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59<LI><A href="node3.html">1. Whetting Your Appetite</a>
60<LI><A href="node4.html">2. Using the Python Interpreter</a>
61<UL>
62<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004100000000000000000">2.1 Invoking the Interpreter</a>
63<UL>
64<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004110000000000000000">2.1.1 Argument Passing</a>
65<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004120000000000000000">2.1.2 Interactive Mode</a>
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67<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004200000000000000000">2.2 The Interpreter and Its Environment</a>
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69<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004210000000000000000">2.2.1 Error Handling</a>
70<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004220000000000000000">2.2.2 Executable Python Scripts</a>
71<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004230000000000000000">2.2.3 Source Code Encoding</a>
72<LI><A href="node4.html#SECTION004240000000000000000">2.2.4 The Interactive Startup File</a>
73</ul>
74</ul>
75<LI><A href="node5.html">3. An Informal Introduction to Python</a>
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77<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005100000000000000000">3.1 Using Python as a Calculator</a>
78<UL>
79<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005110000000000000000">3.1.1 Numbers</a>
80<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005120000000000000000">3.1.2 Strings</a>
81<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005130000000000000000">3.1.3 Unicode Strings</a>
82<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005140000000000000000">3.1.4 Lists</a>
83</ul>
84<LI><A href="node5.html#SECTION005200000000000000000">3.2 First Steps Towards Programming</a>
85</ul>
86<LI><A href="node6.html">4. More Control Flow Tools</a>
87<UL>
88<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006100000000000000000">4.1 if Statements</a>
89<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006200000000000000000">4.2 for Statements</a>
90<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006300000000000000000">4.3 The range() Function</a>
91<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006400000000000000000">4.4 break and continue Statements, and else Clauses on Loops</a>
92<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006500000000000000000">4.5 pass Statements</a>
93<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006600000000000000000">4.6 Defining Functions</a>
94<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006700000000000000000">4.7 More on Defining Functions</a>
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96<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006710000000000000000">4.7.1 Default Argument Values</a>
97<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006720000000000000000">4.7.2 Keyword Arguments</a>
98<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006730000000000000000">4.7.3 Arbitrary Argument Lists</a>
99<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006740000000000000000">4.7.4 Unpacking Argument Lists</a>
100<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006750000000000000000">4.7.5 Lambda Forms</a>
101<LI><A href="node6.html#SECTION006760000000000000000">4.7.6 Documentation Strings</a>
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103</ul>
104<LI><A href="node7.html">5. Data Structures</a>
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106<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007100000000000000000">5.1 More on Lists</a>
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108<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007110000000000000000">5.1.1 Using Lists as Stacks</a>
109<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007120000000000000000">5.1.2 Using Lists as Queues</a>
110<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007130000000000000000">5.1.3 Functional Programming Tools</a>
111<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007140000000000000000">5.1.4 List Comprehensions</a>
112</ul>
113<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007200000000000000000">5.2 The del statement</a>
114<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007300000000000000000">5.3 Tuples and Sequences</a>
115<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007400000000000000000">5.4 Sets</a>
116<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007500000000000000000">5.5 Dictionaries</a>
117<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007600000000000000000">5.6 Looping Techniques</a>
118<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007700000000000000000">5.7 More on Conditions</a>
119<LI><A href="node7.html#SECTION007800000000000000000">5.8 Comparing Sequences and Other Types</a>
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121<LI><A href="node8.html">6. Modules</a>
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123<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008100000000000000000">6.1 More on Modules</a>
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125<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008110000000000000000">6.1.1 The Module Search Path</a>
126<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008120000000000000000">6.1.2 ``Compiled'' Python files</a>
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128<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008200000000000000000">6.2 Standard Modules</a>
129<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008300000000000000000">6.3 The dir() Function</a>
130<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000">6.4 Packages</a>
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132<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008410000000000000000">6.4.1 Importing * From a Package</a>
133<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008420000000000000000">6.4.2 Intra-package References</a>
134<LI><A href="node8.html#SECTION008430000000000000000">6.4.3 Packages in Multiple Directories</a>
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137<LI><A href="node9.html">7. Input and Output</a>
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139<LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009100000000000000000">7.1 Fancier Output Formatting</a>
140<LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009200000000000000000">7.2 Reading and Writing Files</a>
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142<LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009210000000000000000">7.2.1 Methods of File Objects</a>
143<LI><A href="node9.html#SECTION009220000000000000000">7.2.2 The pickle Module</a>
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146<LI><A href="node10.html">8. Errors and Exceptions</a>
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148<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010100000000000000000">8.1 Syntax Errors</a>
149<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010200000000000000000">8.2 Exceptions</a>
150<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010300000000000000000">8.3 Handling Exceptions</a>
