Index

Symbols

# character, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments, A First Script, Variables and Basic Expressions, Python Documentation Sources, # Comments

comments, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments, A First Script, Variables and Basic Expressions, Python Documentation Sources, # Comments

directives, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments

#! characters, Unix Script Basics, The Python 3.3 Windows Launcher: #! Comes to Windows–The Python 3.3 Windows Launcher: #! Comes to Windows, Icon-Click Basics, A Windows Launcher Tutorial–Step 1: Using Version Directives in Files

% (percent sign), Starting an Interactive Session, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments, Running Files with Command Lines, Formatting Expression Basics, Comparison to the % Formatting Expression–Comparison to the % Formatting Expression, Method Calls

formatting expression operator, Formatting Expression Basics, Comparison to the % Formatting Expression–Comparison to the % Formatting Expression, Method Calls

system shell prompt, Starting an Interactive Session, What Not to Type: Prompts and Comments, Running Files with Command Lines

( ) (parentheses), Comprehensions, Parentheses group subexpressions, Tuple syntax peculiarities: Commas and parentheses, Parentheses are optional, Statement rule special cases, Classes Are Customized by Inheritance

comprehensions and, Comprehensions

expression operators and, Parentheses group subexpressions

statements and, Parentheses are optional, Statement rule special cases

superclasses and, Classes Are Customized by Inheritance

tuples and, Tuple syntax peculiarities: Commas and parentheses

* (multiplication) operator, Numbers, Sequence Operations, Basic Operations, Basic List Operations

multiplying numbers, Numbers

repeating lists, Basic List Operations

repeating strings, Sequence Operations, Basic Operations

+ (plus) operator, Numbers, Sequence Operations, Basic Operations, Basic List Operations, Example: Catching Built-in Exceptions, Example: Catching Built-in Exceptions

adding numbers, Numbers

concatenating lists, Basic List Operations, Example: Catching Built-in Exceptions

concatenating strings, Sequence Operations, Basic Operations, Example: Catching Built-in Exceptions

+= in-place addition, In-Place Addition, bytearrays in Action

, (comma), Tuple syntax peculiarities: Commas and parentheses

/ / operator, Division: Classic, Floor, and True–Why does truncation matter?

/ operator, Division: Classic, Floor, and True–Why does truncation matter?

: (colon), What Python Adds

; (semicolon), End-of-line is end of statement, Statement rule special cases

<< (left-shift) operator, Character code conversions

== (equivalence) operator, Comparisons, Equality, and Truth

>>> prompt, Starting an Interactive Session, Running Code Interactively, Usage Notes: The Interactive Prompt

about, Starting an Interactive Session, Running Code Interactively

common usage mistakes, Usage Notes: The Interactive Prompt

@ symbol, Property basics, Using Static and Class Methods, Function Decorator Basics, Function Decorator Basics, Usage

about, Using Static and Class Methods, Function Decorator Basics

function decorators and, Property basics, Function Decorator Basics, Usage

[ ] (square brackets), Python’s Core Data Types, Adding Keys, Attributes, and Offsets, Statement rule special cases

\ (backslash), Other Ways to Code Strings, Escape Sequences Represent Special Characters–Raw Strings Suppress Escapes, Statement rule special cases, Statement Delimiters: Lines and Continuations

escape sequences and, Other Ways to Code Strings, Escape Sequences Represent Special Characters–Raw Strings Suppress Escapes

multiline statements and, Statement rule special cases, Statement Delimiters: Lines and Continuations

_ (underscore), The Grander Module Story: Attributes, Getting Help, Minimizing from * Damage: _X and __all__, Classes Can Intercept Python Operators, Name Considerations in Tool Classes, Name Mangling Overview, Usage variation: Showing underscore name values

class names, Name Considerations in Tool Classes

module names, The Grander Module Story: Attributes, Minimizing from * Damage: _X and __all__

name mangling and, Name Mangling Overview

operator overloading, Getting Help, Classes Can Intercept Python Operators

showing name values, Usage variation: Showing underscore name values

{ } (curly braces), Mapping Operations, Statement rule special cases