sys Variables String Methods Datetime Methods

argv Command line args capitalize() * lstrip() today() fromordinal(ordinal)

builtin_module_names Linked C modules center(width) partition(sep) now(timezoneinfo) combine(date, time)
byteorder Native byte order count(sub, start, end) replace(old, new) utcnow() strptime(date, format)
check_interval Signal check frequency decode() rfind(sub, start ,end) fromtimestamp(timestamp)
exec_prefix Root directory encode() rindex(sub, start, end) utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
executable Name of executable endswith(sub) rjust(width)
exitfunc Exit function name expandtabs() rpartition(sep)
Time Methods
modules Loaded modules find(sub, start, end) rsplit(sep)
path Search path index(sub, start, end) rstrip() replace() utcoffset()
platform Current platform isalnum() * split(sep) isoformat() dst()
stdin, stdout, stderr File objects for I/O isalpha() * splitlines() __str__() tzname()
version_info Python version info isdigit() * startswith(sub) strftime(format)
winver Version number islower() * strip()
isspace() * swapcase() *
Date Formatting (strftime and strptime)
istitle() * title() *
sys.argv for $ python foo.py bar -c qux --h
isupper() * translate(table) %a Abbreviated weekday (Sun)
sys.argv[0] foo.py join() upper() * %A Weekday (Sunday)
sys.argv[1] bar ljust(width) zfill(width) %b Abbreviated month name (Jan)
sys.argv[2] -c lower() * %B Month name (January)
sys.argv[3] qux %c Date and time
sys.argv[4] --h Methods marked * are locale %d Day (leading zeros) (01 to 31)
Note dependant for 8-bit strings. %H 24 hour (leading zeros) (00 to 23)
%I 12 hour (leading zeros) (01 to 12)
os Variables
%j Day of year (001 to 366)
List Methods
altsep Alternative sep %m Month (01 to 12)
curdir Current dir string append(item) pop(position) %M Minute (00 to 59)
defpath Default search path count(item) remove(item) %p AM or PM
devnull Path of null device extend(list) reverse() %S Second (00 to 61 4)
extsep Extension separator index(item) sort() %U Week number 1
(00 to 53)
linesep Line separator insert(position, item) %w Weekday 2
(0 to 6)
name Name of OS %W Week number 3
(00 to 53)
pardir Parent dir string %x Date
File Methods
pathsep Patch separator %X Time
sep Path separator close() readlines(size) %y Year without century (00 to 99)
flush() seek(offset) %Y Year (2008)
Registered OS names: “posix”, “nt”, fileno() tell() %Z Time zone (GMT)
Note “mac”, “os2”, “ce”, “java”, “riscos” isatty() truncate(size) %% A literal "%" character (%)
next() write(string)
read(size) writelines(list) 1. Sunday as start of week. All days in a
Class Special Methods
readline(size) new year preceding the first Sunday
__new__(cls) __lt__(self, other) are considered to be in week 0.
__init__(self, args) __le__(self, other) Indexes and Slices (of a=[0,1,2,3,4,5])
__del__(self) __gt__(self, other) 2. 0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday.
__repr__(self) __ge__(self, other) len(a) 6
__str__(self) __eq__(self, other) a[0] 0 3. Monday as start of week. All days in a
__cmp__(self, other) __ne__(self, other) a[5] 5 new year preceding the first Monday
__index__(self) __nonzero__(self) a[-1] 5 are considered to be in week 0.
__hash__(self) a[-2] 4
__getattr__(self, name) a[1:] [1,2,3,4,5] 4. This is not a mistake. Range takes
__getattribute__(self, name) a[:5] [0,1,2,3,4] account of leap and double-leap
__setattr__(self, name, attr) a[:-2] [0,1,2,3] seconds.
__delattr__(self, name) a[1:3] [1,2]
__call__(self, args, kwargs) a[1:-1] [1,2,3,4]
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