Python:Guides

Top tips

Python:Top Ten Tips

Hello World

Convert to Number

Read Text File

Sum an Array

Count 0 to 9

Hash Table

Regular Expression

Read Database

Read XML

Define a Class

The top ten programming tips - things you need to know.

String

Python:String Functions

Contains

Ends With

Equal Strings

Find Position

Formatting

Using Print Formatting

Lower Case

Join Strings

Starts With

String Length

Special Characters

Split a String

Substring

Upper Case

A string is a list of characters.

Graphics

Graphics Methods

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Lines

Drawing Text

Polygons

Smoothing

Using Fonts

Fill Rectangles

Draw Circle

Draw Arc

Transform

Bitmaps

Creating Shapes

Tests

Simple Tests

Equal Strings

Equal Numbers

Comparing Numbers

Checking for a Substring

AND of two Conditions

OR of two Conditions

NOT of a Condition

Checking for a Prefix

Checking for a Suffix

Conditions in if statements.

Basics

• Hello World Variables Methods
• Count Ones: Counting Ones in a string

Data Types

Creating variables of different types. Converting between variable types. Using 3rd party libraries. Creating your own data types. Arrays, hash tables and dates.

• Hashmap is a collection - you can reference a value using a key. The keys are often strings.

Control structures

while, for, foreach, if, return, break and other constructs

Input and output

options for reading and writing data to files and to databases network access.

Graphic User Interface

Buttons, text boxes that users can see and control.

Programming techniques

Using an accumulator, Recursion, function composition.