Beginning Python - From Novice to Professional

■INDEX
599
split function
re module 239, 240
Sprite class
pygame.sprite module 530
sqrt function 18
math module 554
Stackless Python
alternative Python distribution 6
StandardError exception class 287
start method
adding to handler superclass 398
Match Objects 242
start_paragraph method
adding to handler superclass 398
statements 14–15
assignment statements 83–85
blocks 85–86
conditional statements 86–87
elif clauses 88
else clauses 87
if statements 87
nesting blocks 88
conditions 86
assertions 93
boolean statements 91–92
comparison operators 89–91
del statements 103–104
eval statements 105–106
exec statements 104–105
if statements 16
import statements 82–83
loops 93–94
breaking out of 98–100
for loops 95
iterating over dictionaries 96
iteration utilities 96–98
while loops 94
pass statements 102
print statements 14, 16
using with commas 81–82
static methods
creating with staticmethod objects 187
stderr variable
sys module 215, 258
stdin variable
iteratorability of 266
sys module 215, 258
stdout class
sys module 215, 258
write method 310
StopIteration exception 190
str function 25, 561
StreamRequestHandler class 303
strftime function
time module 227, 441
string formatting
dictionaries 71, 72
string module 501
Template class 72
template strings 54
values from 60
string representations 25
strings
comparing strings and sequences 91
concatenating strings 24
input compared to raw_input 26
long strings 27
methods 563–565
raw strings 27, 28
single-quoted strings and escaping quotes
23–24
string formatting 53–56
conversion types 56–57
signs, alignment, and zero-padding
58–59
simple conversion 56
width and precision 57