Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.409 X-Spam-Level: **** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.48; '*S*': 0.30; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'called.': 0.16; 'notation': 0.16; 'wa,': 0.16; 'them?': 0.31; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'called': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'visit': 0.64; 'usa': 0.69; 'online': 0.71; 'friends': 0.81; 'photos': 0.93; 'more!': 0.95 DomainKey-Signature: q=dns; a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=inbox.com; s=s1; h=mime-version:date:message-id:from:subject:to:content-type; b=uvYm2jPylJ/dDEZvKKPo/2TpgnyDmO4c7I8TVQpO4qTfTTzIEjedOYPt5sj7X8aLTyKX EKp1U2SgiX5GcymFBco1YxnntaU59jfhO67ak5Vab430VWPfYMuIfs/7HbHugybWyxrYW/ XAD5cJmA3Af2F8ffg2ZwyD4CbacypTWDE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; d=inbox.com; s=s1; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=uBDZw84QGTS83sj/EitlrtsyquGCYUGbPxLZzMhQnds=; b=obV3ksrhJfcSxWTV43x38L+zpsbKhWC6/pU48CYbX5njJZrikqTBt7BQC/zrK+jG+IzN G74nmyJMR6OcNSKp3uQWR+z8sjEf+vYWDR6aY4VUzutZc+tijagdCYzKo/ZcSF1i6xHY8u 8NEb1zU85AyFFzxSEpXcm7mr7HSJM3MDo= Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 15:55:34 -0800 From: Deb Wyatt Subject: confused about the different built-in functions in Python To: python-list@python.org X-Mailer: INBOX.COM X-Originating-IP: 98.247.209.87 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IWM-ACU: c9dLWmy_RPM2XM2MgNUU9QSEJQ-nl8zU8wK8sWwPCP1VL9UWZHYWaeklTQdA nOvm1gGcpfDlPy7CVmtjqrBKDw8eIBIo1icVuUZWtu_ViHouH37sY-9Qi77m EGoAiH-1Nt3QURe1xdqk@ X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 26 May 2014 03:33:57 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1401068038 news.xs4all.nl 2868 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60459 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:72039 <=21DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC =22-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN=22> I am confused about how various built-in functions are called. Some = are called with dot = notation

each_item.isalpha()

an= d some are called like = 'normal'

sum(numlist)

How= do you know/remember which way to call = them?

TIA,

Deb in WA, USA

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