PrefacePart I. Prologue 1. The Python Data ModelA Pythonic Card DeckHow Special Methods Are UsedEmulating Numeric TypesString RepresentationArithmetic OperatorsBoolean Value of a Custom TypeOverview of Special MethodsWhy len Is Not a MethodChapter SummaryFurther ReadingPart II. Data Structures 2. An Array of SequencesOverview of Built-In SequencesList Comprehensions and Generator ExpressionsList Comprehensions and ReadabilityListcomps Versus map and filterCartesian ProductsGenerator ExpressionsTuples Are Not Just Immutable ListsTuples as RecordsTuple UnpackingNested Tuple UnpackingNamed TuplesTuples as Immutable ListsSlicingWhy Slices and Range Exclude the Last ItemSlice ObjectsMultidimensional Slicing and EllipsisAssigning to SlicesUsing and * with SequencesBuilding Lists of ListsAugmented Assignment with SequencesA = Assignment Puzzlerlist.sort and the sorted Built-In FunctionManaging Ordered Sequences with bisectSearching with bisectInserting with bisect.insortWhen a List Is Not the AnswerArraysMemory ViewsNumPy and SciPyDeques and Other QueuesChapter SummaryFurther Reading 3. Dictionaries and SetsGeneric Mapping Typesdict ComprehensionsOverview of Common Mapping MethodsHandling Missing Keys with setdefaultMappings with Flexible Key Lookupdefaultdict: Another Take on Missing KeysThe___ missing___ MethodVariations of dictSubclassing UserDictImmutable MappingsSet Theoryset LiteralsSet ComprehensionsSet Operationsdict and set Under the HoodA Performance ExperimentHash Tables in Dictionaries……Part III. Functions as Objects Part IV. Object-Orientedldioms Part V. Control Flow Part VI. Metaprogramming Afterword A. Support Scripts Python Jargon Index