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ActivePython 2.5

Python Documentation

Library Reference

Front Matter

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Built-in Objects

3. Built-in Types

4. String Services

5. Data Types

6. Numeric and Mathematical Modules

7. Internet Data Handling

8. Structured Markup Processing Tools

9. File Formats

9.1 csv -- CSV File Reading and Writing

9.2 ConfigParser -- Configuration file parser

9.3 robotparser -- Parser for robots.txt

9.4 netrc -- netrc file processing

9.5 xdrlib -- Encode and decode XDR data

10. Cryptographic Services

11. File and Directory Access

12. Data Compression and Archiving

13. Data Persistence

14. Generic Operating System Services

15. Optional Operating System Services

16. Unix Specific Services

17. Interprocess Communication and Networking

18. Internet Protocols and Support

19. Multimedia Services

20. Graphical User Interfaces with Tk

21. Internationalization

22. Program Frameworks

23. Development Tools

24. The Python Debugger

25. The Python Profilers

26. Python Runtime Services

27. Custom Python Interpreters

28. Restricted Execution

29. Importing Modules

30. Python Language Services

31. Python compiler package

32. Abstract Syntax Trees

33. Miscellaneous Services

34. SGI IRIX Specific Services

35. SunOS Specific Services

36. MS Windows Specific Services

A. Undocumented Modules

B. Reporting Bugs

C. History and License

Module Index

Index

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9. File Formats

The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file formats that aren't markup languages or are related to e-mail.

csv Write and read tabular data to and from delimited files.

ConfigParser Configuration file parser.

robotparser Loads a robots.txt file and answers questions about fetchability of other URLs.

netrc Loading of .netrc files.

xdrlib Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR).

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