Index

• abecedarian Chapter 15, Exercise 17.6
• abs function §9.1
• absolute path item absolute path:, §26.3
• access §18.2
• accumulator item accumulator:
• add method §29.7
• addition with carrying §13.1
• algorithm Appendix B, §13.1, item algorithm:
  • MD5 item 1
  • square root Exercise 13.1
• aliasing Chapter 21, item aliasing:, §27.2, Exercise 29.1
  • copying to avoid item 2
• all §30.4
• alternative execution §8.1
• anagram Exercise 21.6
• anagram set Exercise 26.2
• analysis of algorithms Appendix B, item analysis of algorithms:
• analysis of primitives §B.2
• and operator §7.1
• any §30.4
• append method §20.2, §21.1, Exercise 21.9
• arc function item 5
• Archimedian spiral Exercise 6.4
• argument §21.1, §3.1, Chapter 4, §4.3, §4.3, item argument:
  • keyword §30.9, item keyword argument:, §6.5
  • list §21.1
  • optional Chapter 16, item optional argument:, Exercise 16.1, §20.4, §30.1
  • positional item positional argument:, §29.3, §30.9
• arithmetic operator §1.4
• assert statement §28.5, item assert statement:
• assignment Chapter 11, §18.1, item assignment:
  • augmented item augmented assignment:
  • item §15.1, §18.2
• assignment statement §2.1
• attribute §27.6, §29.10
  • __dict__ §29.9
  • initializing §29.9
  • instance §27.2, item attribute:
• AttributeError item AttributeError:, §27.6
• augmented assignment item augmented assignment:
• average case 2nd item
• Babylonian method Chapter 13
• badness §B.1
• Big-Oh notation item Big-Oh notation:
• big-oh notation §B.1
• big, hairy expression §A.3.2
• binary search Exercise 21.10
• birthday item 2
• birthday paradox Exercise 21.8
• bisect module Exercise 21.10
• bisection search §B.3, Exercise 21.10
• bisection, debugging by §13.2
• bitwise operator §1.4
• body Chapter 12, Chapter 4, item body:
• bool type Chapter 7
• boolean expression Chapter 7, item boolean expression:
• boolean function §8.4
• boolean operator Chapter 22
• borrowing, subtraction with §13.1, §28.4
• bracket
  • squiggly §23.1
• bracket operator §14.1, §18.2
• branch §8.1, item branch:
• bubble sort Appendix B
• bug §1.6, item bug:, §2.7
  • worst Exercise 29.1
• built-in function
  • any §30.4, §30.4
• bytes object item bytes object:, §26.5
• calculator item 3, Exercise 2.2
• call graph Chapter 25, item call graph:
• Car Talk Exercise 17.7, Exercise 17.8, Exercise 17.9, Exercise 25.5
• carrying, addition with §13.1, §28.2, §28.4
• catch item catch:
• chained conditional §8.2, item chained conditional:
• character §14.1
• checksum item 1, §26.7
• circle function item 4
• class §1.5, §27.1, item class:
  • Kangaroo Exercise 29.1
  • Point §27.1, §29.5
  • Rectangle §27.3
  • Time §28.1
• class definition §27.1
• class object §27.1, item class object:, §30.8
• close method §26.2, §26.5, §26.7
• Collatz conjecture Chapter 12
• collections §30.6, §30.7, §30.8
• colon item 2, Chapter 4
• comment §2.6, item comment:
• commutativity §2.5, §29.8
• compare function §9.1
• comparing algorithms Appendix B
• comparison
  • string §16.1
• comparison sort item 1
• compound statement Chapter 8, item compound statement:
• concatenation Chapter 15, §15.1, §2.5, item concatenate:, §20.4, Chapter 5
  • list Chapter 20, §21.1, Exercise 21.9
• condition §A.2.2, Chapter 12, Chapter 8, item condition:
• conditional item 6
  • chained §8.2, item chained conditional:
  • nested §8.3, item nested conditional:
• conditional execution Chapter 8
• conditional expression §30.1, item conditional expression:
• conditional statement §30.1, Chapter 8, §8.4, item conditional statement:
• consistency check item Write self-checks:, §28.4
