Numeric Data as Objects
>>> import random
>>> some_var = 5
or
>>> some_var = int(5)
>>> var_one = 5
>>> var_two = 10
>>> var_one + var_two
15
>>> type(some_var)
<type 'int'>
>>> float_var = 5.5
>>> int_var = int(float_var)
>>> print (int_var)
5
>>> foo_hex = 0x2A7
>>> print (foo_hex)
679
>>> foo_hex = int("2A7",16)
>>> print (astrfoo_hex)
679
>>> int_var = 5
>>> help(5)
Help on int object:
class int(object)
| int(x[, base]) -> integer
Lists
>>> alist = []
>>> alist.append(4)
>>> alist.append(55.89)
>>> alist.append('a short string')
>>> alist.append(random.random)
>>> alist[0]
4
>>> alist[1]
55.890000000000001
>>> alist[2]
'a short string'
>>> alist[3]
<built-in method random of Random
object at 0x00A29D28>
>>> alist[3]()
0.87358651337544713
>>> alist[2]
'a short string'
>>> alist[2] = 'a better string'
>>> alist[2]
'a better string
>>> list_name = []
>>> list_name.append(0)
>>> list_name.append(1)
>>> list_name
[0, 1]
>>> var_one = list_name
>>> var_two = list_name
>>> var_one
[0, 1]
>>> var_two
[0, 1] >>> print astr1[0:4]
>>> list_name[0] = 9 This
>>> var_one
[9, 1] >>> print astr1[:4]
>>> var_two This
[9, 1]
>>> print astr1[4:]
is a short string.
>>> alist1 = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> alist2 = [6,7,8,9,10] >>> print astr1[10:15]
>>> alist1 + alist2 short
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>>> str_cat = astr1 + " " + astr2
>>> alist2.index(8) >>> print str_cat
2 This is a short string. This is another
>>> alist1.reverse() short string.
>>> alist1
[5, 4, 3, 2, 1] >>> the_string = "This is the
string."
>>> slist = [8,22,0,5,16,99,14,- >>> the_string = the_string[0:4]
6,42,66] >>> the_string
>>> slist.sort() 'This'
>>> slist
[-6, 0, 5, 8, 14, 16, 22, 42, 66, 99] >>> print astr1.upper()
THIS IS A SHORT STRING.

String >>> print astr1.find('string')

>>> astr1 = 'This is a short string.'
>>> astr2 = "This is another short
string."
>>> astr3 = "This string has
'embedded' single-quote chracters."
>>> astr4 = """This is an example
... of a multi-line
... string.
... """
>>>
16
>>> print astr1.replace('string',
'line')
This is a short line.
>>> print astr1.rjust(30)
This is a short string.
>>> print astr1.rjust(30,'.')
.......This is a short string.
Tuples Arithmetic operators (floor
division)
>>> tuple2 = (1,2)
>>> tuple2 >>> 5/2
(1, 2) 2
>>> 5//2
>>> tuple4 = (9, 22.5, 0x16, 0) 2
>>> tuple4 >>> 5.0/2
(9, 22.5, 22, 0) 2.5
>>> tuple4[2] >>> 5.0//2
22 2.0
>>> tuple4[0]
9
Bitwise operators (Binary
>>> tuple2
(1, 2) Left or Right Shift)
>>> tuple4
(9, 22.5, 22, 0) >>> 2 << 1
>>> tuple6 = tuple2 + tuple4 4
>>> tuple6 >>> 2 << 2
(1, 2, 9, 22.5, 22, 0) 8
>>> 2 << 3
>>> tpl = (0, 0, 2, 2, 6, 0, 3, 2, 1, 0) 16
>>> tpl.count(0) >>> 16 >> 2
4 4
>>> tpl.count(2)
3 Assignment operators (add and
>>> tpl.count(6) assignment)
1
>>> a = 1
>>> a += 1
>>> a
2
Membership operators The if statement
if x in some_list: if <expression>:
DoSomething(x, some_list) statement
(more statements as necessary)
if x not in some_dict:
some_dict[x] = new_value if <expression>:
statement
(more statements as necessary)
Identity operators else:
statement
def GetFilePath(name): (and yet more statement if necessary)
global pathParse
if pathParse is None: if <expression>:
pathParse = FileUtil.PathParse() statement
file_path = pathParse(name) (more statements as necessary)
if len(file_path) > 1: elif <expression>:
return file_path statement
else: (more statements as necessary)
return None else:
statement
(and yet more statements if necessary)
>>> if some_var < 10:
print
... "Yes"
... print
"Indeed"
... else:
... print
... "Sorry"
... print
Yes "Nope"
Indeed
The while statements The for statement.
while <expression>: for some_var in <sequence>:
statement statement
(more statements as necessary) (more statements as necessary)
else: else:
statement statement
(and yet more statement if necessary) (and yet more statement if necessary)

>>> loop_ok = True >>> for i in range(0,5):

>>> loop_cnt = 10 ... print i
>>> while loop_ok: ...
0
print "%d Loop 1
... is OK" % 2
... loop_cnt 3
... loop_cnt -= 1 4
... if loop_cnt < 0:
loop_ok = False >>> alist = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
>>> for i in alist:
... else:
..
print "%d Loop . prin
... .. t i
no longer OK"
... .
% loop_cnt
10 Loop is OK 123456789
9 Loop is OK 10
8 Loop is OK >>> stuple = ("this","is","a","4-
7 Loop is OK tuple")
6 Loop is OK >>> for s in stuple:
5 Loop is OK ... print s
4 Loop is OK ...
3 Loop is OK this
2 Loop is OK is
1 Loop is OK a
0 Loop is OK 4-tuple
-1 Loop no longer OK
The try statement
try:
statement
(more statements as necessary)
except <exception, err_info>:
statement
(more statements as necessary)
else:
statement
(more statements as necessary)
finally:
statement
(and yet more statements if necessary)

try:
f = open(fname, "r")
except Exception, err:
print "File open failed: %s" % str(err)