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>Jrgp: fixed some typos

2010-08-14T19:56:41Z

fixed some typos

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	Below applies to Python 2.6 or lower, Python 3 is a good bit different.		Below applies to Python 2.6 or lower, Python 3 is a good bit different.

	Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({).		Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({..}).

	Note: that most *nix ~~distrobutions~~ come with ~~python~~ by default.		Note: that most *nix distributions come with Python by default.

	==Basics==		==Basics==

2010-08-01T23:08:48Z

removed pointless and somewhat inaccurate info

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	Below applies to Python 2.6 or lower, Python 3 is a good bit different.		Below applies to Python 2.6 or lower, Python 3 is a good bit different.

	Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({)~~. It is used (along with php and vb) for many tools, since it is easy to use and has many features~~.		Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({).

	Note: that most *nix distrobutions come with python by default.		Note: that most *nix distrobutions come with python by default.

2010-07-25T18:14:33Z

links subsection.

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	===Tornado Web===		===Tornado Web===
	[http://www.tornadoweb.org/ Tornado] is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure.		[http://www.tornadoweb.org/ Tornado] is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure.

			==Links==
			[http://docs.python.org/ Python Documentation]
			[http://www.python.org/download/ Download Python]

	[[Category:Programming]]		[[Category:Programming]]

2010-07-25T18:12:58Z

addition of twisted and tornadoweb, two very cool python modules

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	===DPKT===		===DPKT===
	fast, simple packet creation / parsing, with definitions for the basic TCP/IP protocols.		fast, simple packet creation / parsing, with definitions for the basic TCP/IP protocols.
			===Twisted===
			[http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ Twisted] is an event-driven networking engine written in Python and licensed under the MIT license.
			===Tornado Web===
			[http://www.tornadoweb.org/ Tornado] is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure.

	[[Category:Programming]]		[[Category:Programming]]

2010-07-25T18:09:32Z

addition of xrange

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	9		9

			''consider using xrange when dealing with larger lists, as it creates an iterator, rather than constructing the full list in memory''

	>>> for x in ['Hello', 'world', ',this', 'is', 'a', 'list']:		>>> for x in ['Hello', 'world', ',this', 'is', 'a', 'list']:
	print x		print x
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	a		a
	list		list

	==Examples==		==Examples==

2010-07-25T18:07:59Z

"===" does not exist in Python, use "is" and "is not" instead.

2009-04-23T03:35:02Z

Variables

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(No difference)

2009-04-23T03:35:02Z

Variables

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	===Variables===		===Variables===
	Variable names DO NOT need to begin with a special character, unlike P.~~H.P.~~		Variable names DO NOT need to begin with a special character, unlike PHP. Variable names CAN, however, be any combination, as long as the word isn't reserved (Ex: and, or, print), of letters and numbers.
	Variable names CAN, however, be any combination, as long as the word isn't reserved (Ex: and, or, print), of letters and numbers.


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	<type 'dict'>		<type 'dict'>
	>>> a = "Anhero"		>>> a = "Anhero"
	>>> del a #Its a good idea, if you're making a 'hidden' script, to delete variables after you use them...		>>> del a #Its a good idea, if you're making a 'hidden' script, to delete variables after you use them...


	==Statements==		==Statements==

2009-04-20T16:45:11Z

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2009-04-20T16:45:11Z

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			Below applies to Python 2.6 or lower, Python 3 is a good bit different.

	Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({). It is used (along with php and vb) for many tools, since it is easy to use and has many features.		Python is an object oriented, interpreted language. It is unique in that it requires a user to indent in place of using curly brackets ({). It is used (along with php and vb) for many tools, since it is easy to use and has many features.