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  1. python - What exactly does += do? - Stack Overflow

    Jan 30, 2011 · I need to know what += does in Python. It's that simple. I also would appreciate links to definitions of other shorthand tools in Python.

  2. What is the reason for having '//' in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 8, 2009 · In Python 3, they made the / operator do a floating-point division, and added the // operator to do integer division (i.e., quotient without remainder); whereas in Python 2, the / …

  3. Is there a "not equal" operator in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Jun 16, 2012 · There are two operators in Python for the "not equal" condition - a.) != If values of the two operands are not equal, then the condition becomes true. (a != b) is true.

  4. What does the "at" (@) symbol do in Python? - Stack Overflow

    96 What does the “at” (@) symbol do in Python? @ symbol is a syntactic sugar python provides to utilize decorator, to paraphrase the question, It's exactly about what does decorator do in …

  5. What does colon equal (:=) in Python mean? - Stack Overflow

    Mar 21, 2023 · In Python this is simply =. To translate this pseudocode into Python you would need to know the data structures being referenced, and a bit more of the algorithm …

  6. What is :: (double colon) in Python when subscripting sequences?

    Aug 10, 2010 · I know that I can use something like string[3:4] to get a substring in Python, but what does the 3 mean in somesequence[::3]?

  7. python - What does the caret (^) operator do? - Stack Overflow

    Side note, seeing as Python defines this as an xor operation and the method name has "xor" in it, I would consider it a poor design choice to make that method do something not related to xor …

  8. syntax - What do >> and << mean in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Apr 3, 2014 · 15 The other case involving print >>obj, "Hello World" is the "print chevron" syntax for the print statement in Python 2 (removed in Python 3, replaced by the file argument of the …

  9. python - What is the purpose of the -m switch? - Stack Overflow

    Python 2.4 adds the command line switch -m to allow modules to be located using the Python module namespace for execution as scripts. The motivating examples were standard library …

  10. What is the purpose of the single underscore "_" variable in Python?

    May 5, 2011 · As far as the Python languages is concerned, _ generally has no special meaning. It is a valid identifier just like _foo, foo_ or _f_o_o_. The only exception are match statements …