Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition (In a Nutshell)

s_eval method (RExec object) 

s_exec method (RExec object) 

s_execfile method (RExec object) 

S_IFMT function (stat module) 

S_IMODE function (stat module) 

s_import method (RExec object) 

S_ISBLK function (stat module) 

S_ISCHR function (stat module) 

S_ISDIR function (stat module) 

S_ISFIFO function (stat module) 

S_ISLNK function (stat module) 

S_ISREG function (stat module) 

S_ISSOCK function (stat module) 

s_reload method (RExec object) 

s_unload method (RExec object) 

sandbox environment, restricted execution 

SAP DB 

sapdbapi module 

Saturday attribute (mx.DateTime module) 

save_bgn method (HTMLParser object) 

save_end method (HTMLParser object) 

savespace method (array object) 

SAX (Simple API for XML)

    parsing XHTML 

    parsing XML  2nd  [See also xml.sax package]

SAXException class (xml.sax package) 

saxutils module 

    escape function 

    quoteattr function 

    XMLGenerator class 

Scale class (Tkinter module) 

    get method 

    set method 

sched module 

    event scheduler function 

scheduler class 

    cancel method 

    empty method 

    enter method 

    enterabs method 

    run method 

scheduler function (sched module) 

SciTE program 

scripts  2nd  [See also server-side scripting][See also server-side scripting]

    CGI 

        debugging 

        performance characteristics 

        Python, installing 

    GUI, running standalone 

    setup.py 

scripts argument (distutils setup function) 

Scrollbar class (Tkinter module) 

SCXX library 

search method

    regular expression object  2nd 

    Text object 

searchsorted function (Numeric module) 

second attribute

    DateTime class 

    DateTimeDelta class 

seconds attribute (DateTimeDelta class) 

Secret Labs, Python IDE offered by 

security

    cookies and 

    cryptographic-quality pseudo-random numbers 

    denial-of-service attacks 

    eval function 

    isolating untrusted code 

    passwords 

    pickle/cPickle modules 

see method (Text object) 

seed method (Random object) 

seek method

    file object 

    mmap object 

select function (select module) 

select method

    Checkbutton object 

    Radiobutton object 

select module 

    select function 

select_clear method (Listbox object) 

select_set method (Listbox object) 

self parameter  2nd 

Semaphore class (threading module)  2nd  3rd 

    acquire method 

    release method 

semicolon (;)

    statement separators 

    Windows directory paths 

send method (socket object) 

send_error method (HTTPServer object) 

send_header method (HTTPServer object) 

send_response method (HTTPServer object) 

sendall method (socket object) 

sendcmd method (FTP object) 

sendmail method (SMTP object) 

sendto method (socket object) 

sep attribute (os module) 

September attribute (mx.DateTime module) 

sequence repetition 

sequences 

    comprehensions 

    immutable, strings as 

    indexing, error 

    inserting items 

    items in arithmetic progression 

    iterators 

    lists 

        methods 

        operations on 

    mutable 

        arrays 

    operations on 

        coercion/conversions 

        concatenation 

        indexing 

        slicing 

    reducing to single value 

    special methods for 

    strings 

        methods 

        operations on 

        raw strings 

        Unicode strings 

    tuples 

        operations on 

serialization  2nd 

    marshal module 

    pickle/cPickle modules 

        customization with copy_reg module 

    shelve module 

serve_forever method (server object) 

server method (BaseRequestHandler object) 

server object, serve_forever method 

server-side scripting 

    ASP 

    custom Python servers 

    FastCGI 

    LRWP 

    PyApache/mod_python 

    Quixote 

    Webware 

ServerProxy class 

    listMethods method 

    methodHelp method 

    methodSignature method 

    xmlrpclib module 

servers 

    Apache

        FastCGI for 

        installing Python CGI scripts 

        PyApache/mod_python for 

    custom Python 

    FTP 

    HTTP 

        methods/attributes 

        sockets and 

    Internet 

    Microsoft web, installing Python CGI scripts on 

    SMTP 

    TCP echo 

    Telnet 

    UDP echo 

    web, subclassing BaseHTTPServer 

    Xitami

        installing Python CGI scripts on 

        LRWP for 

    XML-RPC 

servlets, Jython 

set method

    Event object 

    Morsel object 

    PythonInterpreter object 

    Scale object 

set_boundary method (Message object) 

