Class Special Methods
__new__(cls)
__init__(self, args)
__del__(self)
__repr__(self)
__str__(self)
__cmp__(self, other)
__index__(self)
__hash__(self)
__getattr__(self, name)
__getattribute__(self, name)
__setattr__(self, name, attr)
__delattr__(self, name)
__call__(self, args, kwargs)
String Methods
capitalize() *
center(width)
count(sub, start, end)
decode()
encode()
endswith(sub)
expandtabs()
find(sub, start, end)
index(sub, start, end)
isalnum() *
isalpha() *
isdigit() *
islower() *
isspace() *
istitle() *
isupper() *
join()
ljust(width)
lower() *
sys Variables
argv
builtin_module_names
byteorder
check_interval
exec_prefix
executable
exitfunc
modules
path
platform
stdin, stdout, stderr
version_info
winver
os Variables
altsep
curdir
defpath
devnull
extsep
linesep
name
pardir
pathsep
sep
Indexes and Slices (of a=[0,1,2,3,4,5])
len(a)
a[0]
a[5]
a[-1]
a[-2]
a[1:]
a[:5]
a[:-2]
a[1:3]
a[1:-1]
b=a[:]
6
0
5
5
4
[1,2,3,4,5]
[0,1,2,3,4]
[0,1,2,3]
[1,2]
[1,2,3,4]
Shallow copy of a
Date Formatting (strftime and strptime)
%a
%A
%b
%B
%c
%d
%H
%I
%j
%m
%M
%p
%S
%U
%w
%W
%x
%X
%y
%Y
%Z
%%
1.
2.
3.
4.
Abbreviated weekday (Sun)
Weekday (Sunday)
Abbreviated month name (Jan)
Month name (January)
Date and time
Day (leading zeros) (01 to 31)
24 hour (leading zeros) (00 to 23)
12 hour (leading zeros) (01 to 12)
Day of year (001 to 366)
Month (01 to 12)
Minute (00 to 59)
AM or PM
Second (00 to 61 4)
Week number 1 (00 to 53)
Weekday 2 (0 to 6)
Week number 3 (00 to 53)
Date
Time
Year without century (00 to 99)
Year (2008)
Time zone (GMT)
A literal "%" character (%)
Sunday as start of week. All days in a
new year preceding the first Sunday
are considered to be in week 0.
0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday.
Monday as start of week. All days in a
new year preceding the first Monday
are considered to be in week 0.
This is not a mistake. Range takes
account of leap and double-leap
seconds.
lstrip()
partition(sep)
replace(old, new)
rfind(sub, start ,end)
rindex(sub, start, end)
rjust(width)
rpartition(sep)
rsplit(sep)
rstrip()
split(sep)
splitlines()
startswith(sub)
strip()
swapcase() *
title() *
translate(table)
upper() *
zfill(width)
Methods marked
* are locale
dependant for 8-bit strings.
Note
__lt__(self, other)
__le__(self, other)
__gt__(self, other)
__ge__(self, other)
__eq__(self, other)
__ne__(self, other)
__nonzero__(self)
sys.argv for $ python foo.py bar qux
sys.argv[0]
sys.argv[1]
sys.argv[2]
foo.py
bar
qux
Alternative sep
Current dir string
Default search path
Path of null device
Extension separator
Line separator
Name of OS
Parent dir string
Patch separator
Path separator
Registered OS names: “posix”, “nt”,
“mac”, “os2”, “ce”, “java”, “riscos”
Note
Command line args
Linked C modules
Native byte order
Signal check frequency
Root directory
Name of executable
Exit function name
Loaded modules
Search path
Current platform
File objects for I/O
Python version info
Version number
File Methods
close()
flush()
fileno()
isatty()
next()
read(size)
readline(size)
readlines(size)
seek(offset)
tell()
truncate(size)
write(string)
writelines(list)
Time Methods
replace()
isoformat()
__str__()
strftime(format)
utcoffset()
dst()
tzname()
Datetime Methods
today()
now(timezoneinfo)
utcnow()
fromtimestamp(timestamp)
utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
fromordinal(ordinal)
combine(date, time)
strptime(date, format)
List Methods
append(item)
count(item)
extend(list)
index(item)
insert(position, item)
pop(position)
remove(item)
reverse()
sort()