On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:00:24PM -0500, William Crowder wrote: > >> I am reading posts and watching videos. I am following along >> with the shell, i am retaining the info. But WHAT is a library? >
In python libraries are called modules I believe. So you may see either term, and unless someone here corrects me, they are the same. > > In English, a library is a collection of books, or magazines. > > A "software library" is a collection of programs or functions, instead > of books. Sometimes it will be one file, with many functions. Sometimes > it will be many files. > > In Python: > > import math > > > will load the math library, so you can use functions like math.sin, > math.sqrt, and others. > > Does this answer your question? If you need more help, please ask. > > > -- > Steven > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
