Python Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition: Python in Your Pocket
by Mark Lutz

This is the book to reach for when you're coding on the fly and need an answer now. It's an easy-to-use reference to the core language, with descriptions of commonly used modules and toolkits, and a guide to recent changes, new features, and upgraded built-ins -- all updated to cover Python 3.x as well as version 2.6. You'll also quickly find exactly what you need with the handy index.

Written by Mark Lutz, who is widely recognized as today's leading Python trainer, Python Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition, is the perfect companion to O'Reilly's classic Python tutorials, Learning Python and Programming Python.

This edition covers:

Built-in object types, including numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more

Statements and syntax for creating and processing objects

Functions and modules for structuring and reusing code

Python's object-oriented programming tools

The exception-handling model

Built-in functions, exceptions, and attributes

Special operator overloading methods

Widely used standard library modules and extensions

Command-line options and development tools

Python idioms and hints

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Publisher: O'Reilly
Page Count (est.): 198
ISBN10: 0596158084
ISBN13: 9780596158088
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 10/15/2009