• contributors Contributor List
• conversion
  • type §3.1
• copy
  • slice §14.3, §20.1
  • to avoid aliasing item 2
• count method Exercise 16.2
• Counter §30.6
• counter §15.3, item counter:, §23.2, §25.1
• counting and looping §15.3
• Creative Commons Acknowledgments
• crossover point §B.1, item crossover point:
• crosswords §17.1
• cumulative sum Exercise 21.2
• database item database:, §26.5
• database object §26.5
• datetime module Exercise 28.2
• dbm module §26.5
• dead code §A.2.4, item dead code:, §9.1
• debugger (pdb) §A.2.3
• debugging Appendix A, §1.6, §1.6, item debugging:, §10.1, §16.2, §17.5, §2.7, §21.2, §25.2, §26.9, §27.6, §28.5, §29.9, §30.2, §6.10, §8.5
  • by bisection §13.2
  • emotional response 1st item, §1.6
  • experimental §5.4
  • superstition 2nd item
• declaration §25.1, item declaration:
• decrement §11.1, item decrement:
• deep copy item deep copy:
• def keyword Chapter 4
• default value §29.5
  • avoiding mutable Exercise 29.1
• defaultdict §30.7
• definition
  • class §27.1
  • function Chapter 4
• deletion, element of list §20.3
• delimiter §20.4, item delimiter:
• designed development item designed development:
• development plan item development plan:
  • designed §28.4
  • encapsulation and generalization §6.8
  • incremental §A.1, Chapter 10
  • prototype and patch §28.2, §28.4
  • random walk programming 3rd item
  • reduction §17.3, §17.4, item reduction to a previously solved problem:
• diagram
  • call graph item call graph:
  • object §27.2, §27.3, item object diagram:, §28.1
  • stack §21.1, §5.1
  • state Chapter 11, §16.2, §18.2, §2.1, Chapter 21, §27.2, §27.3, §28.1
• __dict__ attribute §29.9
• dictionary item KeyError:, §23.1, item dictionary:
  • looping with Chapter 24
  • traversal §29.9
• dictionary methods §B.2
  • dbm module §26.5
• dictionary subtraction §30.5
• diff item 3
• Dijkstra, Edsger §17.5
• dir function item AttributeError:
• directory item directory:, §26.3
  • walk §26.3
  • working §26.3
• dispatch, type-based §29.8
• divisibility §1.4.1
• division
  • floating-point §1.4.1
  • floor §1.4.1, item floor division:, §8.5
• divmod §28.4
• docstring §27.1, item docstring:, §6.9
• dot notation Chapter 16, §27.2, §29.2, §3.2, item dot notation:
• Double Day item 4
• double letters Exercise 17.7
• Doyle, Arthur Conan §5.4
• duplicate Exercise 21.7, Exercise 25.3, item 1, §30.5
• element §18.1, item element:
• element deletion §20.3
• elif keyword §8.2
• Elkner, Jeff The strange history of this book, Acknowledgments
• else keyword §8.1
• embedded object §27.3, item embedded object:, Exercise 29.1
• emotional debugging 1st item, §1.6
• empty list §18.1
• empty string item empty string:, §20.4
• encapsulation Exercise 13.1, §15.3, item encapsulation:, §6.4
• end of line character §26.9
• epsilon Chapter 13
• equality and assignment Chapter 11
• equivalent item equivalent:
• error
  • runtime 2nd item, item Runtime error:, §8.5
  • semantic 3rd item, §A.3, item Semantic error:
  • syntax 1st item, item Syntax error:
• error message §A.1, Exercise 1.1, item Syntax error:, item Semantic error:
• evaluate §2.3
• exception 2nd item, §A.2.3, item Runtime error:, item exception:
  • AttributeError item AttributeError:, §27.6
  • FileNotFoundError §26.4
  • IndexError item IndexError:, §14.2, §16.2, 2nd item
  • KeyError item KeyError:, §23.1
  • NameError item NameError:, Chapter 5
  • OverflowError §8.5
  • StopIteration §30.3
  • TypeError item TypeError:, §14.1, §15.1, §29.3
  • UnboundLocalError §25.1
• exception, catching §26.4
• execute §2.3, item execute:
• exists function §26.3
