Python Library

Python is packaged with a large library of standard modules

  • String processing
  • Operating system interfaces
  • Networking
  • Threads
  • GUI
  • Database
  • Language services
  • Security.

And there are many third party modules

  • XML
  • Numeric Processing
  • Plotting/Graphics
  • etc.

All of these are accessed using 'import'

     import string
     ...
     a = string.split(x)
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