scanner类。http://code.activestate.com/recipes/457664-hidden-scanner-functionality-in-re-module/

.．.dict.get()有一个默认值None，从而避免KeyErrors:

In [1]: test = { 1 : 'a' }

In [2]: test[2]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.KeyError'>              Traceback (most recent call last)

&lt;ipython console&gt; in <module>()

<type 'exceptions.KeyError'>: 2

In [3]: test.get( 2 )

In [4]: test.get( 1 )
Out[4]: 'a'

In [5]: test.get( 2 ) == None
Out[5]: True

甚至在“现场”指定这个:

In [6]: test.get( 2, 'Some' ) == 'Some'
Out[6]: True

你可以使用setdefault()来设置一个值，如果它不存在就返回:

>>> a = {}
>>> b = a.setdefault('foo', 'bar')
>>> a
{'foo': 'bar'}
>>> b
'bar

可以从一组长度为2的序列构建字典。当你有一个值列表和数组列表时，这非常方便。

>>> dict([ ('foo','bar'),('a',1),('b',2) ])
{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'foo': 'bar'}

>>> names = ['Bob', 'Marie', 'Alice']
>>> ages = [23, 27, 36]
>>> dict(zip(names, ages))
{'Alice': 36, 'Bob': 23, 'Marie': 27}

Python的禅宗

>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

Python有“私有”变量

以双下划线开始而不是以双下划线结束的变量将成为私有变量，而且不仅仅是按照约定。实际上__var变成了_Classname__var，其中Classname是创建变量的类。它们不是继承的，也不能被覆盖。

>>> class A:
...     def __init__(self):
...             self.__var = 5
...     def getvar(self):
...             return self.__var
... 
>>> a = A()
>>> a.__var
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
AttributeError: A instance has no attribute '__var'
>>> a.getvar()
5
>>> dir(a)
['_A__var', '__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'getvar']
>>>

多行字符串

一种方法是使用反斜杠:

>>> sql = "select * from some_table \
where id > 10"
>>> print sql
select * from some_table where id > 10

另一种是使用三引号:

>>> sql = """select * from some_table 
where id > 10"""
>>> print sql
select * from some_table where id > 10

问题是它们不是缩进的(在代码中看起来很差)。如果你试着缩进，它只会打印你输入的空白。

第三种解决方案，也是我最近发现的，就是把字符串分成几行，然后用圆括号括起来:

>>> sql = ("select * from some_table " # <-- no comma, whitespace at end
           "where id > 10 "
           "order by name") 
>>> print sql
select * from some_table where id > 10 order by name

注意行与行之间没有逗号(这不是一个元组)，并且必须考虑字符串需要的任何尾随/前导空格。顺便说一下，所有这些都使用占位符(例如“我的名字是%s”% name)。