• experimental debugging §5.4
• exponent §B.1
• exponential growth §B.1
• expression §2.3, item expression:
  • big and hairy §A.3.2
  • boolean Chapter 7, item boolean expression:
  • conditional §30.1, item conditional expression:
  • generator item generator expression:, §30.3, §30.4
• extend method §20.2
• factorial §30.1
• factory item factory:
• factory function §30.7, §30.7
• False special value Chapter 7
• fibonacci function Chapter 25
• file §26.1
  • permission §26.4
  • reading and writing §26.2
• file object §17.1, item file object:
• filename §26.3
• FileNotFoundError §26.4
• filter pattern §30.2
• find function §15.2
• flag §25.1, item flag:
• float function §3.1
• float type §1.5
• floating-point §1.5, item floating-point:, Chapter 13, §30.1
• floating-point division §1.4.1
• floor division §1.4.1, item floor division:, §8.5
• flow of execution §A.2.2, §10.1, Chapter 12, §4.2, item flow of execution:
• flower Exercise 6.2
• folder §26.3
• for loop Chapter 15, Chapter 19, §30.2, §6.2
• format operator 2nd item, item format operator:
• format sequence item format sequence:
• format string item format string:
• frame Chapter 25, §5.1, item frame:
• Free Documentation License, GNU The strange history of this book, Acknowledgments
• frequency §23.2
• fruitful function §5.2, item fruitful function:
• frustration 1st item
• function §1.3, §29.1, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, item function:
  • abs §9.1
  • arc item 5
  • circle item 4
  • compare §9.1
  • dir item AttributeError:
  • exists §26.3
  • factorial §30.1
  • fibonacci Chapter 25
  • find §15.2
  • float §3.1
  • fruitful §5.2
  • getattr §29.9
  • getcwd §26.3
  • hasattr §27.6, §29.9
  • int §3.1
  • isinstance §27.6, §29.8
  • len §14.2, §23.1, Exercise 5.1
  • list §20.4
  • log §3.2
  • math §3.2
  • open §17.1, §17.1, §26.2, §26.4, §26.5
  • polygon item 3
  • popen §26.7
  • programmer defined §4.3
  • randint Exercise 21.8
  • reasons for §5.3
  • reload 5th item, §26.8
  • repr §26.9
  • sorted item 2, Chapter 24
  • sqrt Chapter 10, §3.2
  • str §3.1
  • sum §30.3
  • trigonometric §3.2
  • void §5.2
• function argument §4.3
• function call §3.1, item function call:
• function definition Chapter 4, §4.1, item function definition:, item function object:
• function frame Chapter 25, §5.1, item frame:
• function object Exercise 5.2
• function parameter §4.3
• function syntax §29.2
• function type Chapter 4
  • modifier §28.3
  • pure §28.2
• functional programming style §28.3, item functional programming style:
• gather §30.9
• generalization §17.3, §28.4, item generalization:, §6.5
• generator expression item generator expression:, §30.3, §30.4
• generator object §30.3
• getattr function §29.9
• getcwd function §26.3
• global statement §25.1, item global statement:
• global variable §25.1, item global variable:
  • update §25.1
• GNU Free Documentation License The strange history of this book, Acknowledgments
• grid item 1
• hanging §A.2.2
• hasattr function §27.6, §29.9
• hash function item hash function:
• hashable item hashable:
• hashtable item hashtable:, item hashtable:
• header item 2, Chapter 4, item header:
• Hello, World §1.3
• hexadecimal §27.1
• high-level language item high-level language:
• histogram §23.2, §23.2
• Holmes, Sherlock §5.4
• homophone Exercise 25.5
• hypotenuse Chapter 10
• identical item identical:
• if statement Chapter 8
• immutability §15.1, §15.1, item immutable:, Chapter 21
• implementation §23.2, item implementation:, §29.10
• import statement §26.8, item import statement:
• in operator §B.3
