Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition (In a Nutshell)
| [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] ! (exclamation point) comparisons pdb command struct format strings " (double quote), string literals # (pound sign) comments regular expressions string formatting $ (dollar sign) MULTILINE attribute regular expressions % (percent sign) HTML templates remainder string formatting & (ampersand), bitwise AND > (greater than sign) >> (double greater than) right shift comparisons struct format strings < (less than sign) << (double less than) left shift comparisons struct format strings <> (angle brackets) event names HTML comments ' (single quote) string literals () (parentheses) class statements def statement function calls line continuation plain assignment statements regular expressions string formatting tuple creation * (asterisk) ** (double asterisk) raising to a power from statement multiplication regular expressions sequence repetition string formatting *? (asterisk-question mark), regular expressions + (plus sign) addition DateTime instances DateTimeDelta instances regular expressions sequence concatenation string formatting unary plus +? (plus sign-question mark), regular expressions , (comma) dictionaries functions lists plain assignment statements tuples - (hyphen) regular expressions string formatting subtraction unary minus -Qnew switch . (period) attributes attribute reference instance objects current directory designation DOTALL attribute regular expressions string formatting / (forward slash) // (double forward slash) truncating division directory paths 2nd Unix/Windows division operator determining behavior of : (colon) compound statements dictionaries Unix directory paths ; (semicolon) statement separators Windows directory paths = (equal sign) comparisons struct format strings ? (question mark), regular expressions @ (at sign), struct format strings [] (square brackets) indexing item indexes line continuation list creation lists plain assignment statements python command-line syntax regular expressions 2nd slicing \ (backslash) \n (newline) string literals directory paths Windows line continuation regular expressions string literals ^ (caret) bitwise XOR MULTILINE attribute regular expressions 2nd _ (underscore) class-private variables gettext module identifiers 2nd interactive sessions module-private variables special methods ` (backtick), string conversion {} (curly braces) dictionaries dictionary creation line continuation python command-line syntax | (vertical bar) bitwise OR regular expressions 2nd ~ (tilde), bitwise NOT 4Suite |