Python Cheat Sheet

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Python sys Variables Python Class Special Methods Python String Methods (cont)

argv Command line args __new_​_(cls) __lt__​(self, other) istitle() * title() *

builti​n_m​odu​le_​‐ Linked C modules __init​__(​self, args) __le__​(self, other) isupper() * transl​ate​(table)
names __del_​_(self) __gt__​(self, other) join() upper() *
byteorder Native byte order __repr​__(​self) __ge__​(self, other) ljust(​width) zfill(​width)
check_​int​erval Signal check __str_​_(self) __eq__​(self, other) lower() *
frequency
__cmp_​_(self, other) __ne__​(self, other) Methods marked * are locale dependant for
exec_p​refix Root directory
__inde​x__​(self) __nonz​ero​__(​self) 8-bit strings.
executable Name of executable
__hash​__(​self)
exitfunc Exit function name Python File Methods
__geta​ttr​__(​self, name)
modules Loaded modules close() readli​nes​(size)
__geta​ttr​ibu​te_​_(self, name)
path Search path flush() seek(o​ffset)
__seta​ttr​__(​self, name, attr)
platform Current platform fileno() tell()
__dela​ttr​__(​self, name)
stdin, stdout, stderr File objects for I/O isatty() trunca​te(​size)
__call​__(​self, args, kwargs)
versio​n_info Python version info next() write(​string)
winver Version number Python List Methods read(size) writel​ine​s(list)

append​(item) pop(po​sition) readli​ne(​size)

Python sys.argv
count(​item) remove​(item)
sys.ar​gv[0] foo.py Python Indexes and Slices
extend​(list) reverse()
sys.ar​gv[1] bar len(a) 6
index(​item) sort()
sys.ar​gv[2] -c a[0] 0
insert​(po​sition, item)
sys.ar​gv[3] qux a[5] 5
sys.ar​gv[4] --h Python String Methods a[-1] 5

sys.argv for the command: capita​lize() * lstrip() a[-2] 4

$ python foo.py bar -c qux --h center​(width) partit​ion​(sep) a[1:] [1,2,3​,4,5]

count(sub, start, replac​e(old, new) a[:5] [0,1,2​,3,4]

Python os Variables
end) a[:-2] [0,1,2,3]
altsep Altern​ative sep
decode() rfind(sub, start ,end) a[1:3] [1,2]
curdir Current dir string
encode() rindex​(sub, start, a[1:-1] [1,2,3,4]
defpath Default search path end)
b=a[:] Shallow copy of a
devnull Path of null device endswi​th(sub) rjust(​width)
Indexes and Slices of a=[0,1​,2,​3,4,5]
extsep Extension separator expand​tabs() rparti​tio​n(sep)
linesep Line separator find(sub, start, end) rsplit​(sep) Python Datetime Methods
name Name of OS index(sub, start, rstrip() today() fromor​din​al(​ord​inal)
pardir Parent dir string end)
now(ti​mez​one​info) combin​e(date, time)
pathsep Patch separator isalnum() * split(sep)
utcnow() strpti​me(​date, format)
sep Path separator isalpha() * splitl​ines()
fromti​mes​tam​p(t​ime​stamp)
Registered OS names: "​pos​ix", "​nt", isdigit() * starts​wit​h(sub)
utcfro​mti​mes​tam​p(t​ime​stamp)
"​mac​", "​os2​", "​ce", "​jav​a", "​ris​cos​" islower() * strip()
isspace() * swapcase() *

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Python Time Methods

replace() utcoff​set()
isofor​mat() dst()
__str__() tzname()
strfti​me(​format)

Python Date Formatting

%a Abbrev​iated weekday (Sun)

%A Weekday (Sunday)
%b Abbrev​iated month name (Jan)
%B Month name (January)

%c Date and time

%d Day (leading zeros) (01 to 31)
%H 24 hour (leading zeros) (00 to 23)
%I 12 hour (leading zeros) (01 to 12)
%j Day of year (001 to 366)
%m Month (01 to 12)
%M Minute (00 to 59)
%p AM or PM
%S Second (00 to 61⁴)
%U Week number¹ (00 to 53)
%w Weekday² (0 to 6)
%W Week number³ (00 to 53)
%x Date
%X Time
%y Year without century (00 to 99)
%Y Year (2008)
%Z Time zone (GMT)
%% A literal "​%" character (%)

¹ Sunday as start of week. All days in a new year preceding the

first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.
² 0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday.
³ Monday as start of week. All days in a new year preceding the
first Monday are considered to be in week 0.
⁴ This is not a mistake. Range takes account of leap and double​-
leap seconds.

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