• in operator §17.3, Chapter 22, §22.2, §23.1
• in-place operator §11.1
• increment §11.1, item increment:, §28.3, §29.3
• incremental development §A.1, item incremental development:
• indentation item 7, §29.2, Chapter 4
• index 1st item, §14.1, §14.1, §16.2, item index:, §18.2, §23.1
  • looping with §17.4, Chapter 19
  • negative §14.2
  • slice §14.3, §20.1
  • starting at zero §14.1, §18.2
• IndexError item IndexError:, §14.2, §16.2, 2nd item
• indexing §B.2
• infinite loop §A.2.2, §A.2.2, Chapter 12, item infinite loop:
• infinite recursion §A.2.2, §A.2.2
• inheritance §30.8
• init method §29.5, §29.9
• initialization
  • variable item initialization:
• initialization (before update) §11.1
• instance §27.1, item instance:
  • as argument §27.2
  • as return value §27.4
• instance attribute §27.2, item attribute:
• instantiate item instantiate:
• instantiation §27.1
• int function §3.1
• int type §1.5
• integer §1.5, item integer:
• interactive mode item interactive mode:, §5.2
• interface §29.10, §6.10, item interface:, §6.6
• interlocking words Exercise 21.12
• interpret item interpreter:
• invariant §28.5, item invariant:
• invocation Chapter 16, item invocation:
• isinstance function §27.6, §29.8
• item §15.1, item item:, §18.1, §23.1
  • dictionary item item:
• item assignment §15.1, §18.2
• item update Chapter 19
• iteration Chapter 12, item iteration:
• iterator 2nd item
• join §B.2
• join method §20.4
• Kangaroo class Exercise 29.1
• key §23.1, item key:
• key-value pair §23.1, item key-value pair:
• KeyError item KeyError:, §23.1
• keyword item 1, §2.2, item keyword:
  • def Chapter 4
  • elif §8.2
  • else §8.1
• keyword argument §30.9, item keyword argument:, §6.5
• language
  • safe item Runtime error:
• leading coefficient §B.1
• leading term §B.1, item leading term:
• len function §14.2, §23.1, Exercise 5.1
• letter rotation Exercise 16.4, Exercise 25.4
• linear item linear:
• linear growth §B.1
• linear search §B.3
• Linux §5.4
• lipogram Exercise 17.2
• list §18.1, §20.4, item list:, §30.2
  • as argument §21.1
  • concatenation Chapter 20, §21.1, Exercise 21.9
  • copy §20.1
  • element §18.2
  • empty §18.1
  • function §20.4
  • index §18.2
  • membership §22.2
  • method §20.2
  • nested §18.1, Chapter 19
  • operation Chapter 20
  • repetition Chapter 20
  • slice §20.1
  • traversal Chapter 19
• list comprehension item list comprehension:, §30.2
• list methods §B.2
• local variable Chapter 5, item local variable:
• log function §3.2
• logarithmic growth §B.1
• logical operator Chapter 7, §7.1
• lookup item lookup:
• loop Chapter 12, item loop:, §6.2
  • condition §A.2.2
  • for Chapter 15, Chapter 19, §6.2
  • infinite §A.2.2, Chapter 12
  • traversal Chapter 15
  • while Chapter 12
• loop variable §30.2
• looping
  • with dictionaries Chapter 24
  • with indices §17.4, Chapter 19
  • with strings §15.3
• looping and counting §15.3
• low-level language item low-level language:
• ls (Unix command) §26.7
• machine model 1st item, item machine model:
• main §25.1, §26.8, §5.1
• maintainable §29.10
• map pattern item map:
• mapping item mapping:
• math function §3.2
• McCloskey, Robert Chapter 15
• md5 §26.7
• MD5 algorithm item 1
• md5sum item 2
• membership
  • binary search Exercise 21.10
  • bisection search Exercise 21.10
  • dictionary §23.1
  • list §22.2
  • set Exercise 25.1
• memo Chapter 25, item memo:
• mental model §A.3.1
• metaphor, method invocation §29.2
• method Chapter 16, §29.1, item method:, item method:
  • __str__ §29.6
  • add §29.7
  • append §20.2, §21.1, Exercise 21.9
  • close §26.2, §26.5, §26.7
  • count Exercise 16.2
