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  2. Python syntax and semantics - Wikipedia

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    A snippet of Python code with keywords highlighted in bold yellow font. The syntax of the Python programming language is the set of rules that defines how a Python program will be written and interpreted (by both the runtime system and by human readers). The Python language has many similarities to Perl, C, and Java. However, there are some ...

  3. Metasyntactic variable - Wikipedia

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    Metasyntactic variables used commonly across all programming languages include foobar, foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, and thud. [1] [3] Two of these words, plugh and xyzzy, are taken from the game Colossal Cave Adventure. [4] A fuller reference can be found in The Hacker's Dictionary from MIT Press.

  4. Comparison of programming languages (associative array)

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    This class allows assignments between any two objects. A copy of the key object is made before it is inserted into NSMutableDictionary, therefore the keys must conform to the NSCopying protocol. When being inserted to a dictionary, the value object receives a retain message to increase its reference count.

  5. Associative array - Wikipedia

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    find the value (if any) that is bound to a given key. The argument to this operation is the key, and the value is returned from the operation. If no value is found, some lookup functions raise an exception, while others return a default value (such as zero, null, or a specific value passed to the constructor).

  6. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...

  7. Property list - Wikipedia

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    The Python programming language has a builtin plistlib module to read and write plist files, in Apple's XML or in binary (since Python 3.4). [28] ProperTree is a cross-platform editor that makes use of this library. [29] A third-party library called ccl-bplist has the additional ability to handle NSKeyedArchiver UIDs. [19]

  8. Association list - Wikipedia

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    In computer programming and particularly in Lisp, an association list, often referred to as an alist, is a linked list in which each list element (or node) comprises a key and a value. The association list is said to associate the value with the key.

  9. Move-to-front transform - Wikipedia

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    Here we use the 256 possible values of a byte. """ self. common_dictionary = common_dictionary def encode (self, plain_text: str)-> Generator [int]: # Changing the common dictionary is a bad idea. Make a copy. dictionary = list ( self . common_dictionary ) # Read in each character for c in plain_text . encode ( "latin-1" ): # Change to bytes ...