set_completer function (readline module) 

set_debug function (gc module) 

set_debuglevel method (POP3 object) 

set_history_length function (readline module) 

set_location function (bsddb module) 

set_pasv method (FTP object) 

set_payload method (Message object) 

set_proxy method (Request object) 

set_terminator method (async_chat object) 

set_threshold function (gc module) 

set_timeout method (TimeoutSocket object) 

set_unixfrom method (Message object) 

setattr function (built-in) 

__setattr__ special method  2nd 

setAttribute method (Element object) 

setDaemon method (Thread object) 

setdefault method (dictionary object) 

setdefaultencoding function (sys module) 

setDefaultSocketTimeout function (timeoutsocket module) 

setfirstweekday function (calendar module) 

setitem method (operator module) 

__setitem__ special method 

setlocale function (locale module) 

setName method (Thread object) 

setprofile function (sys module) 

setrecursionlimit function (sys module)  2nd 

sets, special methods for 

setslice method (operator module) 

setstate method (Random object) 

settrace function (sys module) 

setup function (distutils module) 

setUp method (TestCase object) 

setup.cfg file 

setup.py script 

SGML (Standard General Markup Language) 

sgmllib module 

    close method 

    do_tag method 

    end_tag method 

    feed method 

    handle_charref method 

    handle_comment method 

    handle_data method 

    handle_endtag method 

    handle_entityref method 

    handle_starttag method 

    report_unbalanced method 

    SGMLParser class 

    start_tag method 

    unknown_charref method 

    unknown_endtag method 

    unknown_entityref method 

    unknown_starttag method 

SGMLParser class

    HTMLParser class, compared to 

    sgmllib module 

shape attribute (Numeric module) 

shape function (Numeric module) 

shape method (array object) 

Sharp Zaurus, installing Python 

shelve module 

showwarning function (warnings module) 

shuffle method (Random object) 

shutil module 

    copy function 

    copy2 function 

    copyfile function 

    copyfileobj function 

    copymode function 

    copystat function 

    copytree function 

    rmtree function 

SIGs (Special Interest Groups) 

Simple API for XML  [See SAX]

Simple Mail Transport Protocol  [See SMTP]

simple statements 

SimpleCookie class (Cookie module) 

    is_output method 

    load method 

    output method 

SimpleHTTPServer module  2nd 

SimpleXMLRPCServer class 

    register_function method 

    register_instance method 

SimpleXMLRPCServer module  2nd 

Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) 

sin function

    cmath module 

    math module 

single quote (') 

sinh function

    cmath module 

    math module 

site customization 

site module 

site.py file 

sitecustomize module  2nd 

size function (Numeric module) 

size method

    FTP object 

    mmap object 

sleep function (time module) 

slice function (built-in) 

slice object 

slicing

    array object 

    sequences 

    targets 

__slots__ attribute 

SmartCookie class (Cookie module) 

    is_output method 

    load method 

    output method 

SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) 

    servers 

    twisted.protocols package 

SMTP class 

    connect method 

    login method 

    quit method 

    sendmail method 

smtplib module  2nd 

.so files 

socket class 

    accept method 

    bind method 

    close method 

    connect method  2nd 

    getpeername method 

    listen method 

    makefile method 

    recv method 

    recvfrom method 

    send method 

    sendall method 

    sendto method 

socket function (socket module) 

socket module 

    getfqdn function 

    gethostbyaddr function 

    gethostbyname_ex function 

    htonl/htons functions  2nd 

    inet_aton function 

    inet_ntoa function 

    socket class 

    socket function 

sockets  2nd  [See also socket module][See also socket module]

    event-driven programs 

        asynchat module 

        asyncore module 

        select module 

        Twisted package 

    HTTP servers 

        BaseHTTPServer module 

        GCIHTTPServer module 

        SimpleHTTPServer module 

        SimpleXMLRPCServer module 

    TCP echo servers 

    timeoutsocket module 

    UDP echo servers 

SocketServer module 

    BaseRequestHandler class 

softspace attribute (file object) 

