PythonTheHardWay

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print “something”

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print statement (of something in quotes)

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#

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pound character used to comment or disable parts of code

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+

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plus symbol. used to add numbers or concatenate strings

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-

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minus symbol. used in subtraction

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/

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slash symbol. used in division

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*

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asterisk symbol. used in multiplication

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%

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modulus symbol. used to get remainder in division

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less-than symbol.

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>

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greater-than symbol

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less-than-or-equal symbol

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> =

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greater-than-or-equal symbol

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=

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single-equal. assigns the value on the right to a variable on the left

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==

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double-equal. tests if two things have the same value

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%s

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string formatter

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%d

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number formatter

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%r

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raw data formatter. displays the raw data of a variable.

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\n

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newline symbol

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\t

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tab symbol

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\

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escape character

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raw_input()

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reads a line from input and converts to string

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argv

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the argument variable. holds the arguments passed into a script from the command line.

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import

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imports any Python source file as a module

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open()

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open a file, e.g. txt = open(filename).

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read()

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read the contents of a file, e.g. txt.read()

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close()

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close a previously opened file

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write()

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write to an open file, e.g. f.write(‘some text’)

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truncate()

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truncate the file size

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*args

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allows you to pass a non-keyworded variable argument list to a function

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seek()

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set the position of the read/write pointer within a file

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readline()

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reads one entire line from the file

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not False

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True

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not True

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False

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True or False

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True

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True or True

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True

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False or True

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True

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False or False

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False

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True and False

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False

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True and True

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True

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False and True

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False

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False and False

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False

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not (True or False)

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False

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not (True or True)

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False

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not (False or True)

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False

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not (False or False)

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True

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not (True and False)

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True

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not (True and True)

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False

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not (False and True)

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True

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not (False and False)

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True

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1 != 0

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True

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1 != 1

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False

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0 != 1

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True

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0 != 0

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False

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1 == 0

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False

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1 == 1

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True

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0 == 1

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False

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0 == 0

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True

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as

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part of the with-as statement

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assert

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ensure something is true

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break

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stop this loop right now (while True: break)

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class

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define a class, e.g. class Person(obj)

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continue

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don’t process more of a loop, do it again (while True: continue)

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def

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define/declare a function

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del

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delete from a dictionary, e.g. del X[Y]

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elif

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else if condition

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else

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else condition

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except

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if an exception occurs, do this (except ValueError, e: print e)

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exec

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run a string as Python

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finally

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exceptions or not, finally do this no matter what

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for

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loop over a collection of things

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from

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import specific parts of a module

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global

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declare a global variable

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if

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if condition

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in

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part of a for-loop

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is

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like == to test equality

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lambda

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create a short anonymous function

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pass

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this block is empty

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raise

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raise an exception when things go wrong

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return

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exit the function with a return value

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try

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test this block and if exception, go to except

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while

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while loop

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with

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with an expression as a variable do

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yield

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pause here and return to caller

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None

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Represents “nothing” or “no value”

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string

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stores textual information

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int

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stores numbers

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float

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stores decimals

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list

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stores a collection of things

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dict

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stores a key=value mapping of things

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%i

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same as %d

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%o

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octal number

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%u

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unsigned decimal

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%x

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hexadecimal lowercase

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%X

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hexadecimal uppercase

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%e

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exponential notation, lowercase ‘e’

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%E

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exponential notation, uppercase “E”

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%f

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floating point real number

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%F

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same as %f

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%g

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Either %f or %e, whichever is shorter

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%G

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same as %g but uppercase

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%c

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character format

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%%

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a percent sign

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**

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power of

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//

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floor division (2 // 4.0 == 0.5)

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not equal

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[ ]

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list brackets

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{ }

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dict brackets

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@

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decorator

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+=

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add and assign

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-=

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subtract and assign

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*=

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multiply and assign

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/=

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divide and assign

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//=

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floor divide and assign

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%=

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modulus assign

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**=

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power assign (x **= 2)