Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y108. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

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Python Programming - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ypfull.html  [course]

Python printf To format data into a string in python, use the % operator as python doesn't have an sprintf or printf function. So why have I entitled today's entry ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/496_Python-printf.html  [short article]

Learning to Program in Python - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ... http://www.wellho.net/course/ylfull.html  [course]

split and join days = ["Monday","Tuesday","Webnesday"] all = "".join(days) print all if "o" in "Melksham": print "yes" say = "This is a line of text" parts = say.split(" ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y108/bejo.py  [code sample]

Using the replace method on a string #!/usr/local/bin/python "Count the number of each base in a dna sequence" seq = """ aatgcgtaga gatctkaagg aataccgatg gcgaaggcag ccacctgggt caacactgac ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=y108/seq2.py  [code sample]

Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions Regular Expressions are powerful matching tools and you can specify almost anything within them. But there are certain facilities that are naturally ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/943_Matc ... sions.html  [short article]

The backtick operator in Python and Perl In Perl, and in shell programs too, the backtick operator causes the enclosed string to be executed as a command and the result (as generated on STDOUT) ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/324_The- ... -Perl.html  [short article]

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With scarcely an exception, every program involves that manipulation of strings of text. Python has strong string handling facilities. Not only can you treat strings as sequences, but you can also run a wide variety of standard methods on them. Python supports regular expressions similar to those supported by Perl.

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Pythoners	Parse a file checking each line against a criterion
backtick	Conversion to a string with the backtick operator
bejo.py	split and join
chunky	Splitting at a literal v splitting at a regex
cli.py	Command line handler function in Python
cli_withopts.py	Command line handler function in Python
clinput	reading and handling command line options
cori	Multiline string
fence.py	Fencepost problem and solution
gift	Share 10000 pound between 1 to 10 children
grab	Regular Expression - Maya strings
inflate	Search for regular expression and replace
irish_grid	Ordnance Survey Ireland - Grid Reference Conversion
kid	Formatting strings / multiple use of % operator
listmethods	List all methods available on an object
mypi	Strings, raw strings, triple quoted strings
nf	Formatting - time and money using the % operator
reggie.py	Regular Expression Overview
seq2.py	Using the replace method on a string
seqrev.py	translate, reverse and join - reversing dna sequence
sequence.py	Handling a string as a list of characters
taxform.py	Formatting output - floats, ints, etc
tliser	Exercise answer - formatting prices and aligning columns
young.py	revision - string basics

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