Memo

Functions

def functionName():

def functionName(param1, param2, ...):

def functionName(param1="value1", param2="value2", ...):

Allows default values definitions.

All variables within thefunction core are local.

Returned variables usethe keyword returnat the end of the function def.

for x in range(a,b):

dummyList = ['cat', 'dog', 'horse']for animal in dummyList: print len(animal)

if (condition1):elif(condition2):else:

while (condition2):

try: ... break

except ValueError:

user input

answer = raw_input("what's your name ?")

range

range(5)

range(5,10)

range(1,10,2)

print number

print type(number)

Files

idFile = open('myfile.ext', 'w')

idFile.write('my text into my file')

idFile.close()

Variables

number = 5

number = 3.14159

littleText = "Go Patriots !"

littleText[3]

Starting index = 0

"Go Patriots !"

littleText[-3]

Negative index means "backward"

"Go Patriots !"

string uppercase

dummyStr.upper()

global fieldGoal

an powerful array-like structure

list length

len(dummyList)

lists concatenation

List1+List2

list repeat

dummyList*5

list element check

x in dummyList

list go through

for each x in dummyList

list append

dummyList.append()

list sort

dummyList.sort()

list search

dummyList.index()

list inversion

dummyList.reverse()

dummyList = [5, 'toto', 2.71]

dummyDic1 = {"a":5, "b":11, "c":24}

dummyDic2 = {1:"abc", 2:"def".71}

dummyDic3 = {[1,5]:"metro", [12,5]:"bus", [4,4]:"truck"}

dummyStr = 'Steelers vs Dolphins'

conversion

str(myNumber)

print number

print type(number)

power : **

5**2

and

or

not

SyntaxRules

No ";" line ending

Respect indentation

PythonLibraries

website

Oriented-ObjectProgrammation

class myNewClass: def __init__(self,...):

PythonModules

from math import *

number = sqrt(2)

number = sin(2)

from os import *

chdir('/tmp')

dummyDir = getcwd()

created 2008-07-05 nliebeaux@free.fr

Resources

La doc. de G. Swinnen