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Issue 4819: Misc/cheatsheet needs updating
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--- Misc/cheatsheet (revision 88126)
+++ Misc/cheatsheet (working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- Python 2.3 Quick Reference
+ Python 3.2 Quick Reference
25 Jan 2003 upgraded by Raymond Hettinger for Python 2.3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
and the readers of comp.lang.python
Python's nest: http://www.python.org Developement: http://
-python.sourceforge.net/ ActivePython : http://www.ActiveState.com/ASPN/
+bugs.python.org/ ActivePython : http://www.ActiveState.com/ASPN/
Python/
newsgroup: comp.lang.python Help desk: help@python.org
Resources: http://starship.python.net/
@@ -29,82 +29,63 @@
Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz (O'Reilly)
-Invocation Options
+Invocation
-python [-diOStuUvxX?] [-c command | script | - ] [args]
+python.exe [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
+Options and arguments (and corresponding environment variables):
+-b : issue warnings about str(bytes_instance), str(bytearray_instance)
+ and comparing bytes/bytearray with str. (-bb: issue errors)
+-B : don't write .py[co] files on import; also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x
+-c cmd : program passed in as string (terminates option list)
+-d : debug output from parser; also PYTHONDEBUG=x
+-E : ignore PYTHON* environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)
+-h : print this help message and exit (also --help)
+-i : inspect interactively after running script; forces a prompt even
+ if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also PYTHONINSPECT=x
+-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)
+-O : optimize generated bytecode slightly; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x
+-OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations
+-q : don't print version and copyright messages on interactive startup
+-s : don't add user site directory to sys.path; also PYTHONNOUSERSITE
+-S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization
+-u : unbuffered binary stdout and stderr; also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x
+ see man page for details on internal buffering relating to '-u'
+-v : verbose (trace import statements); also PYTHONVERBOSE=x
+ can be supplied multiple times to increase verbosity
+-V : print the Python version number and exit (also --version)
+-W arg : warning control; arg is action:message:category:module:lineno
+ also PYTHONWARNINGS=arg
+-x : skip first line of source, allowing use of non-Unix forms of #!cmd
+-X opt : set implementation-specific option
+file : program read from script file
+- : program read from stdin (default; interactive mode if a tty)
+arg ...: arguments passed to program in sys.argv[1:]
- Invocation Options
-Option Effect
--c cmd program passed in as string (terminates option list)
--d Outputs parser debugging information (also PYTHONDEBUG=x)
--E ignore environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)
--h print this help message and exit
--i Inspect interactively after running script (also PYTHONINSPECT=x) and
- force prompts, even if stdin appears not to be a terminal
--m mod run library module as a script (terminates option list
--O optimize generated bytecode (a tad; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x)
--OO remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations
--Q arg division options: -Qold (default), -Qwarn, -Qwarnall, -Qnew
--S Don't perform 'import site' on initialization
--u Unbuffered binary stdout and stderr (also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x).
--v Verbose (trace import statements) (also PYTHONVERBOSE=x)
--W arg : warning control (arg is action:message:category:module:lineno)
--x Skip first line of source, allowing use of non-unix Forms of #!cmd
--? Help!
--c Specify the command to execute (see next section). This terminates the
-command option list (following options are passed as arguments to the command).
- the name of a python file (.py) to execute read from stdin.
-script Anything afterward is passed as options to python script or command,
- not interpreted as an option to interpreter itself.
-args passed to script or command (in sys.argv[1:])
- If no script or command, Python enters interactive mode.
+Other environment variables:
+PYTHONSTARTUP: file executed on interactive startup (no default)
+PYTHONPATH : ':'-separated list of directories prefixed to the
+ default module search path. The result is sys.path.
+PYTHONHOME : alternate <prefix> directory (or <prefix>:<exec_prefix>).
+ The default module search path uses <prefix>/pythonX.X.
+PYTHONCASEOK : ignore case in 'import' statements (Windows).
+PYTHONIOENCODING: Encoding[:errors] used for stdin/stdout/stderr.
- * Available IDEs in std distrib: IDLE (tkinter based, portable), Pythonwin
- (Windows).
