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authorldinh <LouieDinh@gmail.com>2013-06-27 00:45:11 -0700
committerldinh <LouieDinh@gmail.com>2013-06-27 00:45:11 -0700
commite9aa9b480f530272dc004db6112a2214776d450f (patch)
tree11245f908329ed90026ea4ba5639c10f13dddea1 /python.html.markdown
parent3afa1ee1043ec2bff7d2cfe6f765bf8202801b65 (diff)
Fix a few bugs
Diffstat (limited to 'python.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r--python.html.markdown31
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index 114aa019..a6e54e4f 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ not False #=> True
"Hello " + "world!" #=> "Hello world!"
# A string can be treated like a list of characters
-"This is a string"[0] #=> 'H'
+"This is a string"[0] #=> 'T'
# None is an object
None #=> None
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ filled_dict = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3}
filled_dict["one"] #=> 1
# Get all keys as a list
-filled_dict.keys()
+filled_dict.keys() #=> ["three", "two", "one"] Note - Dictionary key ordering is not guaranteed. Your results might not match this exactly.
# Get all values as a list
-filled_dict.values()
+filled_dict.values() #=> [3, 2, 1] Note - Same as above regarding key ordering.
# Check for existence of keys in a dictionary with in
"one" in filled_dict #=> True
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ filled_set | other_set #=> set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
some_var = 5
# Here is an if statement. INDENTATION IS SIGNIFICANT IN PYTHON!
+# prints "some var is smaller than 10"
if some_var > 10:
print "some_var is totally bigger than 10."
elif some_var < 10: # This elif clause is optional.
@@ -165,13 +166,27 @@ elif some_var < 10: # This elif clause is optional.
else: # This is optional too.
print "some_var is indeed 10."
-# For loops iterate over lists
+
+"""
+For loops iterate over lists
+prints:
+ dog is a mammal
+ cat is a mammal
+ mouse is a mammal
+"""
for animal in ["dog", "cat", "mouse"]:
print "%s is a mammal" % animal # You can use % to interpolate formatted strings
-# While loops go until a condition is no longer met.
+"""
+While loops go until a condition is no longer met.
+prints:
+ 0
+ 1
+ 2
+ 3
+"""
x = 0
-while x < 10:
+while x < 4:
print x
x += 1 # Short hand for x = x + 1
@@ -252,7 +267,7 @@ class Human(object):
# A method. All methods take self as the first argument, including the initializer
def say(self, msg):
- return "%s: %s" % (this.name, msg)
+ return "%s: %s" % (self.name, msg)
# A class method is shared among all instances
@classmethod
@@ -261,7 +276,7 @@ class Human(object):
# Static methods are called without a parameter reference to the class or instance
@staticmethod
- def grunt(self):
+ def grunt():
return "*grunt*"