  • extend §20.2
  • init §29.5
  • join §20.4
  • pop §20.3
  • radd §29.8
  • read §26.7
  • readline §17.1, §26.7
  • setdefault Exercise 25.2
  • sort item 1
  • split §20.4
  • string Exercise 16.1
  • strip §17.1
  • void §20.2
• method syntax §29.2
• method, list §20.2
• Meyers, Chris Acknowledgments
• Moby Project §17.1
• model, mental §A.3.1
• modifier §28.3, item modifier:
• module §3.2, item module:, item module object:
  • bisect Exercise 21.10
  • collections §30.6, §30.7, §30.8
  • datetime Exercise 28.2
  • dbm §26.5
  • os §26.3
  • pickle §26.1, §26.6
  • pprint item Format the output:
  • random Exercise 21.8
  • reload 5th item, §26.8
  • shelve §26.6
  • time Exercise 21.9
• module object §26.8, §3.2
• module, writing §26.8
• modulus operator §1.4.1, item modulus operator:
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail §28.2
• MP3 Exercise 26.3
• multiline string item 4, §6.9
• multiset §30.6
• mutability §15.1, §18.2, Chapter 21, §25.1, §27.5
• mutable object, as default value Exercise 29.1
• name built-in variable §26.8
• namedtuple §30.8
• NameError item NameError:, Chapter 5
• NaN §30.1
• negative index §14.2
• nested conditional §8.3, item nested conditional:
• nested list §18.1, Chapter 19, item nested list:
• None special value §20.2, §5.2, item None:, §9.1
• NoneType type §5.2
• not operator §7.1
• Obama, Barack Appendix B
• object §15.1, item object:, item object:
  • bytes item bytes object:, §26.5
  • class §27.1, §27.1, item class object:, §30.8
  • Counter §30.6
  • database §26.5
  • defaultdict §30.7
  • embedded §27.3, item embedded object:, Exercise 29.1
  • file §17.1, item file object:
  • function Exercise 5.2
  • generator §30.3
  • module §26.8
  • mutable §27.5
  • namedtuple §30.8
  • pipe item pipe object:
  • printing §29.2
  • set §30.5
• object diagram §27.2, §27.3, item object diagram:, §28.1
• object-oriented design §29.10
• object-oriented language item object-oriented language:
• object-oriented programming Chapter 27, §29.1, item object-oriented programming:
• odometer Exercise 17.8
• Olin College The strange history of this book
• open function §17.1, §17.1, §26.2, §26.4, §26.5
• operand item operand:
• operator item operator:
  • and §7.1
  • arithmetic §1.4
  • bitwise §1.4
  • boolean Chapter 22
  • bracket §14.1, §18.2
  • format 2nd item, item format operator:
  • in §17.3, Chapter 22, §22.2, §23.1
  • logical Chapter 7, §7.1
  • modulus §1.4.1, item modulus operator:
  • not §7.1
  • or §7.1
  • overloading item operator overloading:
  • relational Chapter 7
  • slice §14.3, §20.1, §21.1
  • string §2.5
• operator overloading §29.7
• operators
  • in-place §11.1
• optional argument Chapter 16, item optional argument:, Exercise 16.1, §20.4, §30.1
• optional parameter §29.5
• or operator §7.1
• order of growth §B.1, item order of growth:
• order of operations §A.3.2, §2.4, item order of operations:
• os module §26.3
• other (parameter name) §29.4
• OverflowError §8.5
• overloading item operator overloading:
• override §29.5
• palindrome §17.4, Exercise 17.8, Exercise 17.9
• parameter §21.1, §4.3, Chapter 5, item parameter:
  • optional §29.5
  • other §29.4
  • self §29.2
• parentheses
  • argument in §3.1
  • empty Chapter 16, Chapter 4
  • parameters in §4.3, Chapter 5
• pass statement Chapter 8
• path item path:, §26.3
  • absolute §26.3
  • relative §26.3
• pattern
  • filter §30.2
  • map item map:
  • reduce item reduce:
  • search §15.2, item search:, §17.3, §30.4
• pdb (Python debugger) §A.2.3
• PEMDAS §2.4
• permission, file §26.4
• persistence §26.1, item persistent:
