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Core Python Programming

by: Chun, Wesley

Core Python Programming

by: Chun, Wesley

ISBN 13:
9780130260369
ISBN 10:
0130260363
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Experts and novices alike will be able to find information about every command they'll need to use Linux. This complete, practical desk reference is organized by function, with a road map-style alphabetical reference for quick access of information about all aspects of running and administering the program. The CD-ROM contains Windows and Linux Python distributions plus extensive cross-platform source code from the book.

Preface

xix

Acknowledgments

xxvii

PART ONE: CORE PYTHON

(720)

Welcome to Python!

(22)

What Is Python?

(1)

History of Python

(1)

Features of Python

(5)

Obtaining Python

(2)

Obtaining Python

(1)

Installing Python

(1)

Running Python

(8)

Python Documentation

(1)

Comparing Python

(2)

JPython and Some Nomenclature

(1)

Exercises

(2)

Getting Started

(26)

Program Output, the print Statement, and ``Hello World!''

(2)

Program Input and the raw_input () Built-in Function

(1)

Comments

(1)

Operators

(1)

Variables and Assignment

(1)

Numbers

(1)

Strings

(1)

Lists and Tuples

(1)

Dictionaries

(1)

Code Blocks Use Indentation

(1)

if Statement

(1)

while Loop

(1)

for Loop and the range () Built-in Function

(2)

Files and the open () Built-in Function

(2)

Errors and Exceptions

(1)

Functions

(2)

Classes

(3)

Modules

(2)

Exercises

(4)

Syntax and Style

(24)

Statements and Syntax

(3)

Variable Assignment

(3)

Identifiers

(2)

Basic Style Guidelines

(5)

Memory Management

(3)

First Python Application

(5)

Exercises

(2)

Python Objects

(28)

Python Objects

(1)

Standard Types

(1)

Other Built-in Types

(2)

Internal Types

(3)

Standard Type Operators

(5)

Standard Type Built-in Functions

(7)

Categorizing the Standard Types

(5)

Unsupported Types

(1)

Exercises

100

(2)

Numbers

102

(28)

Introduction to Numbers

103

(1)

Integers

104

(2)

Floating Point Real Numbers

106

(1)

Complex Numbers

106

(2)

Operators

108

(7)

Built-in Functions

115

(8)

Related Modules

123

(3)

Exercises

126

(4)

Sequences: Strings, Lists, and Tuples

130

(82)

Sequences

132

(6)

Strings

138

(2)

Strings and Operators

140

(7)

String-only Operators

147

(6)

Built-in Functions

153

(1)

String Built-in Methods

154

(5)

Special Features of Strings

159

(9)

Related Modules

168

(1)

Summary of String Highlights

169

(2)

Lists

171

(2)

Operators

173

(5)

Built-in Functions

178

(3)

List Type Built-in Methods

181

(4)

Special Features of Lists

185

(8)

Tuples

193

(2)

Tuple Operators and Built-in Functions

195

(1)

Special Features of Tuples

196

(4)

Related Modules

200

(1)

*Shallow and Deep Copies

201

(6)

Exercises

207

(5)

Dictionaries

212

(22)

Introduction to Dictionaries

213

(5)

Operators

218

(1)

Built-in Functions

219

(3)

Built-in Methods

222

(3)

Dictionary Keys

225

(5)

Exercises

230

(4)

Conditionals and Loops

234

(22)

if statement

235

(1)

else Statement

236

(2)

elif (a.k.a. else-if) Statement

238

(1)

while Statement

239

(2)

for Statement

241

(5)

break Statement

246

(1)

Continue Statement

247

(1)

pass Statement

248

(1)

else Statement... Take Two

249

(2)

Exercises

251

(5)

Files And Input/Output

256

(30)

File Objects

257

(1)

File Built-in Function [open ()]

258

(2)

File Built-in Methods

260

(6)

File Built-in Attributes

266

(1)

Standard Files

266

(1)

Command-line Arguments

267

(2)

File System

269

(8)

File Execution

277

(1)

Persistent Storage Modules

277

(3)

Related Modules

280

(2)

Exercises

282

(4)

Errors and Exceptions

286

(48)

What Are Exceptions?

288

(2)

Exceptions in Python

290

(2)

Detecting and Handling Exceptions

292

(17)

*Exceptions as Strings

309

(2)

*Exceptions as Classes

311

(3)

Raising Exceptions

314

(3)

Assertions

317

(1)

Standard Exceptions

318

(2)

*Creating Exceptions

320

(7)

Why Exceptions (Now)?

327

(1)

Why Exceptions at All?

328

(1)

Exceptions and the sys Module

329

(1)

Related Modules

330

(1)

Exercises

331

(3)

Functions

334

(48)

What are Functions?

335

(3)

Calling Functions

338

(1)

Creating Functions

339

(2)

Passing Functions

341

(2)

Formal Arguments

343

(5)

Variable-length Arguments

348

(5)

Functional Programming

353

(20)

Variable Scope

373

(5)

*Recursion

378

(1)

Exercises

378

(4)

Modules

382

(16)

What are Modules?

383

(1)

Modules and Files

384

(2)

Namespaces

386

(3)

Importing Modules

389

(1)

Importing Module Attributes

390

(2)

Module Built-in Functions

392

(2)

Packages

394

(2)

Other Features of Modules

396

(1)

Exercises

397

(1)

Classes and Oop

398

(86)

Introduction

399

(8)

Object-oriented Programming

407

(5)

Classes

412

(1)

Class Attributes

413

(6)

Instances

419

(4)

Instance Attributes

423

(8)

Binding and Method Invocation

431

(4)

Composition

435

(1)

Subclassing and Derivation

436

(2)

Inheritance

438

(5)

Built-in Functions for Classes, Instances, and Other Objects

443

(6)

Type vs. Classes/Instances

449

(1)

Customizing Classes with Special Methods

450

(13)

Privacy

463

(1)

Delegation

464

(9)

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