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A Python cheat sheet for those of us who do

• miratom 19y ago
  ...and for those who have never seen a programming language ever. Do they really need arrows that point to comments that say, "This is a comment"?
  • jsmcgd 19y ago
    They don't need to but it succinctly highlights the fact that there are two different ways of commenting code in Python.
• pistoriusp 19y ago
  Pretty disappointing.
  • tim2 19y ago
    Could have at least used a dict. Makes me want to do one of these now though.
    • Kaizyn 19y ago
      You should; be sure to post the fruits of your efforts online for everyone else.
      • mleonhard 19y ago
        in PDF
  • thorax 19y ago
    I run/host a community of Python new entry-level scripters. This seems perfect for them to see so they'll understand a little more about what they're seeing. I'd welcome any other cheat sheets which you prefer, though. I was actually impressed at the clarity of this one because it's covered a lot of concepts that literally took a few forum posts to clarify for newbies.
• avinashv 19y ago
  Not a bad reference for newbies, but this lacks some important things (dictionaries, tuples, list comprehensions, lambdas etc.). Also, the arrow-style explanations don't lend well to a quick-search reference.
• anon 19y ago
  it's missing 'pass' which is essential if you wish for automatic indentation to work properly
• rbanffy 19y ago
  Isn't using a "main" function a C-ism? I have never heard of such a convention when programming in Python. Is there one? Does the BDFL know about it?
  • hhm 19y ago
    No, it's actually used. In this article the creator of Python talks about it: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829 http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829