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Table of Contents

Python Pocket Reference

• Introduction
• Book Conventions

• Python Command-Line Usage
  • Python Command Options
  • Command-Line Program Specification
  • Python 2.X Command Options

• Python Environment Variables
  • Operational Variables
  • Python Command Option Variables

• Python Windows Launcher Usage
  • Launcher File Directives
  • Launcher Command Lines
  • Launcher Environment Variables

• Built-in Types and Operators
  • Operators and Precedence
    • Atomic terms and dynamic typing
  • Operator Usage Notes
  • Operations by Category
  • Sequence Operation Notes

• Specific Built-in Types
  • Numbers
    • Literals and creation
    • Operations
    • Decimal and fraction
    • Other numeric types

• Strings
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations
  • String formatting
  • String formatting expression
  • Formatting expression syntax
  • String formatting method
  • Formatting method syntax
  • Template string substitution
  • String methods
  • byte and bytearray methods
  • Searching methods
  • Splitting and joining methods
  • Formatting methods
  • Content test methods
  • The original string module

• Unicode Strings
  • Unicode support in Python 3.X
  • byte and bytearray strings
  • Unicode support in Python 2.X

• Lists
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations
  • List comprehension expressions
  • The iteration protocol
  • Generator expressions
  • Other comprehension expressions

• Dictionaries
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Tuples
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Files
  • Input files
  • Output files
  • Any files
  • Other file attributes (some read-only)
  • File context managers
  • File usage notes

• Sets
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Other Types and Conversions
  • Boolean
  • Type Conversions

• Statements and Syntax
  • Syntax Rules
  • Name Rules
    • Name format
  • Name conventions

• Specific Statements
  • The Assignment Statement
  • Augmented assignment
  • Normal sequence assignment
  • Extended sequence assignment (3.X)

• The Expression Statement
  • Call syntax
  • Arbitrary arguments call syntax

• The print Statement
  • Python 2.X print statements

• The if Statement

• The while Statement

• The for Statement

• The pass Statement

• The break Statement - Python break Statement

• The continue Statement

• The del Statement

• The def Statement
  • Python 3.X keyword-only arguments
  • Python 3.X function annotations
  • lambda expressions
  • Function defaults and attributes
  • Function and method decorators

• The return Statement

• The yield Statement
  • Generator function changes in Python 3.3

• The global Statement

• The nonlocal Statement

• The import Statement
  • Package imports
  • Python 3.3 namespace packages
  • Import algorithm

• The from Statement
  • Package relative import syntax

• The class Statement
  • Class decorators in Python 3.X, 2.6, and 2.7
  • Metaclasses

• The try Statement
  • Python 2.X try statement forms

• The raise Statement
  • Python 3.X chained exceptions
  • Class exceptions
  • Python 2.X raise statement forms

• The assert Statement

• The with Statement
  • Multiple context managers in Python 3.10 and 2.7
  • Context manager protocol

• Python 2.X Statement

• Namespace and Scope Rules
  • Qualified Names: Object Namespaces
  • Unqualified Names: Lexical Scopes
  • Nested Scopes and Closures
  • Enclosing scopes and defaults

• Object-Oriented Programming
  • Classes and Instances
  • Class objects provide default behavior
  • Instance objects are generated from classes
  • Inheritance rules

• Pseudoprivate Attributes
  • Module privates
  • Class privates

• New-Style Classes

• Formal Inheritance Rules
  • Classic classes: DFLR
  • New-style classes: MRO
  • Example: nondiamonds
  • Example: diamonds
  • New-style inheritance algorithm
  • New-style precedence and context

• Operator Overloading Methods
  • Methods for All Types
  • Methods for Collections (Sequences, Mappings)
• Methods for Numbers (Binary Operators)
  • Basic binary methods
  • Right-side binary methods
  • Augmented binary methods

• Methods for Numbers (Other Operations)
• Methods for Descriptors
• Methods for Context Managers
• Python 2.X Operator Overloading Methods
  • Methods in Python 3.X only
  • Methods in Python 2.X only

• Built-in Functions
  • Python 2.X Built-in Functions
  • Python 3.X built-ins not supported by Python 2.X
  • Python 2.X built-ins not supported by Python 3.X

• Built-in Exceptions
  • Superclasses: Categories
  • Specific Exceptions
  • Specific OSError Exceptions
  • Warning Category Exceptions
  • Warnings Framework
  • Python 3.2 Built-in Exceptions
  • Python 2.X Built-in Exceptions

• Built-in Attributes

• Standard Library Modules

• The sys Module

• The string Module
  • [Function]]s and Classes
  • Constants

• The os System Module
  • Administrative Tools
  • Portability Constants
  • Shell Commands
  • Environment Tools
  • File Descriptor Tools
  • File Pathname Tools
  • Process Control
  • The os.path Module

