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Python is an open source programming language created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum.

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Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. An interpreted language, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability (notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly brackets or keywords), and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than might be used in languages such as C++ or Java. It provides constructs that enable clear programming on both small and large scales. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from Compiler Explorer:
def square(num): return num * num
Example from Riju:
print("Hello, world!")
Example from Linguist:
#!/usr/bin/env python2.4 print "Python"
Python Keywords
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Language features

Feature Supported Example Token
Standard Library print("Hello, World!")
Scientific Notation
Binary Literals # 0[bB](?:_?[01])+
Floats # (\d(?:_?\d)*\.(?:\d(?:_?\d)*)?|(?:\d(?:_?\d)*)?\.\d(?:_?\d)*)([eE][+-]?\d(?:_?\d)*)?
Hexadecimals # 0[xX](?:_?[a-fA-F0-9])+
Octals # 0[oO](?:_?[0-7])+
Functions
While Loops
Case Sensitivity
Print() Debugging print
Threads
Line Comments # A comment #
Dispose Blocks Pattern with resource_context_manager() as resource: # Perform actions with the resource. # Perform other actions where the resource is guaranteed to be deallocated.
Zero-based numbering
Strings "hello world"
Inheritance class SumComputer(object): def __init__(self, a, b): self.a = a self.b = b def transform(self, x): raise NotImplementedError def inputs(self): return range(self.a, self.b) def compute(self): return sum(self.transform(value) for value in self.inputs()) class SquareSumComputer(SumComputer): def transform(self, x): return x * x class CubeSumComputer(SumComputer): def transform(self, x): return x * x * x
Semantic Indentation class Person (object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name
Operator Overloading # Python Program illustrate how # to overload an binary + operator class A: def __init__(self, a): self.a = a # adding two objects def __add__(self, o): return self.a + o.a ob1 = A(1) ob2 = A(2) ob3 = A("Geeks") ob4 = A("For") print(ob1 + ob2) print(ob3 + ob4)
Multiple Inheritance class Base1: pass class Base2: pass class MultiDerived(Base1, Base2): pass # Or multilevel inheritance: class Base: pass class Derived1(Base): pass class Derived2(Derived1): pass
Lists myList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Integers pldb = 80766866
Multiline Strings template = """This is the first line. This is the second line. This is the third line."""
Mixins # https://easyaspython.com/mixins-for-fun-and-profit-cb9962760556 class EssentialFunctioner(LoggerMixin, object):
Iterators https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_iterators.asp
Infix Notation seven = 3 + 4
File Imports import datetime oTime = datetime.datetime.now() from my_pkg import my_funcs
Assignment name = "John" =
Directives from __future__ import feature # coding=
Generators https://wiki.python.org/moin/Generators
Constructors
MultiLine Comments ''' A comment. ''' '''
Comments # A comment
Conditionals if True: print("Hello world")
Classes class Person (object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name
Booleans True False
Dynamic Properties class Person (object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name person = Person("John") person.age = 50
Symbol Tables # https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/09/18/python-internals-symbol-tables-part-1
Shebang #!/usr/bin/env python
Bitwise Operators x << y
Ternary operators print(1 if 1 else 0)
Single Dispatch
Duck Typing
Disk Output with open('helloworld.txt', 'w') as filehandle: filehandle.write('Hello, world!\n')
Units of Measure X
Pointers X
Case Insensitive Identifiers X
Regular Expression Syntax Sugar X
Enums X # Though there is an Enum class in stdlib https://peps.python.org/pep-0435/
Macros X
Variable Substitution Syntax X

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