An Introduction to Python Classes
About o-o programming Defining classes Constructors Instance methods Instance data
Highlights of the Standard Library
Working with the operating system Grabbing web pages Sending email
Regular Expressions
RE Objects Pattern matching Parsing data Subexpressions Complex substitutions RE
Modules and Packages
What is a module? The import statement Function aliases Packages
Errors and Exception Handling
Dealing with syntax errors Exceptions Handling exceptions with try/except Cleaning
Sorting
The sorted() function Alternate keys Multiple keys Lambda functions
Functions
Syntax of function definition Formal parameters Global versus local variables
Dictionaries and Sets
Dictionary overview Creating dictionaries Dictionary functions Fetching keys or values
Working with Files
Text file I/O overview Opening a text file Reading text
Array Types
list operations list methods Strings are special kinds of lists
Flow Control
About flow control Indenting is significant The if and elif
Getting Started
Using variables String types: normal, raw and Unicode String operators
The Python Environment
Structure of a Python script Using the interpreter interactively Running
An Overview of Python
What is Python?Interpreted languages Advantages and disadvantages Downloading and installing
