Python basics

Comments

• start with (#)

Types

• numeric (int, float, long, complex)
• iterator
• sequence (str, unicode, list, tuple, buffer, xrange)
• set
• map
• file

Numbers

• integer=7, long=9999999999L, float=1.34, complex=0+1j

Strings

• 'single quotes', "double quotes", r'raw\n', u'unicode\u0020', 'multi\
line (end of lines must be escaped)', '''strings in triple quotes can span
multiple
lines without escaping newlines'''
• can be concatenated ('dirty ' + 'monkey') and repeated (4 * 'lol')
• literals next to each other are automatically concatenated ('you' 'tube')
• can be sliced (word[4], word[0:6], word[1:], word[0:-1])
• cannot be changed (unmutable)
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