Python 2.2.2 (#1, Nov  3 2002, 16:12:14) 
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release) [FreeBSD]] on freebsd4
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# Strings

>>> print "Python in 10 minutes"
Python in 10 minutes
>>> print "Python in %d minutes" % (6 - 4)
Python in 2 minutes
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes".upper()
PYTHON IN 10 MINUTES
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes".lower()
python in 10 minutes
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes".capitalize()                                                 
Python in 10 minutes
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes"[4:]         
on in 10 minutes
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes"[4:16]                                                       
on in 10 min
>>> print "Python in 10 minutes"[-14:]                                                       
 in 10 minutes
>>> val = int("345")
>>> print val
345
>>> x = 2

# Lists

>>> l = ["minutes","seconds"]
>>> print "Python in %d %s" % ( x, l[x%2]) 
Python in 2 minutes
>>> x += 1
>>> print "Python in %d %s" % ( x, l[x%2])
Python in 3 seconds
>>> d = "Python in %d %s" % ( x, l[x%2])                                                      
>>> for character in d:
...     print "..%c.." % character
... 
..P..
..y..
..t..
..h..
..o..
..n..
.. ..
..i..
..n..
.. ..
..3..
.. ..
..s..
..e..
..c..
..o..
..n..
..d..
..s..
>>> l = d.split()
>>> l
['Python', 'in', '3', 'seconds']
>>> for item in l:
...     print item.count("o")
... 
1
0
0
1
>>> dir (l)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__repr__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__str__', 'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']
>>> while 1:
...     try:
...             print l.pop()
...     except:
...             break
... 
seconds
3
in
Python
>>> str = "this is only a test"
>>> l = []
>>> for c in str:
...     l.append(ord(c))                                                              
...
>>> print l
[116, 104, 105, 115, 32, 105, 115, 32, 111, 110, 108, 121, 32, 97, 32, 116, 101, 115, 116]
>>> for x in xrange(0,len(l)):
...     print l[x] % (x + 1)                                                                  
... 
0
0
0
3
2
3
3
0
3
0
9
1
6
13
2
4
16
7
2

# Dictionaries (Hashes)

>>> dict = {"d" : "e", "f" : ["g",1,{}]}
>>> print dict.keys()
['d', 'f']
>>> dict.has_key("c")
0
>>> dict[0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
KeyError: 0
>>> dict['d']                                                                                
'e'
>>> dict['f']                                                                                 
['g', 1, {}]
>>> dict['f'][0]
'g'
>>> dict['f'][1]                                                                             
1
>>> dict['f'][2]                                                                             
{}
>>> dict['f'][2].keys()
[]
>>> dict['f'][2]["test"] = "mable"
>>> print dict
{'d': 'e', 'f': ['g', 1, {'test': 'mable'}]}
>>> del dict["f"][1]
>>> print dict
{'d': 'e', 'f': ['g', {'test': 'mable'}]}

# functions

>>> def foo(c):
...     l = []
...     for x in xrange(0,c / 2 + 1):                                                        
...             l.append([x,c - x])                                                       
...     return l                                                                          
... 
>>> foo(10)
[[0, 10], [1, 9], [2, 8], [3, 7], [4, 6], [5, 5]]

# classes

 -- file: MathClass.py --

class FourFuncException(Exception):
    pass

class FourFunc:
    def __init__(self,a,b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b

    def add(self):
        return self.a + self.b
    
    def subtract(self):
        return self.a - self.b

    def multiply(self):
        return self.a * self.b

    def divide(self):
        if not self.b:
            raise FourFuncException, "Cannot divide by zero!"
        return float(self.a) / self.b

  -- end file: MathClass.py

>>> import MathClass
>>> calc = MathClass.FourFunc(81,45)
>>> calc.add()
126
>>> calc.subtract()
36
>>> calc.multiply()
3645
>>> calc.divide()
1.8