Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Preface xv
4. About the Technical Editor xix
5. Chapter 1: Introduction to Python 1
6. Chapter 2: Conditional Logic, Loops, and Functions 30
7. Chapter 3: Python Collections 56
8. Chapter 4: Regular Expressions 82
9. Chapter 5: Files and Streams 106
10. Chapter 6: Working with JSON and XML 127
11. Chapter 7: Data Visualization and Graphics 147
12. Chapter 8: Built-In Functions and Custom Classes 171
13. Chapter 9: Python and Databases 196
14. Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Topics 223
15. On the CD-ROM 247
16. Index 249