Index

Symbols

"hello world!" ``for`` loop ``is`` operator

``join`` ``range`` function ``split``

A

abecedarian series abstract data type (ADT) abstraction accumulator algorithm, [1], [2], [3], [4] aliases alternative execution ambiguity

argument, [1] argv assignment, [1] multiple tuple assignment operator assignment statement, [1], [2] attribute, [1]

B

base case, [1] binary operator binary tree block, [1] body, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] boolean expression, [1]

boolean function, [1] boolean value, [1] bracket operator branch, [1] bug, [1] byte code

C

cargo chained conditional, [1] character character classification child child class class class attribute client clone command line command line argument command prompt comment, [1] comparison of strings comparison operator compile, [1] composition, [1], [2] (of functions) composition of functions compound data type

compound data types compound statement, [1] body header computation pattern concatenate concatenation, [1] condition, [1] conditional chained conditional branching conditional execution conditional statement conditionals nested constant constant time continue statement counter counting pattern cursor, [1]

D

data structure data structures recursive data type, [1] dead code, [1] debugging, [1] decrement default value, [1] definition function

delimiter, [1], [2] development plan, [1] dictionary, [1] dir function directory docstring, [1] doctest dot notation, [1], [2] dot operator dot product Doyle, Arthur Conan

E

element, [1], [2], [3], [4] elif else embedded reference encapsulate encapsulation encode enumerate escape sequence, [1]

eureka traversal evaluate event event loop event-driven program exception, [1], [2], [3] executable expression, [1], [2] boolean

F

factorial fibonacci FIFO file file system float, [1] flow of execution, [1] for loop, [1] for loop traversal (for) formal language, [1] frame, [1] fruitful function

function, [1], [2] argument composition len parameter function call function composition, [1] function definition, [1] function frame function type functional programming style fundamental ambiguity theorem

G

generalization generalize

generic data structure graphics

H

hand trace handle an exception handling an exception header

helper high-level language, [1] hint Holmes, Sherlock

I

if if statement immutable, [1], [2], [3] immutable data type implementation import, [1] import statement, [1] in in operator (in) increment incremental development, [1] index, [1], [2] negative indexing ([]) infinite loop, [1] infinite recursion, [1]

infix inheritance initialization (of a variable) initialization method inorder input instance instantiate int, [1] integer integer division, [1] Intel interface interpret, [1] invariant item assignment iteration, [1], [2], [3]

J

Jython

K

key, [1] key-value pair, [1]

keyboard input keyword, [1]

L

leaf len function length function (len) level linear time link linked list linked queue Linux list, [1], [2], [3], [4]

list comprehension, [1] list traversal literalness local variable, [1], [2] logarithm logical operator, [1] loop, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] loop body loop variable low-level language, [1] lowercase

M

Make Way for Ducklings mapping type, [1] McCloskey, Robert method, [1], [2] mode modifier, [1]

modifiers module modulus operator, [1] multiple assignment, [1] mutable, [1], [2] mutable data type mutable type

N

namespace naming collision natural language, [1] negative index nested conditionals nested list nested loop

nesting newline, [1] Newton's method node non-volatile memory None, [1] NoneType

O

object, [1] object code object-oriented language object-oriented programming objects and values operand, [1] operations on strings

operator, [1] in logical modulus operator overloading optional parameter, [1] order of operations overflow

P

parameter, [1] parent parent class parse, [1], [2] pass pass statement path pattern of computation Pentium planned development Poetry polymorphic portability portable postfix postorder precondition prefix notation

preorder print statement, [1] Priority Queue priority queue problem solving program, [1] program development program tracing programming language Programs prompt, [1] Prose prototype development provider pure function, [1] pure functions pydoc Python Library Reference Python shell

Q

Queue

queue queueing policy

R

raise random range recursion, [1] recursive call, [1] recursive data structure recursive definition, [1]

redundancy return, [1] return statement, [1] return value, [1] root rules of precedence, [1] runtime error, [1], [2], [3]

S

safe language scaffolding, [1] scalar multiplication script semantic error, [1] semantics, [1] sequence siblings side effect singleton slice, [1] slicing ([:]) source code stack diagram, [1] stack trace standard library state diagram, [1] statement, [1] assignment if pass return

statement block step size str string string comparison (>, <, >=, <=, ==) string formatting string module string operations string slice strings and lists subexpression syntax, [1] syntax error, [1]

T

tab, [1] table tail recursion, [1] TDD temporary variable, [1] Test-driven development test-driven development (TDD) text file token, [1] trace traceback, [1] tracing a program

traversal, [1] traverse trichotomy triple quoted string tuple, [1] assignment return value tuple assignment, [1] two-dimensional table type conversion type conversion, [1]

U

underscore character

unit testing, [1] uppercase

V

value, [1], [2] boolean None variable, [1] local, [1] temporary

variable name veneer volatile memory

W

while while loop while statement

whitespace, [1] wrapper wrapping code in a function, [1]