Python

documentation

• Official website
• Dive into Python
• euroscipy (scientific python community)
• Getting started with scipy
• Python comme langage scientifique
• Python et le C

Libraries

• iPython
• Standard Library
• SciPy - NumPy
• Matplotlib
• SymPy
• Cython
• PyTables
• Modular toolkit for Data Processing

Miscellaneous

• Fernando Perez page on Python
• Interfacing C++ and Python
• Fitting data with python
• 3D Scientific Data Visualization and Plotting

Tips

• equivalent of the C ternary operator ?: (bool ? restrue : resfalse), use a tuple

<source lang="py"> (resfalse,restrue)[bool] </source>

• adding a path to a directory containing your module files

<source lang="py"> import sys sys.path += [ "/home/username/bin/Python" ] </source>

• test whether a string has only digits or letters

<source lang="py"> str = '1321' str.isdigit() # returns True/False str.isalpha() # returns True/False </source>