Abstract
You now know most of the basic Python language. While the core language is powerful in itself, Python gives you more tools to play with. A standard installation includes a set of modules called the standard library. You have already seen some of them (math and cmath, for example), but there are many more. This chapter shows you a bit about how modules work and how to explore them and learn what they have to offer. Then the chapter offers an overview of the standard library, focusing on a few selected useful modules.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
If the module was written in C, the C source code should be available.
- 2.
Thanks to Luther Blissett for pointing this out.
- 3.
See also the md5 and sha modules.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Magnus Lie Hetland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hetland, M.L. (2017). Batteries Included. In: Beginning Python. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0028-5_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0028-5_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-0029-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4842-0028-5
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingApress Access BooksProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)