Solaris, Python IDEs 

Sony PlayStation 2, installing Python 

sort function (Numeric module) 

sort method (list object) 

sort_stats method (Stats object) 

source code

    building with Visual C++ 

        for debugging 

    installing from 

        on Macintosh 

        on Unix 

        on Windows 

    latest version 

    resources for further information 

    uncompressing/unpacking 

source files  [See also modules][See also modules]2nd 

    as modules 

    Python modules in distribution utilities 

Source Navigator (Red Hat) 

spacesaver method (array object) 

span method (match object) 

spawnv/spawnve functions (os module) 

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 

special methods 

    __abs__ 

    __dd__ 

    __and__ 

    __call__ 

    __cmp__ 

    __coerce__ 

    __complex__ 

    for containers 

    __del__ 

    __delattr__  2nd 

    __div__ 

    __divmod__ 

    __eq__ 

    __float__ 

    __floordiv__ 

    __ge__ 

    general purpose 

    __getattr__ 

    __getattribute__  2nd  3rd 

    __getinitargs__ 

    __gt__ 

    __hash__  2nd 

    __hex__ 

    __iadd__ 

    __iand__ 

    __idiv__ 

    __ifloordiv__ 

    __ilshift__ 

    __imod__ 

    __imul__ 

    __init__  2nd  3rd 

    __int__ 

    __invert__ 

    __ior__ 

    __ipow__ 

    __irshift__ 

    __isub__ 

    __itruediv__ 

    __ixor__ 

    __le__ 

    __long__ 

    __lshift__ 

    __lt__ 

    __mod__ 

    __mul__ 

    __ne__ 

    __neg__ 

    __new__  2nd  3rd 

    __nonzero__ 

    for numeric objects 

    __oct__ 

    __or__ 

    __pos__ 

    __pow__ 

    __radd__ 

    __rand__ 

    __rdiv__ 

    __rdivmod__ 

    __repr__ 

    __rlshift__ 

    __rmod__ 

    __rmul__ 

    __ror__ 

    __rpow__ 

    __rrshift__ 

    __rshift__ 

    __rsub__ 

    __rxor__ 

    __setattr__  2nd 

    __str__  2nd 

    __sub__ 

    __unicode__ 

    __xor__ 

specified attribute (Attr object) 

split function (os.path module) 

split method

    regular expression object 

    string object 

splitdrive function (os.path module) 

splitext function (os.path module) 

splitlines method (string object) 

Spyce 

    Cheetah and 

SQL (Structured Query Language) 

    executing SQL statements 

sqrt function

    cmath module 

    math module 

square brackets ([])

    indexing 

    item indexes 

    line continuation 

    list creation 

    lists 

    plain assignment statements 

    python command-line syntax 

    regular expressions  2nd 

    slicing 

ST_ATIME attribute (stat module) 

ST_CTIME attribute (stat module) 

ST_DEV attribute (stat module) 

ST_GID attribute (stat module) 

ST_INO attribute (stat module) 

ST_MODE attribute (stat module) 

ST_MTIME attribute (stat module) 

ST_NLINK attribute (stat module) 

ST_SIZE attribute (stat module) 

ST_UID attribute (stat module) 

stack function (inspect module) 

standard error 

Standard General Markup Language (SGML) 

standard input 

standard output 

    writing prompt to 

StandardError exception 

start method

    match object 

    Thread object 

start_tag method

    HTMLParser object 

    sgmllib module 

startDocument method, ContentHandler object 

startElement method, ContentHandler object 

startElementNS method, ContentHandler object 

startswith method (string object) 

stat function (os module) 

stat method

    NNTP object 

    POP3 object 

stat module

    attributes 

    functions 

state method (Toplevel object) 

statements

    assigning values to variables  [See assignment statements]

    compound 

    simple 

    SQL, executing 

static methods 

staticmethod type (built-in)  2nd  3rd 

Stats class 

    add method 

    print_callees method 

    print_callers method 

    print_stats method 

    sort_stats method 

    strip_dirs method 

status method (HTTPResponse object) 

stderr attribute (sys module)  2nd 

stdin attribute (sys module)  2nd 

stdout attribute (sys module) 

step command (pdb module) 

stop method (reactor object) 

