Essential Python
Cheat Sheet By Techie Programmer
Data Types Comparison Operators More String Operations Environment Co e Snippets
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Integer - 123
x< y Less x <= y Less or eq
s.lower() - lowercase copy of s
sys.argv - List of command line arguments
Loop Over Sequence
float - 3.12
x > y Greater x >= y Greater or eq
s.replace(old, new) - copy of s with
(argv[0] is executable)
for index, value in enumerate(se ):
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print( {} : {} .format(index, value)
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Boolean - True , False
s.split( delim ) - list of substrings
os.environ - Dictionary of environment
List - [ values... ]
delimited by delimal
variables
Loop Over Dictionary
Dictionary - {key:value ,...}
s.strip() - copy of s with
for key in sorted(dict):
Boolean Operators print(dict[key]
set - {value1, value2,...} whitespace trimmed
os.curdir - tring with path of current
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not x x and y x or y s.upper() - uppercase copy of s
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Read a File
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If Statement
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if expression :
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try:
print(line)
elif expression statements
Mutating List Operations
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String ormatting
F
statements
except [ exception type [ asvar ] ]:
del lst[i] - Deletes ith item from lst
else:
statements
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slst.append(e) - Appends e to lst
statements
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lst.insert(i, e) - Inserts e before ith item in
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While Loop
" Hello, {fn} {ln}".format(fn="abe", ln="jones")
lst.sort() - orts lst
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while expression :
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Conversion unctions F See also http://docs.python.org/library/
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int(expr) Converts expr to integer # q
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For Loop
float(expr) Converts expr to float
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str(expr) Converts expr to string
now = datetime.now()
statements Counting
chr(num) A CII char num
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Dictionary Operations '{:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:% }'.format(now)
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For Loop
len(d) - umber of items in d
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key in d - True if d contains
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Operations key d.keys() - eturns a list of keys in
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(start is included; end is not) len(s) - length of s
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s[i] - ith item in s (0-based)
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s[start : - slice of s from start
U se ul unctions
f F
Arithmetic Operators end] (included) to end (excluded)
x in s - True if x is contained in s
exit( code ) - Terminate program with
x + yyadd
add xx--yysubtract
subtract
x not in s - True if x is not contained in s
exit code
x * yymultiply
multiply xx//yydivide
divide
s+t -the concatenation of s with t
F unction De initions f raw input( prompt ) - rint prompt and
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x % yymodulus
modulus xx****yy xxpower
powery
s*n - n copies of s concatenated
readline() from stdi
def name(arg1, arg2, ...)
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sorted(s ) - a sorted copy of s
statements
Assignment shortcuts:
shortcuts: xxop=
op=y
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s.index( item) - position in s of item se input( prompt ) in ython 3
return expr
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Example: xx += 1 increments
increments xx
