> On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 12:27 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > >> Then the best suggestion I have would be to take a weekend and just >> read the language reference manual (it used to be about an 80-page PDF >> file, but has no doubt grown into some less handy dynamically linked >> HTML/"help" file). Then add the section of the library reference manual >> that discusses data types. And while in that manual, scan the table of >> contents -- you may find there are modules in the standard library that >> already do what you need. > > Surely you should start with the tutorial, not the reference manual. > > > > -- > Steven > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Plus +1. The ref manual would be like learning English from a dictionary Bill -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list