StopIteration exception 

storbinary method (FTP object) 

storlines method (FTP object) 

__str__ special method  2nd 

str type (built-in)  2nd  3rd 

    date/time string conversions 

    locale module 

strcoll function (locale module) 

streams 

strerror attribute (os module) 

strftime function (time module) 

    fine-grained string formatting 

strftime method

    DateTime class 

    DateTimeDelta class 

string attribute (match object) 

string module 

    ascii_letters attribute 

    ascii_lowercase attribute 

    ascii_uppercase attribute 

    digits attribute 

    hexdigits attribute 

    letters attribute 

    locale sensitivity  [See locale module]

    lowercase attribute 

    maketrans function 

    octdigits attribute 

    printable attribute 

    punctuation attribute 

    uppercase attribute 

    whitespace attribute 

string object

    capitalize method 

    center method 

    count method 

    encode method 

    endswith method 

    expandtabs method 

    find method 

    index method 

    isalnum method 

    isalpha method 

    isdigit method 

    islower method 

    isspace method 

    istitle method 

    isupper method 

    join method 

    ljust method 

    lower method 

    lstrip method 

    methods of 

    replace method 

    rfind method 

    rindex method 

    rjust method 

    rstrip method 

    split method 

    splitlines method 

    startswith method 

    strip method 

    swapcase method 

    title method 

    translate method 

    upper method 

StringIO module 

strings 

    case sensitivity 

    concatenating 

    converting 

        date/time types 

        to floating-point numbers 

        to Unicode 

    denoting current directory 

    escape sequences, table of 

    formatting 

        common idioms 

        conversion characters 

        format specifier syntax 

    hexadecimal, converting integers 

    as immutable sequences 

    interned 

    line termination 

    methods 

    mmap object and 

    mutable 

    occurrences of, returning 

    octal, converting integers to 

    optimizing operations on 

    raw strings 

    searching 

    sequence operations on 

    sorting, internationalization and 

    Unicode strings 

    Unicode, Tkinter and 

    whitespace in 

strip method (string object) 

strip_dirs method (Stats object) 

strptime function (time module) 

struct module 

    calcsize function  2nd 

    format characters 

    pack function 

Structured Query Language  [See SQL]

strxfrm function (locale module) 

sub method

    operator module 

    regular expression object 

__sub__ special method 

subclass relationships 

subn method (regular expression object) 

Sunday attribute (mx.DateTime module) 

super type (built-in)  2nd 

superclass methods, delegating to 

SUSE, installing Python 

swapaxes function (Numeric module) 

swapcase method (string object) 

SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) 

SynEdit program 

SyntaxError exception 

SyntaxWarning exception 

sys module

    _getframe function 

    argv attribute 

    attributes 

    displayhook function 

    exc_info function  2nd 

    excepthook function  2nd 

    exit function  2nd 

    getdefaultencoding function 

    _getframe function 

    getrecursionlimit function 

    getrefcount function  2nd 

    maxint attribute 

    module loading 

    modules attribute  2nd 

        __import__ function and 

    path attribute  2nd 

    platform attribute 

    ps1, ps2 attribute 

    setdefaultencoding function 

    setprofile function 

    setrecursionlimit function  2nd 

    settrace function 

    stderr attribute  2nd 

    stdin attribute  2nd 

    stdout attribute 

    tracebacklimit attribute 

    version attribute 

sys.excepthook file 

sys.stderr file 

system function (os module) 

    running other programs 

system testing 

SystemError exception 

SystemExit exception  2nd