Chapter 9. Common Tasks in Python

At this point, we have covered the syntax of Python, its basic data types, and many of our favorite functions in the Python library. This chapter assumes that all the basic components of the language are at least understood and presents some ways in which Python is, in addition to being elegant and "cool," just plain useful. We present a variety of tasks common to Python programmers. These tasks are grouped by categories—data structure manipulations, file manipulations, etc.