Python Cookbook

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Like its predecessor, the new edition offers a collection of solutions to problems that Python programmers face everyday. Updated for Python 2.4, it now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. Abstract: Like its predecessor, the new edition offers a collection of solutions to problems that Python programmers face everyday. Updated for Python 2.4, it now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system Content: Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition The Implementation of the Book Using the Code from This Book Audience Organization Further Reading Conventions Used in This Book How to Contact Us Safari® Enabled Acknowledgments Alex Martelli Anna Martelli Ravenscroft 1. Text Basic Textual Operations Sources of Text String Basics 1.1. Processing a String One Character at a Time Solution Discussion See Also 1.2. Converting Between Characters and Numeric Codes Solution Discussion See Also 1.3. Testing Whether an Object Is String-like Solution Discussion See Also 1.4. Aligning Strings. SolutionDiscussion See Also 1.5. Trimming Space from the Ends of a String Solution Discussion See Also 1.6. Combining Strings Solution Discussion See Also 1.7. Reversing a String by Words or Characters Solution Discussion See Also 1.8. Checking Whether a String Contains a Set of Characters Solution Discussion See Also 1.9. Simplifying Usage of Strings & translate Method Solution Discussion See Also 1.10. Filtering a String for.