Preface
Chapter 1  Statements
Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Input/output
1.3 Variables
1.4 String basics
1.5 Number basics
1.6 Error messages
1.7 Comments
1.8 Why Python?
1.9 Chapter summary
Chapter 2  Expressions
Introduction
2.1 The Python shell
2.2 Type conversion
2.3 Mixed data types
2.4 Floating-point errors
2.5 Dividing integers
2.6 The math module
2.7 Formatting code
2.8 Python careers
2.9 Chapter summary
Chapter 3  Objects
Introduction
3.1 Strings revisited
3.2 Formatted strings
3.3 Variables revisited
3.4 List basics
3.5 Tuple basics
3.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 4  Decisions
Introduction
4.1 Boolean values
4.2 If-else statements
4.3 Boolean operations
4.4 Operator precedence
4.5 Chained decisions
4.6 Nested decisions
4.7 Conditional expressions
4.8 Chapter summary
Chapter 5  Loops
Introduction
5.1 While loop
5.2 For loop
5.3 Nested loops
5.4 Break and continue
5.5 Loop else
5.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 6  Functions
Introduction
6.1 Defining functions
6.2 Control flow
6.3 Variable scope
6.4 Parameters
6.5 Return values
6.6 Keyword arguments
6.7 Chapter summary
Chapter 7  Modules
Introduction
7.1 Module basics
7.2 Importing names
7.3 Top-level code
7.4 The help function
7.5 Finding modules
7.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 8  Strings
Introduction
8.1 String operations
8.2 String slicing
8.3 Searching/testing strings
8.4 String formatting
8.5 Splitting/joining strings
8.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 9  Lists
Introduction
9.1 Modifying and iterating lists
9.2 Sorting and reversing lists
9.3 Common list operations
9.4 Nested lists
9.5 List comprehensions
9.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 10  Dictionaries
Introduction
10.1 Dictionary basics
10.2 Dictionary creation
10.3 Dictionary operations
10.4 Conditionals and looping in dictionaries
10.5 Nested dictionaries and dictionary comprehension
10.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 11  Classes
Introduction
11.1 Object-oriented programming basics
11.2 Classes and instances
11.3 Instance methods
11.4 Overloading operators
11.5 Using modules with classes
11.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 12  Recursion
Introduction
12.1 Recursion basics
12.2 Simple math recursion
12.3 Recursion with strings and lists
12.4 More math recursion
12.5 Using recursion to solve problems
12.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 13  Inheritance
Introduction
13.1 Inheritance basics
13.2 Attribute access
13.3 Methods
13.4 Hierarchical inheritance
13.5 Multiple inheritance and mixin classes
13.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 14  Files
Introduction
14.1 Reading from files
14.2 Writing to files
14.3 Files in different locations and working with CSV files
14.4 Handling exceptions
14.5 Raising exceptions
14.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 15  Data Science
Introduction
15.1 Introduction to data science
15.2 NumPy
15.3 Pandas
15.4 Exploratory data analysis
15.5 Data visualization
15.6 Summary
Answer Key
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Index