Python Phrasebook

Python Phrasebook

 

Brad Dayley

 

Essential Code and Commands

 

Python Phrasebook gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects in Python.

 

Concise and Accessible

Easy to carry and easy to uselets you ditch all those bulky books for one portable guide

 

Flexible and Functional

Packed with more than 100 customizable code snippetsso you can readily code functional Python in just about any situation

 

Brad Dayley is a software engineer at Novell, Inc. He has been a system administrator and software developer on the Unix, Windows, Linux, and NetWare platforms for the past 14 years. Brad co-developed an advanced debugging course used to train engineers and customers and is the co-author of several Novell Press books.

 

Programming / Python

 

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Brad Dayley is a senior software engineer in Novell's Nterprise Development Group. He has 14 years of experience installing, troubleshooting, and developing Novell's products for NetWare and Linux. He is the co-author of Novell's Guide to Resolving Critical Server Issues, as well as seven other Novell Press titles on the ZENworks suite.When he is not writing books or software, he can be found biking, hiking, and/or Jeeping somewhere in the remote regions of the Pacific Northwest with his wife, DaNae, and four sons.

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Chapter 1 Understanding Python 3

Why Use Python?

Invoking the Interpreter

Built-In Types

Understanding Python Syntax

Python Objects, Modules, Classes, and Functions

Error Handling

Using System Tools

Chapter 2 Manipulating Strings

Comparing Strings

Joining Strings

Splitting Strings

Searching Strings for Substrings

Search and Replace in Strings

Searching Strings for Specific Endings/Beginnings

Trimming Strings

Aligning/Formatting Strings

Executing Code Inside Strings

Interpolating Variables Inside Strings

Converting Unicode to Local Strings

Chapter 3 Managing Data Types

Defining a List

Accessing a List

Slicing a List

Adding and Removing Items in a List

Sorting a List

Using Tuples

Constructing a Dictionary

Adding a Value to a Dictionary

Retrieving a Value from a Dictionary

Slicing a Dictionary

Swapping Keys for Values in a Dictionary

Chapter 4 Managing Files

Opening and Closing Files

Reading an Entire File

Reading a Single Line from a File

Accessing Each Word in a File

Writing a File

Determining the Number of Lines in a File

Walking the Directory Tree

Renaming Files

Recursively Deleting Files and Subdirectories

Searching for Files Based on Extension

Creating a TAR File

Extracting a File from a TAR File

Adding Files to a ZIP File

Retrieving Files from a ZIP File

Chapter 5 Managing Threads

Starting a New Thread

Creating and Exiting Threads

Synchronizing Threads

Implementing a Multithreaded Priority Queue

Initiating a Timer-Interrupted Thread

Chapter 6 Managing Databases

Adding Entries to a DBM File

Retrieving Entries from a DBM File

Updating Entries in a DBM File

Pickling Objects to a File

Unpickling Objects from a File

Storing Objects in a Shelve File

Retrieving Objects from a Shelve File

Changing Objects in a Shelve File

Connecting to a MySQL Database Server

Creating a MySQL Database

Adding Entries to a MySQL Database

Retrieving Entries from a MySQL Database

Chapter 7 Implementing Internet Communication

Opening a Server-Side Socket for Receiving Data

Opening a Client-Side Socket for Sending Data

Receiving Streaming Data Using the ServerSocket Module

Sending Streaming Data

Sending Email Using SMTP

Retrieving Email from a POP3 Server

Using Python to Fetch Files from an FTP Server

Chapter 8 Processing HTML

Parsing URLs

Opening HTML Documents

Retrieving Links from HTML Documents

Retrieving Images from HTML Documents

Retrieving Text from HTML Documents

Retrievi...

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