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--- notes:python_cheat_sheet [2026/06/05 00:50]
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+++ notes:python_cheat_sheet [2026/06/16 11:03] (current)
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 [[http://www.python.org/ | Python]] is a dynamic object-oriented programming language with extensive standard libraries. These notes summarize the [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/tutorial/ | Python 3.0 tutorial]].
+===== The Interpreter =====
   * **python**/**python3.0** is the command-line interpreter with readline where available.
   * python -c command runs a single command.
-  * %%>>> prompts for a line . ... prompts for a continuation of a previous line.%%
+  * sys.argv is a list of strings with the script if any in sys.argv[0]
+  * >>> prompts for a line . ... prompts for a continuation of a previous line
   * PYTHONSTARTUP can point to a file of startup commands
   * Expressions are evaluated and printed.
   * The last printed expression is assigned to _ .
 ===== Basics =====
   * Comments start with # .
-  * sys.argv is a list of strings with the script if any in sys.argv[0]
   * Variables can be assigned (using = ) without being defined but must be assigned before being used.
   * a,b = c,d does a multiple assignment.
@@ Line 36: / Line 40: @@
   * Lists can be nested.
   * Other methods include append, pop, extend, index, count, sort, reverse.
-  * Lists can be created from sequences using list comprehension <code python>
+  * Lists can be created from sequences e.g <code python>
 vec = [2, 4, 6]
-[[x, x**2] for x in vec if x > 2]
+[[x, x**2] for x in vec]
-[[4, 16], [6, 36]]
+[[2, 4], [4, 16], [6, 36]]</code>
-[x+y for x in vec for y in vec2 if x > 2]</code>
   * Other sequence types include tuples ( (1,2) or 1,2) and sets ({1,2} or set(1,2)).
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   * But strings can't be modified using slices or indexes.
   * [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods | String methods]] include strip, format, capitalize etc.
+  * format-string % (tuple) allows use of printf formatting strings. Also string.format() .
 ===== Control Flow =====
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   * Loops may have else clauses for code executed after normal termination (not a break).
-===== Assorted Collection Stuff =====
+===== Assorted =====
   * Dictionaries are unordered sets of key value pairs e.g. { a:1, b:2} or dict([(a,1),(b,2)]) or dict(a=1,b=2)
   * Dictionary keys/values/items can be enumerated over.
-  * sorted and reversed take in liats and return new lists.
-  * enumerate takes in a list and returns a list of pairs where the first item in the pair is an integer starting with 0.
-  * zip takes two or more lists with the same number of elements and creates a single list of lists with corresponding members grouped together.
-===== Modules & Packages =====
-  * A //module// is a file of python definitions.
-  * Definitions in a module can be accessed by importing the module. <code python>import fib
-from fib import fib1, fib2
-</code>
-  * %%__name__%% is set to the name of the module or to %%__main__%% if called from the command line.
-  * The search list for modules is the variable sys.path initialized from the directory containing the input script (or the current directory), PYTHONPATH and the installation-dependent default.
-  * When a module is imported, a byte-code version is stored to module.pyc which speeds up successive loads.
-  * There are many standard modules including sys which is common to all platforms.
-  * dir(module) lists all names in a module sorted alphabetically. dir(builtins) shows all the built-in functions and variables.
-  * Packages can be used to group modules. Packages should be in a named directory with an __init__.py file optionally containing initialization code. E.g. import sound.effects.echo .
-  * . is the current package, .. is the parent package etc.
-===== Input/Output =====
-  * str() returns a readable representations, repr() returns a canonical representation
-  * Strings have several formatting methods.
-  * //formatstring.format(tuple)// is the [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/string.html#formatspec | new-style printf]] equivalent. The [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting | old-style]] was //formatstring % (tuple)// which uses C-type format strings.
-  * To open a file <code python> open('/tmp/workfile', 'w') </code>
-  * [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/stdtypes.html#file-objects | File methods]] include read, readline, write.
-  * //pickle// contains [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/pickle.html | load and dump methods]] for serializing objects. Support should be added for new object types.

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