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  1. 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 …

  2. What is Python's equivalent of && (logical-and) in an if-statement?

    Mar 21, 2010 · There is no bitwise negation in Python (just the bitwise inverse operator ~ - but that is not equivalent to not). See also 6.6. Unary arithmetic and bitwise/binary operations and …

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

    Jun 17, 2011 · 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 …

  4. 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]?

  5. math - `/` vs `//` for division in Python - Stack Overflow

    Aug 23, 2024 · In Python 2.2 or later in the 2.x line, there is no difference for integers unless you perform a from __future__ import division, which causes Python 2.x to adopt the 3.x behavior. …

  6. 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 …

  7. 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 …

  8. What does -> mean in Python function definitions? - Stack Overflow

    Jan 17, 2013 · It's a function annotation. In more detail, Python 2.x has docstrings, which allow you to attach a metadata string to various types of object. This is amazingly handy, so Python …

  9. Using or in if statement (Python) - Stack Overflow

    Using or in if statement (Python) [duplicate] Asked 7 years, 5 months ago Modified 7 months ago Viewed 148k times

  10. What does the percentage sign mean in Python [duplicate]

    Apr 25, 2017 · What does the percentage sign mean in Python [duplicate] Asked 16 years, 1 month ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago Viewed 349k times