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authorAdam Brenecki <adam@brenecki.id.au>2013-09-20 19:32:58 +0930
committerAdam Brenecki <adam@brenecki.id.au>2013-09-20 19:32:58 +0930
commit1405dc6387ad95f0161e788a27340e02f3f82471 (patch)
tree308e08801b6390e91163831da552adb330f2d298 /python.html.markdown
parent750b2a2f21262fc011d5ee07362c667223d3de23 (diff)
[python] Clarify setdefault, as per #234
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index bad9a360..bbb493da 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ filled_dict.get("four") #=> None
filled_dict.get("one", 4) #=> 1
filled_dict.get("four", 4) #=> 4
-# "setdefault()" method is a safe way to add new key-value pair into dictionary
+# "setdefault()" inserts into a dictionary only if the given key isn't present
filled_dict.setdefault("five", 5) #filled_dict["five"] is set to 5
filled_dict.setdefault("five", 6) #filled_dict["five"] is still 5
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ prints:
for animal in ["dog", "cat", "mouse"]:
# You can use % to interpolate formatted strings
print "%s is a mammal" % animal
-
+
"""
-"range(number)" returns a list of numbers
+"range(number)" returns a list of numbers
from zero to the given number
prints:
0
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ import math as m
math.sqrt(16) == m.sqrt(16) #=> True
# Python modules are just ordinary python files. You
-# can write your own, and import them. The name of the
+# can write your own, and import them. The name of the
# module is the same as the name of the file.
# You can find out which functions and attributes