Essential Python

Cheat Sheet By Techie Programmer

Data Types Comparison Operators More String Operations Environment Co e Snippets

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Integer - 123
x< y Less x <= y Less or eq
s.lower() - lowercase copy of s
sys.argv - List of command line arguments
Loop Over Sequence

float - 3.12
x > y Greater x >= y Greater or eq
s.replace(old, new) - copy of s with
(argv[0] is executable)

for index, value in enumerate(se ):

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Boolean - True , False

s.split( delim ) - list of substrings
os.environ - Dictionary of environment

List - [ values... ]
delimited by delimal
variables

Loop Over Dictionary

Dictionary - {key:value ,...}

s.strip() - copy of s with
for key in sorted(dict):

Boolean Operators print(dict[key]

set - {value1, value2,...} whitespace trimmed
os.curdir - tring with path of current

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not x x and y x or y s.upper() - uppercase copy of s

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Read a File

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Mutating List Operations
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except [ exception type [ asvar ] ]:

del lst[i] - Deletes ith item from lst

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While Loop
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Conversion unctions F See also http://docs.python.org/library/

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For Loop

float(expr) Converts expr to float

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str(expr) Converts expr to string
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chr(num) A CII char num

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Dictionary Operations '{:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:% }'.format(now)
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len(d) - umber of items in d

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key in d - True if d contains

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Operations key d.keys() - eturns a list of keys in

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(start is included; end is not) len(s) - length of s

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s[i] - ith item in s (0-based)

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s[start : - slice of s from start

U se ul unctions
f F

Arithmetic Operators end] (included) to end (excluded)

x in s - True if x is contained in s
exit( code ) - Terminate program with

x + yyadd
add xx--yysubtract

subtract
x not in s - True if x is not contained in s
exit code

x * yymultiply
multiply xx//yydivide

divide
s+t -the concatenation of s with t
F unction De initions f raw input( prompt ) - rint prompt and

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s*n - n copies of s concatenated

readline() from stdi
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sorted(s ) - a sorted copy of s

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Assignment shortcuts:
shortcuts: xxop=
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s.index( item) - position in s of item se input( prompt ) in ython 3
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Example: xx += 1 increments
increments xx