• The re Pattern-Matching Module
  • Module Functions
  • Regular Expression Objects
  • Match Objects
  • Pattern Syntax

• Object Persistence Modules
  • The shelve and dbm Modules
    • File opens
    • File operations
  • The pickle Module
    • Pickling interfaces
    • Unpickling interfaces
    • pickle usage notes

• The tkinter GUI Module and Tools
  • tkinter Example
  • tkinter Core Widgets
  • Common Dialog Calls
    • Module tkinter.messagebox (tkMessageBox in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.simpledialog (tkSimpleDialog in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.colorchooser (tkColorChooser in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.filedialog (tkFileDialog in Python 2.X)
  • Additional tkinter Classes and Tools
  • Tcl/Tk-to-Python/tkinter Mappings

• Internet Modules and Tools
• Other Standard Library Modules
  • The math Module
  • The time Module
  • The timeit Module
  • The datetime Module
  • The random Module
  • The json Module
  • The subprocess Module
  • The enum Module
  • The struct Module
  • Threading Modules

• Python SQL Database API
  • API Usage Example
  • Module Interface
  • Connection Objects
  • Cursor Objects
  • Type Objects and Constructors

• More Hints and Idioms
  • Core Language Hints
  • Environment Hints
  • Usage Hints
  • Assorted Hints

• Index
• Copyright

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Python Pocket Reference Table of Contents

Python Pocket Reference

• Python Pocket Reference Introduction
• Python Pocket Reference Book Conventions

• Python Command-Line Usage - Java Command-Line Usage - Command-Line Usage
  • Python Command Options - Java Command Options - Command Option]]
  • Command-Line Program Specification - Python Command-Line Program Specification - Java Command-Line - Command-Line - Command Line
  • Python 2.X Command Options

• Python Environment Variables - Java Environment Variable - Environment Variable
  • Operational Variables - Python Operational Variable - Java Operational Variable
  • Python Command Option Variables - Java Command Option Variable - Command Option Variable

• Python Windows Launcher Usage
  • Launcher File Directives
  • Launcher Command Lines
  • Launcher Environment Variables

• Built-in Types and Operators - Built-in Types and Operators - Python Built-in Types and Operators - Python Built-in Types, Python Types and Python Operators - Java Built-in Types and Operators - Java Built-in Types, Java Types and Java Operators
  • Operators and Precedence - Python Operators and Precedence - Python Operators and Python Precedence - Java Operators and Precedence - Java Operators and Java Precedence
    • Atomic terms and dynamic typing - Python Atomic terms and dynamic typing - Python dynamic typing - Java Atomic terms and Java dynamic typing
  • Operator Usage Notes - Python Operator Usage Notes - Java Operator Usage Notes
  • Operations by Category - Python Operations by Category - Java Operations by Category
  • Sequence Operation Notes - Sequence Operation - Python Sequence Operation - Python Sequence Operation Notes

• Specific Built-in Types - Types - Built-in Types - Python Types - Python Built-in Types - Python Specific Built-in Types - Java Built-in Types - Java Specific Built-in Types - Java Types
  • Numbers - Python Numbers - Java Number
    • Literals and creation - Python Literals and creation - Python Literal - Java Literals and creation - Javaq Literal
    • Operations
    • Decimal and fraction
    • Other numeric types

• Strings - Python Strings - Java Strings
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations
  • String formatting - Python String formatting - Java String formatting
  • String formatting expression
  • Formatting expression syntax
  • String formatting method
  • Formatting method syntax
  • Template string substitution
  • String methods
  • byte and bytearray methods
  • Searching methods
  • Splitting and joining methods
  • Formatting methods
  • Content test methods
  • The original string module

• Unicode Strings
  • Unicode support in Python 3.X
  • byte and bytearray strings
  • Unicode support in Python 2.X

• Lists
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations
  • List comprehension expressions
  • The iteration protocol
  • Generator expressions
  • Other comprehension expressions

• Dictionaries
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Tuples
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Files
  • Input files
  • Output files
  • Any files
  • Other file attributes (some read-only)
  • File context managers
  • File usage notes

• Sets
  • Literals and creation
  • Operations

• Other Types and Conversions
  • Boolean
  • Type Conversions

• Statements and Syntax
  • Syntax Rules
  • Name Rules
    • Name format
  • Name conventions

• Specific Statements
  • The Assignment Statement
  • Augmented assignment
  • Normal sequence assignment
  • Extended sequence assignment (3.X)