• pi Exercise 13.2, §3.2
• pickle module §26.1, §26.6
• pickling §26.6
• pie Exercise 6.3
• pipe §26.7
• pipe object item pipe object:
• plain text §17.1
• planned development §28.4
• Point class §27.1, §29.5
• point, mathematical §27.1
• polygon function item 3
• polymorphism item polymorphic:
• pop method §20.3
• popen function §26.7
• portability item portability:
• positional argument item positional argument:, §29.3, §30.9
• postcondition §10.1, §6.10
• pprint module item Format the output:
• precedence §A.3.2
• precondition §10.1, §6.10, item precondition:, item postcondition:
• predicate §8.4
• pretty print item Format the output:
• print function §1.3
• print statement §A.2.4, §1.3, item print statement:, §29.6
• problem solving Chapter 1, item problem solving:
• program §1.1, item program:
• program testing §17.5
• programmer-defined function §4.3
• programmer-defined type §27.1, item class:, §28.1, §29.1, §29.7
• prompt item prompt:
• prototype and patch §28.2, §28.4, item prototype and patch:
• pure function §28.2, item pure function:
• Puzzler Exercise 17.7, Exercise 17.8, Exercise 17.9, Exercise 25.5
• Pythagorean theorem Chapter 10
• quadratic item quadratic:
• quadratic growth §B.1
• quotation mark item 3, §1.3, §1.5, §14.3, §6.9
• radd method §29.8
• radian §3.2
• radix sort Appendix B
• rage 1st item
• raise statement item raise statement:, §28.5
• Ramanujan, Srinivasa Exercise 13.2
• randint function Exercise 21.8
• random module Exercise 21.8
• random walk programming 3rd item
• read method §26.7
• readline method §17.1, §26.7
• reassignment Chapter 11, item reassignment:, §18.2, §25.1
• Rectangle class §27.3
• recursion
  • infinite §A.2.2
• reduce pattern item reduce:
• reducible word Exercise 25.5
• reduction to a previously solved problem §17.3
• reduction to a previously solved problem §17.4, item reduction to a previously solved problem:
• refactoring item refactoring:, §6.7, §6.7
• reference Chapter 21, §21.1, item reference:
  • aliasing Chapter 21
• relational operator Chapter 7
• relative path item relative path:, §26.3
• reload function 5th item, §26.8
• repetition §6.2
  • list Chapter 20
• repr function §26.9
• representation §27.1, §27.3
• return statement §A.3.3, §9.1
• return value §27.4, §3.1, item return value:, §9.1
• reverse lookup item reverse lookup:
• reverse word pair Exercise 21.11
• rotation
  • letters Exercise 25.4
• rotation, letter Exercise 16.4
• running pace item 3, item 3, Exercise 28.1
• runtime error 2nd item, §A.2.3, item Runtime error:, §8.5
• safe language item Runtime error:
• sanity check item Write self-checks:
• scaffolding Chapter 10, item scaffolding:, §25.2
• scatter §30.9
• Schmidt, Eric Appendix B
• script item script:
• script mode item script mode:, §5.2
• search §B.3, item search:
• search pattern §15.2, item search:, §17.3, §30.4
• search, binary Exercise 21.10
• search, bisection Exercise 21.10
• self (parameter name) §29.2
• semantic error 3rd item, §A.3, item Semantic error:, item semantic error:
• semantics item semantics:, §29.1
• sequence §1.5, Chapter 14, §14.1, item sequence:, §18.1, §20.4
• set §30.5
  • anagram Exercise 26.2
• set membership Exercise 25.1
• set subtraction §30.5
• setdefault §30.7
• setdefault method Exercise 25.2
• sexagesimal §28.4
• shallow copy item shallow copy:
• shell item shell:, §26.7
• shelve module §26.6
• sine function §3.2
• singleton item singleton:
• slice item slice:
  • copy §14.3, §20.1
  • list §20.1
  • string §14.3
  • update §20.1
• slice operator §14.3, §20.1, §21.1
• sort method item 1
• sorted
  • function item 2, Chapter 24
