Move Seamlessly between PERL and Python
Move Seamlessly between PERL and Python
About the Book
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Table of Contents
- The Shared History of PERL and Python
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Learning through Examples
- Example 1 - Hello World
- Example 2 - Multiplication Table
- Example 3 - Prime Number
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A Quick View of Pythonland
- Python Keywords are Special Words
- Built-in Functions in Python
- References
- Numbers and Variables
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From Array to List
- Python Shortcuts on Lists
- Keywords ‘in’ and ‘del’
- Keyword - del
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From Associative Array to Dictionary
- Iterating over keys and values
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Loops and Conditions
- ‘while’ loop
- ‘if-else’
- ‘for’ Loops
- Using ‘for’ over a Dictionary
- Keywords ‘break’ and ‘continue’
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From Subroutines to Functions
- Code Flow with Functions
- Default Parameter
- Importing Functions from a File
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Strings
- Substring
- String-related Function
- Python String is a List
- String-related functions
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Regular Expressions
- Search
- Search and Replace
- References
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Reading and Writing Files
- Reading from a file
- Reading the entire file in an array
- Writing a string into a file
- File read/write symbols in PERL and Python
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Modules and Packages
- Splitting Code into Multiple Files
- From CPAN to PyPI
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Useful Python Packages and Tools
- Python command line
- Numpy
- Jupyter Notebook
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Class, Iterator, etc.
- Iterables, Iterators, Generators
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From BioPERL to Biopython
- Analyzing Nucleotide and Protein Sequences
- Parsing Biological Records
- Objects to Store Different Types of Data
- Accessing Data from the Internet
- References
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Closing Comments
- PERL6 than never came and Python3 that never got adopted
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