> > the reference material. I want to know about list >> operations such as > > append.
I've been struggling myself to assemble and learn just the right combination of quick references. Here is some of what I've found. For a quick search for the syntax and a simple example of a particular method or function, the single most efficient source for me has been the keyword search page for the Python Library Reference, Language Reference, and Python/C API manuals that you can find from a link on the official documentation page at http://www.python.org/doc/ or directly at http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi Full text searches (not limited to keywords like the resource above) of the Python Library Reference can also be done at http://www.zvon.org/other/python/PHP/search.php Other handy references are: Dive into Python at http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html The Python 2.5 Quick Reference at http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR25/PQR2.5.html Last, but far from least, the one resource that I most wish I had known about when I started with Python is the screencast tutorial site at www.showmedo.com. There are two excellent free screencasts on Python resources at http://tinyurl.com/2qkuht and lots of other Python tutorials, most free and some for a modest fee. In particular, the 9th installment of the paid series called Python Newbies on XP at http://tinyurl.com/3ayhwt is about how to use the help functions built into Python Idle. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list