• sorting 3rd item, Exercise B.2
• special case §17.5, item special case:, §28.3
• special value
  • False Chapter 7
  • None §20.2, §5.2, item None:, §9.1
  • True Chapter 7
• spiral Exercise 6.4
• split method §20.4
• sqrt Chapter 10
• sqrt function §3.2
• square root Chapter 13
• squiggly bracket §23.1
• stable sort item 4
• stack diagram Exercise 10.1, §21.1, §5.1, §5.1, item stack diagram:, item 1
• state diagram Chapter 11, §16.2, §18.2, §2.1, item state diagram:, Chapter 21, §27.2, §27.3, §28.1
• statement §2.3, item statement:
  • assert §28.5, item assert statement:
  • assignment Chapter 11, §2.1
  • compound Chapter 8
  • conditional §30.1, Chapter 8, §8.4, item conditional statement:
  • for Chapter 15, Chapter 19, §6.2
  • global §25.1, item global statement:
  • if Chapter 8
  • import §26.8, item import statement:
  • pass Chapter 8
  • print §A.2.4, §1.3, item print statement:, §29.6
  • raise item raise statement:, §28.5
  • return §A.3.3, §9.1
  • try §26.4, §27.6
  • while Chapter 12
• StopIteration §30.3
• str function §3.1
• __str__ method §29.6
• string §1.5, item string:, §20.4
  • comparison §16.1
  • empty §20.4
  • immutable §15.1
  • method Chapter 16
  • multiline item 4, §6.9
  • operation §2.5
  • slice §14.3
  • triple-quoted §6.9
• string concatenation §B.2
• string method Exercise 16.1
• string methods §B.2
• string representation §26.9, §29.6
• string type §1.5
• strip method §17.1
• subject item subject:, §29.2
• subset §30.5
• subtraction
  • with borrowing §13.1
• subtraction with borrowing §28.4
• sum §30.3
• superstitious debugging 2nd item
• syntax §A.1, item Syntax error:, §29.1
• syntax error 1st item, item Syntax error:, item syntax error:
• temporary variable §A.3.2, item temporary variable:, §9.1
• test case, minimal §A.2.4
• testing
  • and absence of bugs §17.5
  • incremental development Chapter 10
  • is hard §17.5
  • knowing the answer Chapter 10
  • minimal test case §A.2.4
• text
  • plain §17.1
• text file item text file:
• Time class §28.1
• time module Exercise 21.9
• traceback §A.2.3, §5.1, item traceback:, §8.5
• traversal Chapter 15, §15.2, §16.2, item traverse:, §17.3, §17.3, item augmented assignment:, §23.2, Chapter 24
  • dictionary §29.9
  • list Chapter 19
• triangle Exercise 8.1
• trigonometric function §3.2
• triple-quoted string §6.9
• True special value Chapter 7
• try statement §26.4, §27.6
• tuple methods §B.2
• type §1.5, §1.5, item type:
  • bool Chapter 7
  • dict §23.1
  • file §26.1
  • float §1.5
  • function Chapter 4
  • int §1.5
  • list §18.1
  • NoneType §5.2
  • programmer-defined §27.1, item class:, §28.1, §29.1, §29.7
  • str §1.5
• type conversion §3.1
• type-based dispatch item type-based dispatch:, §29.8
• TypeError item TypeError:, §14.1, §15.1, §29.3
• UnboundLocalError §25.1
• underscore character §2.2
• uniqueness Exercise 21.7
• Unix command
  • ls §26.7
• update §11.1, Chapter 13, item update:
  • database §26.5
  • global variable §25.1
  • item Chapter 19
  • slice §20.1
• use before def §4.1
• value §1.5, item value:, item value:
• variable Chapter 2, §2.2, item variable:
  • global §25.1
  • local Chapter 5
  • temporary §A.3.2, item temporary variable:, §9.1
  • updating §11.1
• void function §5.2, item void function:
• void method §20.2
• walk, directory §26.3
• while loop Chapter 12
• whitespace item 7, Exercise 17.1, §26.9, §8.5
• word count §26.8
• word, reducible Exercise 25.5
• working directory §26.3
• worst bug Exercise 29.1
• worst case 2nd item, item worst case:
• zero, index starting at §14.1
• zero, index starting at §18.2