Re: [Tutor] Helpful little book

2013-04-29 Thread ALAN GAULD
Apparently they have added an index. At least for the 4th edition that >I have for Python it contains a full index, which I go to all of the >time.You're right! I don't know why I thought they didn't have an index...  how odd. I just checked 4 of them and they all have indexes. Senility beckons!

Re: [Tutor] Helpful little book

2013-04-29 Thread boB Stepp
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 28/04/13 20:03, boB Stepp wrote: >> >> I have found the following book quite helpful and keep it handy: >> >> "Python Pocket Reference" by Mark Lutz, 4th ed., c. 2010. >> > > I have an earlier version but yes these pocket books byy O'reilly a

Re: [Tutor] Helpful little book

2013-04-29 Thread Alan Gauld
On 28/04/13 20:03, boB Stepp wrote: I have found the following book quite helpful and keep it handy: "Python Pocket Reference" by Mark Lutz, 4th ed., c. 2010. I have an earlier version but yes these pocket books byy O'reilly are generally useful once you know what to look for. The don't have

Re: [Tutor] Helpful little book

2013-04-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 29/04/13 05:03, boB Stepp wrote: I have found the following book quite helpful and keep it handy: "Python Pocket Reference" by Mark Lutz, 4th ed., c. 2010. It was released at the time that 3.0 and 2.6 were the current Python versions, but tries to include what was intended for the 2.x and 3.

[Tutor] Helpful little book

2013-04-28 Thread boB Stepp
I have found the following book quite helpful and keep it handy: "Python Pocket Reference" by Mark Lutz, 4th ed., c. 2010. It was released at the time that 3.0 and 2.6 were the current Python versions, but tries to include what was intended for the 2.x and 3.x future releases as he knew them then