diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown index c75e90c4..9324e29b 100644 --- a/python.html.markdown +++ b/python.html.markdown @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ None #=> None "etc" is None #=> False None is None #=> True +# The 'is' operator tests for object identity. This isn't +# very useful when dealing with primitive values, but is +# very useful when dealing with objects. + # None, 0, and empty strings/lists all evaluate to False. # All other values are True 0 == False #=> True @@ -169,9 +173,6 @@ li.extend(other_li) # Now li is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] # Examine the length with len len(li) #=> 6 -# Note: lists can contain arbitrary values -li2 = [1, "Hello", [[], "Hi", 5,]] - # Tuples are like lists but are immutable. tup = (1, 2, 3) tup[0] #=> 1 @@ -375,8 +376,6 @@ add_10(3) #=> 13 # There are also anonymous functions (lambda x: x > 2)(3) #=> True -rectangle_area = lambda a, b: a * b -print rectangle_area(3, 4) #=> 12 # There are built-in higher order functions map(add_10, [1,2,3]) #=> [11, 12, 13] @@ -386,9 +385,6 @@ filter(lambda x: x > 5, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]) #=> [6, 7] [add_10(i) for i in [1, 2, 3]] #=> [11, 12, 13] [x for x in [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] if x > 5] #=> [6, 7] -# You can also use dictionary comprehensions -{i: add_10(i) for i in [1, 2, 3]} #=> {1: 11, 2: 12, 3: 13} - #################################################### ## 5. Classes #################################################### @@ -404,8 +400,7 @@ class Human(object): # Assign the argument to the instance's name attribute self.name = name - # An instance method. All methods take self as the first argument, - # which refers to the instance of this class + # An instance method. All methods take self as the first argument def say(self, msg): return "%s: %s" % (self.name, msg) @@ -462,7 +457,8 @@ import math as m math.sqrt(16) == m.sqrt(16) #=> True # Python modules are just ordinary python files. You -# can write your own, and import them. +# can write your own, and import them. The name of the +# module is the same as the name of the file. ```