• The Expression Statement
  • Call syntax
  • Arbitrary arguments call syntax

• The print Statement
  • Python 2.X print statements

• The if Statement

• The while Statement

• The for Statement

• The pass Statement

• The break Statement - Python break Statement

• The continue Statement

• The del Statement

• The def Statement
  • Python 3.X keyword-only arguments
  • Python 3.X function annotations
  • lambda expressions
  • Function defaults and attributes
  • Function and method decorators

• The return Statement

• The yield Statement
  • Generator function changes in Python 3.3

• The global Statement

• The nonlocal Statement

• The import Statement
  • Package imports
  • Python 3.3 namespace packages
  • Import algorithm

• The from Statement
  • Package relative import syntax

• The class Statement
  • Class decorators in Python 3.X, 2.6, and 2.7
  • Metaclasses

• The try Statement
  • Python 2.X try statement forms

• The raise Statement
  • Python 3.X chained exceptions
  • Class exceptions
  • Python 2.X raise statement forms

• The assert Statement

• The with Statement
  • Multiple context managers in Python 3.10 and 2.7
  • Context manager protocol

• Python 2.X Statement

• Namespace and Scope Rules
  • Qualified Names: Object Namespaces
  • Unqualified Names: Lexical Scopes
  • Nested Scopes and Closures
  • Enclosing scopes and defaults

• Object-Oriented Programming
  • Classes and Instances
  • Class objects provide default behavior
  • Instance objects are generated from classes
  • Inheritance rules

• Pseudoprivate Attributes
  • Module privates
  • Class privates

• New-Style Classes

• Formal Inheritance Rules
  • Classic classes: DFLR
  • New-style classes: MRO
  • Example: nondiamonds
  • Example: diamonds
  • New-style inheritance algorithm
  • New-style precedence and context

• Operator Overloading Methods
  • Methods for All Types
  • Methods for Collections (Sequences, Mappings)
• Methods for Numbers (Binary Operators)
  • Basic binary methods
  • Right-side binary methods
  • Augmented binary methods

• Methods for Numbers (Other Operations)
• Methods for Descriptors
• Methods for Context Managers
• Python 2.X Operator Overloading Methods
  • Methods in Python 3.X only
  • Methods in Python 2.X only

• Built-in Functions
  • Python 2.X Built-in Functions
  • Python 3.X built-ins not supported by Python 2.X
  • Python 2.X built-ins not supported by Python 3.X

• Built-in Exceptions
  • Superclasses: Categories
  • Specific Exceptions
  • Specific OSError Exceptions
  • Warning Category Exceptions
  • Warnings Framework
  • Python 3.2 Built-in Exceptions
  • Python 2.X Built-in Exceptions

• Built-in Attributes - Python Built-in Attribute - Java Built-in Attribute

• Standard Library Modules - Python Standard Library Module - Python Standard Library - Java Standard Library

• The sys Module - sys Module

• The string Module - Python string Module - Python string - Java string
  • [Function]]s and Classes
  • Constants

• The os System Module - Python os System Module - os System
  • Administrative Tools
  • Portability Constants
  • Shell Commands
  • Environment Tools
  • File Descriptor Tools
  • File Pathname Tools
  • Process Control
  • The os.path Module - Python os.path Module

• The re Pattern-Matching Module
  • Module Functions
  • Regular Expression Objects - Regular Expression - Python Regular Expression Object - Java Regular Expression
  • Match Objects
  • Pattern Syntax

• Object Persistence Modules - Object Persistence - Python Object Persistence Module - Java Object Persistence
  • The shelve and dbm Modules - Python dbm Module - Python shelve - Python shelve Module
    • File opens - Python File open - Java File open
    • File operations - Python File operation - Java File operation
  • The pickle Module - Python pickle Module - pickle - Python pickle
    • Pickling interfaces
    • Unpickling interfaces
    • pickle usage notes

• The tkinter GUI Module and Tools
  • tkinter Example
  • tkinter Core Widgets
  • Common Dialog Calls
    • Module tkinter.messagebox (tkMessageBox in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.simpledialog (tkSimpleDialog in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.colorchooser (tkColorChooser in Python 2.X)
    • Module tkinter.filedialog (tkFileDialog in Python 2.X)
  • Additional tkinter Classes and Tools
  • Tcl/Tk-to-Python/tkinter Mappings

• Internet Modules and Tools
• Other Standard Library Modules
  • The math Module
  • The time Module
  • The timeit Module
  • The datetime Module
  • The random Module
  • The json Module
  • The subprocess Module
  • The enum Module
  • The struct Module
  • Threading Modules

• Python SQL Database API
  • API Usage Example
  • Module Interface
  • Connection Objects
  • Cursor Objects
  • Type Objects and Constructors

• More Hints and Idioms
  • Core Language Hints
  • Environment Hints
  • Usage Hints
  • Assorted Hints

• Index
• Copyright