151<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010400000000000000000">8.4 Raising Exceptions</a>
152<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010500000000000000000">8.5 User-defined Exceptions</a>
153<LI><A href="node10.html#SECTION0010600000000000000000">8.6 Defining Clean-up Actions</a>
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155<LI><A href="node11.html">9. Classes</a>
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157<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011100000000000000000">9.1 A Word About Terminology</a>
158<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011200000000000000000">9.2 Python Scopes and Name Spaces</a>
159<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011300000000000000000">9.3 A First Look at Classes</a>
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161<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011310000000000000000">9.3.1 Class Definition Syntax</a>
162<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011320000000000000000">9.3.2 Class Objects</a>
163<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011330000000000000000">9.3.3 Instance Objects</a>
164<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011340000000000000000">9.3.4 Method Objects</a>
165</ul>
166<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011400000000000000000">9.4 Random Remarks</a>
167<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011500000000000000000">9.5 Inheritance</a>
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169<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011510000000000000000">9.5.1 Multiple Inheritance</a>
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171<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011600000000000000000">9.6 Private Variables</a>
172<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011700000000000000000">9.7 Odds and Ends</a>
173<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011800000000000000000">9.8 Exceptions Are Classes Too</a>
174<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION0011900000000000000000">9.9 Iterators</a>
175<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION00111000000000000000000">9.10 Generators</a>
176<LI><A href="node11.html#SECTION00111100000000000000000">9.11 Generator Expressions</a>
177</ul>
178<LI><A href="node12.html">10. Brief Tour of the Standard Library</a>
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180<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012100000000000000000">10.1 Operating System Interface</a>
181<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012200000000000000000">10.2 File Wildcards</a>
182<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012300000000000000000">10.3 Command Line Arguments</a>
183<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012400000000000000000">10.4 Error Output Redirection and Program Termination</a>
184<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012500000000000000000">10.5 String Pattern Matching</a>
185<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012600000000000000000">10.6 Mathematics</a>
186<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012700000000000000000">10.7 Internet Access</a>
187<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012800000000000000000">10.8 Dates and Times</a>
188<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION0012900000000000000000">10.9 Data Compression</a>
189<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121000000000000000000">10.10 Performance Measurement</a>
190<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121100000000000000000">10.11 Quality Control</a>
191<LI><A href="node12.html#SECTION00121200000000000000000">10.12 Batteries Included</a>
192</ul>
193<LI><A href="node13.html">11. Brief Tour of the Standard Library - Part II</a>
194<UL>
195<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013100000000000000000">11.1 Output Formatting</a>
196<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013200000000000000000">11.2 Templating</a>
197<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013300000000000000000">11.3 Working with Binary Data Record Layouts</a>
198<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013400000000000000000">11.4 Multi-threading</a>
199<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013500000000000000000">11.5 Logging</a>
200<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013600000000000000000">11.6 Weak References</a>
201<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013700000000000000000">11.7 Tools for Working with Lists</a>
202<LI><A href="node13.html#SECTION0013800000000000000000">11.8 Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic</a>
203</ul>
204<LI><A href="node14.html">12. What Now?</a>
205<LI><A href="node15.html">A. Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution</a>
206<UL>
207<LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015100000000000000000">A.1 Line Editing</a>
208<LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015200000000000000000">A.2 History Substitution</a>
209<LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015300000000000000000">A.3 Key Bindings</a>
210<LI><A href="node15.html#SECTION0015400000000000000000">A.4 Commentary</a>
211</ul>
212<LI><A href="node16.html">B. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations</a>
213<UL>
214<LI><A href="node16.html#SECTION0016100000000000000000">B.1 Representation Error</a>
215</ul>
216<LI><A href="node17.html">C. History and License</a>
217<UL>
218<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017100000000000000000">C.1 History of the software</a>
219<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017200000000000000000">C.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python</a>
220<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017300000000000000000">C.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software</a>
221<UL>
222<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017310000000000000000">C.3.1 Mersenne Twister</a>
223<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017320000000000000000">C.3.2 Sockets</a>
224<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017330000000000000000">C.3.3 Floating point exception control</a>
225<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017340000000000000000">C.3.4 MD5 message digest algorithm</a>
226<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017350000000000000000">C.3.5 Asynchronous socket services</a>
227<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017360000000000000000">C.3.6 Cookie management</a>
228<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017370000000000000000">C.3.7 Profiling</a>
229<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017380000000000000000">C.3.8 Execution tracing</a>
230<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION0017390000000000000000">C.3.9 UUencode and UUdecode functions</a>
231<LI><A href="node17.html#SECTION00173100000000000000000">C.3.10 XML Remote Procedure Calls</a>
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234<LI><A href="node18.html">D. Glossary</a>
235<LI><A href="node19.html">Index</a>
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