 Standard Modules</a> | |
149 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008300000000000000000">6.3 The <tt class="function">dir()</tt> Function</a> | |
150 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000">6.4 Packages</a> | |
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152 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008410000000000000000">6.4.1 Importing * From a Package</a> | |
153 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008420000000000000000">6.4.2 Intra-package References</a> | |
154 | <LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008430000000000000000">6.4.3 Packages in Multiple Directories</a> | |
155 | </ul> | |
156 | </ul> | |
157 | <LI><A href="node9.html">7. Input and Output</a> | |
158 | <UL> | |
159 | <LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009100000000000000000">7.1 Fancier Output Formatting</a> | |
160 | <LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009200000000000000000">7.2 Reading and Writing Files</a> | |
161 | <UL> | |
162 | <LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009210000000000000000">7.2.1 Methods of File Objects</a> | |
163 | <LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009220000000000000000">7.2.2 The <tt class="module">pickle</tt> Module</a> | |
164 | </ul> | |
165 | </ul> | |
166 | <LI><A href="node10.html">8. Errors and Exceptions</a> | |
167 | <UL> | |
168 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010100000000000000000">8.1 Syntax Errors</a> | |
169 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010200000000000000000">8.2 Exceptions</a> | |
170 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010300000000000000000">8.3 Handling Exceptions</a> | |
171 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010400000000000000000">8.4 Raising Exceptions</a> | |
172 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010500000000000000000">8.5 User-defined Exceptions</a> | |
173 | <LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010600000000000000000">8.6 Defining Clean-up Actions</a> | |
174 | </ul> | |
175 | <LI><A href="node11.html">9. Classes</a> | |
176 | <UL> | |
177 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011100000000000000000">9.1 A Word About Terminology</a> | |
178 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011200000000000000000">9.2 Python Scopes and Name Spaces</a> | |
179 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011300000000000000000">9.3 A First Look at Classes</a> | |
180 | <UL> | |
181 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011310000000000000000">9.3.1 Class Definition Syntax</a> | |
182 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011320000000000000000">9.3.2 Class Objects</a> | |
183 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011330000000000000000">9.3.3 Instance Objects</a> | |
184 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011340000000000000000">9.3.4 Method Objects</a> | |
185 | </ul> | |
186 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011400000000000000000">9.4 Random Remarks</a> | |
187 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011500000000000000000">9.5 Inheritance</a> | |
188 | <UL> | |
189 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011510000000000000000">9.5.1 Multiple Inheritance</a> | |
190 | </ul> | |
191 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011600000000000000000">9.6 Private Variables</a> | |
192 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011700000000000000000">9.7 Odds and Ends</a> | |
193 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011800000000000000000">9.8 Exceptions Are Classes Too</a> | |
194 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011900000000000000000">9.9 Iterators</a> | |
195 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION00111000000000000000000">9.10 Generators</a> | |
196 | <LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION00111100000000000000000">9.11 Generator Expressions</a> | |
197 | </ul> | |
198 | <LI><A href="node12.html">10. Brief Tour of the Standard Library</a> | |
199 | <UL> | |
200 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012100000000000000000">10.1 Operating System Interface</a> | |
201 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012200000000000000000">10.2 File Wildcards</a> | |
202 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012300000000000000000">10.3 Command Line Arguments</a> | |
203 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012400000000000000000">10.4 Error Output Redirection and Program Termination</a> | |
204 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012500000000000000000">10.5 String Pattern Matching</a> | |
205 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012600000000000000000">10.6 Mathematics</a> | |
206 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012700000000000000000">10.7 Internet Access</a> | |
207 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012800000000000000000">10.8 Dates and Times</a> | |
208 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012900000000000000000">10.9 Data Compression</a> | |
209 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121000000000000000000">10.10 Performance Measurement</a> | |
210 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121100000000000000000">10.11 Quality Control</a> | |
211 | <LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121200000000000000000">10.12 Batteries Included</a> | |
212 | </ul> | |
213 | <LI><A href="node13.html">11. Brief Tour of the Standard Library - Part II</a> | |
214 | <UL> | |
215 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013100000000000000000">11.1 Output Formatting</a> | |
216 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013200000000000000000">11.2 Templating</a> | |
217 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013300000000000000000">11.3 Working with Binary Data Record Layouts</a> | |
218 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013400000000000000000">11.4 Multi-threading</a> | |
219 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013500000000000000000">11.5 Logging</a> | |
220 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013600000000000000000">11.6 Weak References</a> | |
221 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013700000000000000000">11.7 Tools for Working with Lists</a> | |
222 | <LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013800000000000000000">11.8 Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic</a> | |
223 | </ul> | |
224 | <LI><A href="node14.html">12. What Now?</a> | |
225 | <LI><A href="node15.html">A. Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution</a> | |
226 | <UL> | |
227 | <LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015100000000000000000">A.1 Line Editing</a> | |
228 | <LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015200000000000000000">A.2 History Substitution</a> | |
229 | <LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015300000000000000000">A.3 Key Bindings</a> | |
230 | <LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015400000000000000000">A.4 Commentary</a> | |
231 | </ul> | |
232 | <LI><A href="node16.html">B. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations</a> | |
233 | <UL> | |
234 | <LI><A href="node16.html#SECTION0016100000000000000000">B.1 Representation Error</a> | |
235 | </ul> | |
236 | <LI><A href="node17.html">C. History and License</a> | |
237 | <UL> | |
238 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017100000000000000000">C.1 History of the software</a> | |
239 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017200000000000000000">C.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python</a> | |
240 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017300000000000000000">C.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software</a> | |
241 | <UL> | |
242 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017310000000000000000">C.3.1 Mersenne Twister</a> | |
243 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017320000000000000000">C.3.2 Sockets</a> | |
244 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017330000000000000000">C.3.3 Floating point exception control</a> | |
245 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017340000000000000000">C.3.4 MD5 message digest algorithm</a> | |
246 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017350000000000000000">C.3.5 Asynchronous socket services</a> | |
247 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017360000000000000000">C.3.6 Cookie management</a> | |
248 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017370000000000000000">C.3.7 Profiling</a> | |
249 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017380000000000000000">C.3.8 Execution tracing</a> | |
250 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017390000000000000000">C.3.9 UUencode and UUdecode functions</a> | |
251 | <LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION00173100000000000000000">C.3.10 XML Remote Procedure Calls</a> | |
252 | </ul> | |
253 | </ul> | |
254 | <LI><A href="node18.html">D. Glossary</a> | |
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