Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd Edition

database management system (DBMS), 80

DBMS (database management system), 80

default parameter values, 174, 176–178

del command, 133–134

delete() method, 321

deleting

items from dictionaries, 153–154

list elements, 133–134

slices from lists, 134

derived classes, 271–274, 279

destroy() method, 351

dialog boxes, Not Saved, 12

dictionaries

considerations for, 154–155

creating, 148

Geek Translator program example, 147

key-value pair

adding, 152

deleting, 153–154

replacing, 153

keys

retrieving values using, 149

testing for, 150

methods for, 155

new terms, adding, 152

real-life, 149

die() method, 408–409, 417

display() function, 170

division (/) operator, 31

docstring (document string), 167–168

document string (docstring), 167–168

documenting functions, 167–168