An Introduction to Python - The Python Tutorial (version 3.2) by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr. Paperback (6"x9"), 164 pages - New release! (now shipping - April 2011) Retail Price: $14.95 (£9.95 in UK) ISBN-13: 978-1-906966-13-3 Barnes & Noble - USA/Worldwide The Book Depository - USA/Worldwide (free shipping) Powell's Books - USA/Worldwide Amazon - USA/Worldwide ------------------------- The Book Depository - UK/Worldwide (free shipping) Amazon UK - UK/Worldwide Waterstones - UK/EU/Worldwide (free shipping) ------------------------- Bookzilla.de - Germany/EU ------------------------- Amazon FR - France Amazon DE - Germany Amazon JP - Japan ------------------------- Addall.com - price comparison

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This manual is a printed edition of the official Python tutorial from the Python 3.2 distribution. It provides an introduction to Python, an easy to learn object oriented programming language.

The author of this manual, Guido van Rossum, is the inventor of Python. Fred L. Drake, Jr. is the official editor of the Python documentation.

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Table of Contents

1. Publisher's Preface
2. Introduction
3. Whetting Your Appetite
4. Using the Python Interpreter
5. An Informal Introduction to Python
6. More Control Flow Tools
7. Data Structures
8. Modules
9. Input and Output
10. Errors and Exceptions
11. Classes
12. What Now?
13. Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution
14. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations
15. History and License
16. Index

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Previous Editions

• An Introduction to Python (September 2003, ISBN 0954161769)

Resources

• Python Software Foundation - the official website for Python
• Online Manual - in HTML format