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authorAdam <adam@adambard.com>2013-06-27 10:53:43 -0700
committerAdam <adam@adambard.com>2013-06-27 10:53:43 -0700
commit2e9f5a642bc7a90045830892af1ade48ea613a2a (patch)
tree0363dd532acd77cb7aba473ea1d8071687b1ca0f
parent630cdcda414f8530d8134c115e8d606cdf23365e (diff)
Small edits to python version
-rw-r--r--python.html.markdown16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index 168f1ea1..615ee249 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ li[-1] #=> 4
# Looking out of bounds is an IndexError
li[4] # Raises an IndexError
-# You can look at ranges with slice syntax. It's an closed/open range for you mathy types.
+# You can look at ranges with slice syntax.
+# (It's a closed/open range for you mathy types.)
li[1:3] #=> [2, 4]
# Omit the beginning
li[:3] #=> [1, 2, 4]
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ while x < 4:
# Handle exceptions with a try/except block
try:
- raise IndexError("This is an index error") # Use raise to raise an error
+ # Use raise to raise an error
+ raise IndexError("This is an index error")
except IndexError as e:
pass # Pass is just a no-op. Usually you would do recovery here.
@@ -252,20 +254,26 @@ add(5, 6) #=> 11 and prints out "x is 5 and y is 6"
# Another way to call functions is with keyword arguments
add(y=6, x=5) # Keyword arguments can arrive in any order.
-# You can define functions that take a variable number of positional arguments
+# You can define functions that take a variable number of
+# positional arguments
def varargs(*args):
return args
varargs(1, 2, 3) #=> (1,2,3)
-# You can define functions that take a variable number of keyword arguments
+# You can define functions that take a variable number of
+# keyword arguments, as well
def keyword_args(**kwargs):
return kwargs
# Let's call it to see what happens
keyword_args(big="foot", loch="ness") #=> {"big": "foot", "loch": "ness"}
+# You can do both at once, if you like
+def all_the_args(*args, **kwargs):
+ pass
+
# Python has first class functions
def create_adder(x):