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--- notes:python_cheat_sheet [2026/09/13 08:35]
91.186.242.139 old revision restored (2026/06/07 21:28)
+++ notes:python_cheat_sheet [2026/09/16 09:45] (current)
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   * But strings can't be modified using slices or indexes.
   * [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods | String methods]] include strip, format, capitalize etc.
+  * format-string % (tuple) allows use of printf formatting strings. Also string.format() .
 ===== Control Flow =====
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 from fib import fib1, fib2
 </code>
-  * %%__name__%% is set to the name of the module or to %%__main__%% if called from the command line.
+  * __name__ is set to the name of the module or to __main__ if called from the command line.
   * The search list for modules is the variable sys.path initialized from the directory containing the input script (or the current directory), PYTHONPATH and the installation-dependent default.
   * When a module is imported, a byte-code version is stored to module.pyc which speeds up successive loads.
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   * Packages can be used to group modules. Packages should be in a named directory with an __init__.py file optionally containing initialization code. E.g. import sound.effects.echo .
   * . is the current package, .. is the parent package etc.
-===== Input/Output =====
-  * str() returns a readable representations, repr() returns a canonical representation
-  * Strings have several formatting methods.
-  * [[ http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/string.html#formatspec | formatstring.format(tuple)]] is the printf equivalent. The old style was [[http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting | formatstring % (tuple)]] which uses C-type format strings.
-  * To open a file <code python> open('/tmp/workfile', 'w') </code>
-  * File methods include read, readline, write.
-  * //pickle// contains load and dump methods for serializing objects. Support should be added for new object types.

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