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which has nice search features. I found O'Reilly's "Learning Python" to be helpful in combination with O'Reilly's "Python in a Nutshell". Learning python is a nice introduction to Python but is (intentionally) *far* from complete. Python In a Nutshell is a reference work. The two complement each other nicely. Both are a bit out of date. The current python version is 2.4. Learning Python covers 2.3. Nutshell covers up to 2.2. One of these days Alex will come out with a 2nd Edition of Nutshell and there will be much rejoicing. ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list