-
-Environment variables
-
- Environment variables
- Variable Effect
-PYTHONHOME Alternate prefix directory (or prefix;exec_prefix). The
- default module search path uses prefix/lib
- Augments the default search path for module files. The format
- is the same as the shell's $PATH: one or more directory
- pathnames separated by ':' or ';' without spaces around
- (semi-)colons!
-PYTHONPATH On Windows first search for Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
- Software\Python\PythonCore\x.y\PythonPath (default value). You
- may also define a key named after your application with a
- default string value giving the root directory path of your
- app.
- If this is the name of a readable file, the Python commands in
-PYTHONSTARTUP that file are executed before the first prompt is displayed in
- interactive mode (no default).
-PYTHONDEBUG If non-empty, same as -d option
-PYTHONINSPECT If non-empty, same as -i option
-PYTHONSUPPRESS If non-empty, same as -s option
-PYTHONUNBUFFERED If non-empty, same as -u option
-PYTHONVERBOSE If non-empty, same as -v option
-PYTHONCASEOK If non-empty, ignore case in file/module names (imports)
-
-
-
-
Notable lexical entities
Keywords
+ as
and del for is raise
assert elif from lambda return
break else global not try
class except if or while
- continue exec import pass yield
- def finally in print
+ continue exec import pass with
+ def finally in print yield
* (list of keywords in std module: keyword)
- * Illegitimate Tokens (only valid in strings): @ $ ?
+ * Illegitimate Tokens (only valid in strings): $ ?
* A statement must all be on a single line. To break a statement over
multiple lines use "\", as with the C preprocessor.
Exception: can always break when inside any (), [], or {} pair, or in
@@ -115,25 +96,24 @@
Identifiers
- (letter | "_") (letter | digit | "_")*
-
+ ASCII: (letter | "_") (letter | digit | "_")*
+
+ * Unicode identifiers are supported. See PEP 3131.
* Python identifiers keywords, attributes, etc. are case-sensitive.
- * Special forms: _ident (not imported by 'from module import *'); __ident__
- (system defined name);
- __ident (class-private name mangling)
+ * Special forms: _ident (not imported by 'from module import *' unless
+ listed in __all__); __ident__ (system defined name);
+ __ident (class-private name mangling)
-Strings
+Strings (Unicode)
"a string enclosed by double quotes"
'another string delimited by single quotes and with a " inside'
'''a string containing embedded newlines and quote (') marks, can be
delimited with triple quotes.'''
""" may also use 3- double quotes as delimiters """
- u'a unicode string' U"Another unicode string"
r'a raw string where \ are kept (literalized): handy for regular
expressions and windows paths!'
R"another raw string" -- raw strings cannot end with a \
- ur'a unicode raw string' UR"another raw unicode"
Use \ at end of line to continue a string on next line.
adjacent strings are concatened, e.g. 'Monty' ' Python' is the same as
@@ -148,8 +128,9 @@
\" Double quote (") \n Linefeed (LF)
\a Bell (BEL) \r Carriage Return (CR) \xHH char with hex value HH
\b Backspace (BS) \t Horizontal Tab (TAB)
- \uHHHH unicode char with hex value HHHH, can only be used in unicode string
- \UHHHHHHHH unicode char with hex value HHHHHHHH, can only be used in unicode string
+ \uHHHH BMP unicode char with hex value HHHH
+ \UHHHHHHHH unicode char with hex value HHHHHHHH
+ \N{CHAR NAME} unicode char with name 'CHAR NAME'
\AnyOtherChar is left as-is
* NUL byte (\000) is NOT an end-of-string marker; NULs may be embedded in
@@ -158,10 +139,10 @@
Numbers
- Decimal integer: 1234, 1234567890546378940L (or l)
- Octal integer: 0177, 0177777777777777777 (begin with a 0)
+ Decimal integer: 1234, 1234567890546378940
+ Octal integer: 0o177, 0o177777777777777777 (begin with 0o or 0O)
Hex integer: 0xFF, 0XFFFFffffFFFFFFFFFF (begin with 0x or 0X)
- Long integer (unlimited precision): 1234567890123456
+ Binary integer: 0b11, 0b111111110000011 (begin with 0b or 0B)
Float (double precision): 3.14e-10, .001, 10., 1E3
Complex: 1J, 2+3J, 4+5j (ends with J or j, + separates (float) real and
imaginary parts)
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