Index

A

abbreviated assignment abecedarian series abstract data type (ADT) accumulator algorithm, [1], [2], [3] deterministic aliases, [1], [2] Alice in Wonderland download alternative execution

ambiguity animation argument, [1] assignment, [1] tuple assignment statement, [1], [2] assignment token attribute, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

B

bar chart base case, [1] binary binary operator binary search binary tree bits bitwise and bitwise or bitwise xor block, [1]

body, [1], [2], [3] Boolean algebra Boolean expression, [1] Boolean function, [1] Boolean value, [1] branch, [1] break statement breakpoint bug, [1] builtin scope bump

C

call graph canvas, [1] cargo chained conditional, [1] character chatterbox function child child class chunking, [1] class, [1] class attribute client clone, [1] Collatz 3n + 1 sequence collection, [1] comment, [1] comparison of strings comparison operator, [1] compile composition, [1], [2] (of functions)

composition of functions compound data type, [1], [2] compound statement, [1] body header computation pattern concatenate concatenation, [1] condition, [1] conditional chained conditional branching conditional execution conditional statement, [1] conditionals nested constant time constructor continue statement, [1] control flow, [1], [2] copy deep shallow counter counting pattern cursor

D

data representation data structure, [1], [2] recursive data type, [1] database dead code, [1] debugging, [1], [2] decrement deep copy deep equality, [1] default value, [1] definite iteration definition function, [1] recursive del statement, [1] delimiter, [1], [2], [3]

deserialization deterministic algorithm development plan, [1] dictionary, [1], [2] dir function directory, [1], [2], [3] docstring, [1], [2] dot notation, [1] dot operator, [1] dot product download Alice in Wonderland Doyle, Arthur Conan duplicate removal

E

Eight Queens puzzle element, [1], [2] elif else email sending embedded reference encapsulate encapsulation encode

enumerate equality deep shallow escape sequence, [1] eureka traversal evaluate event exception, [1], [2], [3] handling expression, [1] Boolean

F

fibonacci numbers field width FIFO (First In, First Out) file, [1], [2] text, [1] file handle file system, [1] float, [1], [2] floor division, [1] flow of execution, [1], [2] for loop, [1], [2], [3], [4] for loop traversal (for) formal language, [1] formatting strings

fractal Cesaro torn square Sierpinski triangle frame frame rate fruitful function, [1] fully qualified name function, [1], [2], [3] argument composition len parameter pure function call function composition, [1], [2] function definition, [1], [2] function tips function type functional programming style fundamental ambiguity theorem

G

generalization, [1] generalize generic data structure

global scope gravity gzip

H

hand trace handle, [1], [2] handle an exception handler handling an exception

header line help helper high-level language, [1] Holmes, Sherlock

I

if if statement immediate mode immutable, [1], [2] immutable data value, [1], [2], [3] implementation import statement, [1], [2], [3], [4] in and not in operator (in, not in) in operator increment incremental development, [1] indefinite iteration index, [1], [2], [3] negative indexing ([]) infinite loop, [1] infinite recursion, [1] infix inheritance

initialization (of a variable) initializer method input input dialog instance, [1], [2] instantiate int, [1], [2] integer Intel interface interpret interpreter invariant invoke, [1] is operator item, [1], [2] item assignment iteration, [1], [2]

J

join JSON

justification

K

key, [1], [2] key:value pair, [1], [2]

keyword, [1]

L

leaf len function length function (len) level lifetime, [1] linear linear search linear time link linked list linked queue Linux

list, [1], [2] append nested, [1] list index list traversal, [1] literalness local scope local variable, [1], [2] logarithm logical operator, [1], [2] loop, [1] loop body, [1] loop variable, [1] low-level language, [1]

M

Make Way for Ducklings mapping type, [1], [2] matrix, [1] McCloskey, Robert memo, [1] Merge algorithm meta-notation, [1] method, [1], [2], [3]

middle-test loop mode, [1] modifier, [1], [2], [3] module, [1], [2], [3] modulus operator, [1] mutable, [1], [2] mutable data value, [1], [2], [3]

N

namespace, [1] naming collision natural language, [1] negative index nested conditionals nested list, [1], [2] nested loop

nesting newline, [1] Newton's method node non-volatile memory, [1] None, [1], [2] normalized

O

object, [1], [2], [3] object code object-oriented language object-oriented programming, [1] objects and values operand, [1]

operations on strings operator, [1] comparison in logical, [1] modulus operator overloading optional parameter, [1] order of operations

P

parameter, [1], [2] optional parent parent class parse, [1], [2] pass statement path, [1] pattern pattern of computation Pentium physics pixel poetry polymorphic portability portable post-test loop postfix postorder pre-test loop precondition

prefix notation preorder print function Priority Queue priority queue probe problem solving Processing processing proficiency program, [1], [2] program development program tracing programming language promise, [1], [2] prompt prose provider pure function, [1] Python shell

Q

Queue queue

queueing policy

R

raise random numbers range range function, [1] rectangle recursion, [1] infinite recursive call, [1] recursive data structure recursive definition, [1] redundancy

refactor refactoring code return return a tuple return statement, [1] return value, [1] root rules of precedence, [1] runtime error, [1], [2], [3]

S

safe language scaffolding, [1], [2] scalar multiplication scope builtin global local script search binary search search: linear search semantic error, [1] semantics, [1] sequence, [1], [2] serialization shallow copy shallow equality, [1] short-circuit evaluation, [1] shuffle siblings side effect, [1] single-step singleton sketch slice, [1], [2] slicing ([:]) socket, [1] sort merge sort source code

split Spyder single stepping stack diagram state state snapshot, [1] statement, [1] assignment continue del, [1] if import, [1] pass return statement block statement: break step size str, [1] string, [1] string comparison (>, <, >=, <=, ==, !=) string formatting string module string operations string slice strings and lists style subexpression sublist, [1] subscript operator substring syntax, [1] syntax error, [1]

T

tab, [1] table temporary variable, [1] terminating condition test suite Test-driven development test-driven development (TDD) text file, [1], [2], [3] token, [1], [2] trace traceback tracing a program traversal, [1] traverse

trichotomy triple quoted string truncation truth table try ... except try ... except ... finally tuple, [1] assignment return value tuple assignment turtle module two-dimensional table type conversion type conversion, [1] type converter functions

U

underscore character unit testing

unit tests unreachable code

V

value, [1], [2], [3], [4] Boolean variable, [1] local, [1] temporary variable name variables local

veneer void function volatile memory, [1]

W

web server in Python while loop while statement

whitespace wrapper wrapping code in a function, [1]