Index

A

abbreviated assignment abecedarian series accumulator algorithm, [1], [2] aliases, [1], [2] alternative execution

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

B

bar chart base case, [1] bind block, [1] body, [1], [2], [3] Boolean expression, [1] Boolean function

Boolean value, [1] branch, [1] break statement breakpoint bug, [1] bump

C

canvas, [1] chained conditional, [1] character chatterbox function child class chunking, [1] class, [1] class attribute clone, [1] Collatz 3n + 1 sequence collection 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], [2] condition, [1] conditional chained conditional branching conditional execution conditional statement, [1] conditionals nested constructor continue statement, [1] control flow, [1] counter counting pattern cursor

D

data structure, [1] recursive data type, [1] dead code, [1] debugging, [1], [2] decrement default value, [1] definite iteration definition function, [1] recursive del statement, [1]

delimiter, [1] development plan, [1] dictionary, [1] dir function directory, [1] docstring, [1], [2] dot notation, [1] Doyle, Arthur Conan

E

element, [1] elif else encapsulate encapsulation encode enumerate

escape sequence, [1] eureka traversal evaluate event, [1] exception, [1] expression, [1] Boolean

F

fibonacci numbers field width file, [1] text file handle file system 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 fruitful function, [1] function, [1], [2], [3] argument composition len parameter pure function call function composition, [1], [2] function definition, [1], [2] function type functional programming style

G

generalization, [1]

generalize

H

hand trace handle, [1] handler, [1]

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

I

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

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

J

join	justification

K

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

keyword, [1]

L

len function length function (len) lifetime, [1] list, [1] append nested, [1] list index list traversal, [1] literalness

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] McCloskey, Robert meta-notation method, [1], [2] middle-test loop

mode modifier, [1], [2], [3] module, [1], [2] modulus operator, [1] mutable, [1], [2] mutable data value, [1], [2]

N

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

nesting newline, [1] non-volatile memory None, [1] 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 class parse, [1] pass statement path pattern pattern of computation Pentium poetry portability portable post-test loop

pre-test loop print function problem solving program, [1], [2] program development program tracing programming language promise prompt prose pure function, [1] Python shell

R

range range function recursion, [1] infinite recursive call, [1] recursive data structure recursive definition, [1] redundancy

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

S

safe language scaffolding script semantic error, [1] semantics, [1] sequence, [1] short-circuit evaluation, [1] side effect, [1] single-step slice, [1], [2] slicing ([:]) source code split state state snapshot, [1] statement, [1] assignment continue del, [1] if import pass return

statement block statement: break step size str, [1] string string comparison (>, <, >=, <=, ==, !=) string formatting string module string operations string slice strings and lists sublist, [1] subscript operator substring syntax, [1] syntax error, [1]

T

tab, [1] table temporary variable, [1] terminating condition test suite text file, [1] token, [1] trace traceback tracing a program traversal, [1] traverse

trichotomy triple quoted string truncation truth table tuple, [1], [2] assignment return value tuple assignment turtle module two-dimensional table type conversion type conversion, [1] type converter functions

U

underscore character unit testing

unreachable code

V

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

void function volatile memory

W

while loop while statement

whitespace wrapping code in a function, [1]