Python Commands

Question 1

\f

Answer 1

ASCII Formfeed (FF)

Question 2

+=

Answer 2

add what’s to the right, then set equal to what’s on the left

Question 2

\b

Answer 2

ASCII Backspace (BS)

Question 2

raw_input()

Answer 2

accepts input from the user

Question 2

open()

Answer 2

opens a particular file, making the data it contains accessible to work with (must be assigned to a variable)

Question 3

%r

Answer 3

formatter used for debugging

Question 3

seek()

Answer 3

allows you to jump to a certain area within a file

Question 4

>=

Answer 4

greater than or equal

Question 4

%d

Answer 4

formatter that indicates a decimal number

Question 5

\Uxxxxxxxx

Answer 5

Character with 32 bit hex value xxxxxxxx (unicode only)

Question 6

\

Answer 6

slash character

Question 7

*

Answer 7

asterisk

Question 7

read()

Answer 7

can take an opened file and interpret the text it contains, which can then be printed

Question 9

sys

Answer 9

a library built into python

Question 10

\uxxxx

Answer 10

Character with 16 bit hex value xxxx (unicode only)

Question 11

\a

Answer 11

ASCII Bell (BEL)

Question 11

\N

Answer 11

character named in the unicode database (unicode only)

Question 12

<

Answer 12

less than

Question 13

+

Answer 13

plus

Question 15

\ooo

Answer 15

Character with octal value ooo

Question 16

%

Answer 16

percent - allows you to specify which values your formatters refer to

Question 17

#

Answer 17

turns line into a comment

Question 19

\t

Answer 19

tab character

Question 19

"

Answer 19

double quote

Question 21

print

Answer 21

displays text on the screen

Question 22

=

Answer 22

sets a variable

Question 24

\v

Answer 24

ASCII vertical tab (VT)

Question 25

trucate()

Answer 25

clears out all text from a file

Question 27

*args

Answer 27

allows you to set a series of args to a function

Question 28

”””

Answer 28

indicates a multi-line quote

Question 29

-

Answer 29

minus

Question 30

write()

Answer 30

writes text to an open file

Question 32

close()

Answer 32

closes and saves the file

Question 33

\r ASCII

Answer 33

Carriage Return (CR)

Answer 34

less than or equal

Question 35

'

Answer 35

single quote

Question 35

os.path

Answer 35

a library built into python

Question 36

def

Answer 36

declares a function

Question 37

” or ‘

Answer 37

surrounds a string or line of text

Question 39

python -m pydoc [command]

Answer 39

displays the help page for a particular command

Question 40

/

Answer 40

slash

Question 41

\n

Answer 41

indicates a new line

Question 41

argv

Answer 41

a variable that accepts commands from the command line input

Question 42

exists

Answer 42

a command within os.path that determines whether a file exists or not

Question 44

>

Answer 44

greater than

Question 45

%s

Answer 45

formatter indicating a string

Question 47

‘w’/’r’/’a’

Answer 47

read, write, and append attributes to be applied when opening a file

Question 48

\xhh

Answer 48

Character with hex value hh

Question 49

from [library] import [argument]

Answer 49

imports certain commands from python libraries